S2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 9, 2018 upon the table; that the President be Mo graciously, and with no political in Sedona. He is working hard to re- immediately notified of the Senate’s gain in sight that Mo could see, took cover and wants to return to the Sen- action; that no further motions be in JOHN under his generous, broad wing. ate. His spirits are good. He was re- order; and that any statements relat- Mo taught JOHN the power of consensus turning calls and working on state- ing to the nomination be printed in the and bipartisanship, and, in turn, John ments while we visited. He was plan- RECORD. had the guts to buck his own party. To- ning ranch projects right in front of us The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there gether, they forged a remarkable part- that had to do with the cottonwoods objection? nership. that were out in front of us as we were Without objection, it is so ordered. Mo is marked by graciousness, hu- looking out at his place. His wonderful Mr. ALEXANDER. I suggest the ab- mility, and humor; JOHN by bombasity, wife Cindy, a strong and talented sence of a quorum. independence, and courage. They were woman in her own right, was at his side The PRESIDING OFFICER. The a perfect match. They sided together to and working to make sure things were clerk will call the roll. protect the Grand Canyon. They sided shipshape at the ranch. What a unique The bill clerk proceeded to call the together to protect Arizona wilderness. and loving partnership. roll. They sided together to improve the JOHN, we wish you and Cindy the Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I ask very best and look forward to your unanimous consent that the order for lives of our first Americans. They sided together to upend the campaign fi- speedy return. the quorum call be rescinded I suggest the absence of a quorum. nance system, to try to make sure poli- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection, it is so ordered. ticians are beholden to their constitu- clerk will call the roll. MO UDALL AND JOHN MCCAIN ents, not to special interests. The senior assistant legislative clerk Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, last JOHN took these positions in sharp proceeded to call the roll. Wednesday, in Arizona, at the Grand contrast to his party. After Mo retired Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Canyon, a number of us gathered to from the House and JOHN had entered ask unanimous consent that the order OHN honor Mo Udall and JOHN MCCAIN and the Senate, J continued to take for the quorum call be rescinded. their friendship and partnership, which fearless positions. He championed im- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without made America a lot better. migration reform. He supports curbing objection, it is so ordered. For months, JOHN was looking for- methane emissions. ORDER OF PROCEDURE ward to this gathering. He mentioned Many Americans will never forget— Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, it to me several times last year. He was and I was standing right about here notwithstanding rule XXII, I ask unan- very excited. You could kind of see the when this happened—when, on July 28, imous consent that at 12:10 p.m. on sparkle in his eyes, but he was unable 2017, JOHN MCCAIN stepped into the Tuesday, April 10, the Senate vote on to attend because of the battle he is well of the Senate and gave an unex- confirmation of the Boom nomination fighting. Looking back, the friendship pected thumbs down to his party’s des- and that if confirmed, the motion to between Mo and JOHN was remark- perate attempt to repeal the Affordable reconsider be considered made and laid able—how different they were but how Care Act. upon the table and the President be im- well they got along. In 1982, Mo and JOHN appeared to be mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- In 1982, Arizona could not have elect- worlds apart—Arizona politicians rep- tion; further, that the cloture vote in ed two more different Members to the resenting liberal Tucson and conserv- relation to the Ring nomination occur U.S. House of Representatives. Mo ative Phoenix, who would necessarily at 2:15 p.m. Udall was elected to a 12th term. A be at odds, yet they shared so much. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without third-generation Arizonan, Mo was a Both stood by their principles, but objection, it is so ordered. tall, lanky, Lincolnesque, one-eyed both believed in working across the f aisle to get things done for the Amer- Mormon who tried to cheat his way NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED into serving in World War II; self-effac- ican people. Both put country over per- ing and humorous, a liberal Democrat sonal ambition, fame, and fortune. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I in a conservative State who cham- Both were men of integrity, and both ask unanimous consent that the En- pioned the environment and Native were courageous. All of us can learn ergy Committee be discharged from Americans and one of the most power- from their duty to country over selves, further consideration of and the Senate ful and respected Members of the their commitment to working for all proceed to the en bloc consideration of House, who chaired the Interior Com- Americans, and their dedication to the following nominations: PN1637, mittee critical to Arizona’s welfare. working with the party across the aisle PN1653, and PN1680. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without And JOHN MCCAIN, an easterner and to reach consensus. objection, it is so ordered. newcomer to Phoenix, having arrived Morris King Udall and JOHN SIDNEY The clerk will report the nomina- only 2 years before running for Con- MCCAIN III were unlikely political al- tions en bloc. gress; a carpetbagger, some said; a lies and even more unlikely friends, The senior assistant legislative clerk stocky, handsome son and grandson of but they were both, and both are true read the nominations of James Reilly, four-star Navy admirals who easily American heroes. of Colorado, to be Director of the made his way into the U.S. Naval Heroism is not born of words and bra- United States Geological Survey; Theo- Academy, only to graduate 894 out of vado and bragging; heroism is born of dore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an 899 in his class, due to his extreme re- silent deeds that help others. Mo and Assistant Secretary of Energy (Inter- belliousness. JOHN is a man self-de- JOHN accomplished much by deed. Both national Affairs); and James Edward scribed as a ‘‘freshman right-wing are true Arizonans, true Americans, Campos, of Nevada, to be Director of Nazi’’ when he entered Congress but as and true heroes. the Office of Minority Economic Im- a naval officer who could have been I am privileged to have known both pact, Department of Energy. freed from imprisonment as a POW in men—to have grown up with Uncle Mo, Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to Vietnam, yet refused to leave his men to have campaigned with him, and to consider the nominations en bloc. behind and instead suffered unimagi- have shared his stories and stolen his Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous nable torture and pain for over 5 years. jokes and to have served in the Senate consent that the Senate vote on the Despite his novice as an Arizona poli- and to serve with JOHN MCCAIN. nominations en bloc with no inter- tician, JOHN MCCAIN knew enough to JOHN and I have worked together on vening action or debate; that if con- beg to secure a place on the Interior many issues. We have traveled inter- firmed, the motions to reconsider be Committee. At that point, Mo’s de- nationally. Our work together on the considered made and laid upon the cency and JOHN’s courage met. While Senate Indian Affairs Committee has table en bloc; that the President be im- JOHN was new to Arizona politics and, produced real results for Native Ameri- mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- by his own admission, could not tell a cans. tion; that no further motions be in copper mine from a cotton field, he had After this Grand Canyon event I de- order; and that any statements relat- promise, being elected president of his scribed in some of the remarks up ing to the nominations be printed in minority Republican class. there, I went to visit JOHN at his ranch the RECORD.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Apr 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.020 S09APPT1 April 9, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2001 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Deborah Skaggs Speth. We discussed [From the Kentucky Humanities Magazine, objection, it is so ordered. the importance of Members preserving Fall 2017] The question is, Will the Senate ad- their records, which shed important SERGEANT SANDLIN: MEDAL OF HONOR vise and consent to the Reilly, Garrish, light on what we do on behalf of the RECIPIENT and Campos nominations en bloc? American people, and how we do it. (By James M. Gifford) The nominations were confirmed en In 2008, Congress unanimously passed In 1917, after several years of provocation, bloc. H.Con.Res. 307. It recommended that America declared war on Germany. By No- Members’ records be properly main- vember of the following year, the United f States had sent two million men overseas. tained, that each Member take all nec- LEGISLATIVE SESSION In the bloody fighting that took place in essary measures to manage and pre- the Meuse-Argonne Forest in the fall of 1918, serve their records, that they arrange thousands of Americans distinguished them- MORNING BUSINESS for the deposit or donation of their selves, including two young men from cen- records with a research institution tral Appalachia who received the Medal of Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I that is properly equipped to care for Honor. On September 26, 1918, Sergeant ask unanimous consent that the Sen- them, and that they make them avail- Willie Sandlin, acting alone, attacked and ate resume legislative session for a pe- able for educational purposes at an ap- disabled three German machine gun nests. riod of morning business, with Sen- During his heroic assaults, Sandlin killed 24 propriate time. German soldiers and assisted in the capture ators permitted to speak therein for up Organizations like the McConnell to 10 minutes each. of 200 more. Less than two weeks later, Cor- Center and the Dole Institute, in col- poral Alvin York led an attack on a German The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without laboration with the ACSC, are dili- machine gun nest, taking 35 machine guns, objection, it is so ordered. gently working to ensure the preserva- killing at least 25 enemy soldiers, and cap- f tion of records for generations of stu- turing 132. Sandlin was from Hyden in Leslie County, Kentucky, and York was from Pall ACSC CONGRESS WEEK dents and scholars. I encourage my colleagues to pre- Mall, Tennessee, a community just across Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I serve the records of their service in a the Kentucky line. Although York and Sand- lin shared the same military distinctions and would call my colleagues’ attention to research institution, where they can the recent 229th anniversary of the emerged from similar Appalachian commu- contribute to this vital, necessary, and nities, their lives after World War I were re- first quorum of the U.S. Congress. growing component of our Nation’s markably different. York acquired money The House of Representatives documentary heritage. and fame and became a national icon and an achieved a quorum on April 1, 1789. f international celebrity. Sandlin lived in Five days later, on April 6, the Senate modest circumstances, ill-health, and pur- marked that milestone. REMEMBERING SERGEANT WILLIE poseful obscurity until he died of war-in- Each year, the Association of Centers SANDLIN flicted gas poisoning at age 59. If war is a rich man’s war and a poor man’s for the Study of Congress, ACSC, com- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I memorates this anniversary by observ- fight, then Willie Sandlin represented mil- rise today to remember a man called lions of poor men who became soldiers dur- ing Congress Week during the first Kentucky’s greatest hero, who served ing World War I. Born into Appalachian pov- week of April. Commemorative events our Nation in the First World War and erty, on January 1, 1890 on Long’s Creek in around the country encourage students later received our highest military rec- Breathitt County, Kentucky, Sandlin’s par- to explore the work of the U.S. Con- ognition, the Medal of Honor. SGT ents were John ‘‘Dirty Face’’ Sandlin (born gress and its constitutional role in our Willie Sandlin, a native of Leslie Coun- March 17, 1867) and Lucinda Abner Sandlin government and promote advanced ty, KY, single-handedly attacked and (born December 1870). John and Lucinda had scholarly research. disabled three German machinegun five sons: Willie, Charlie, John, Elihue The ACSC was founded in 2003. It in- (Sonny), and Mathew (Mathy). When Willie nests during the Battle of the Argonne was a boy, his father was imprisoned for cludes more than 40 organizations and Forest in 1918. With only a rife, an murder, and Willie’s mother and father di- institutions that help to preserve and automatic pistol, and four hand gre- vorced in 1900. Lucinda, who was half Native make available the archival records of nades, Sergeant Sandlin’s heroism re- American, died in childbirth in 1900, so Members of Congress. sulted in the death of 24 German sol- Willie and his motherless siblings were di- Each year, the annual meeting of the diers and the capture of 200 more. vided among relatives, as was the custom of ACSC brings together Members of Con- At that time, Sergeant Sandlin was the day. Willie and his brothers Charles and gress who create the records, archivists under the command of General John J. John were raised by his father’s relatives in Leslie County. who preserve the records, teachers who ‘‘Blackjack’’ Pershing, the commander Sandlin enlisted in the Army on April 16, incorporate them into their lesson of the American Expeditionary Force, 1913, and served under John J. Pershing on plans, and scholars who study them in who personally recommended him for the Mexican border. He re-enlisted in 1917 order to advance our understanding of the Medal of Honor and presented the and was soon on his way to Europe as part of congressional history and the evo- award to him in February of 1919. the American Expeditionary Force. Sandlin lution of the political process. This In a recent edition of the Kentucky arrived on France’s bloody Western Front in year’s annual meeting will be hosted Humanities Magazine, Dr. James M. time to take part in the Battle of the Ar- by the Robert J. Dole Institute of Poli- Gifford, the CEO and senior editor of gonne Forest, the massive Allied offensive that finally defeated Kaiser Wilhelm’s war- tics at the University of Kansas. the Jesse Stuart Foundation, published weary German army. The Meuse-Argonne Of- Thanks to the work of the ACSC and a profile on the life of Sergeant Sand- fensive, also known as the Battle of the Ar- its member organizations, we have sub- lin. Dr. Gifford traced his journey, gonne Forest, was a major part of the final stantially improved the number and re- from his birth in Appalachian poverty, Allied offensive of World War I that search value of congressional collec- through his remarkable service in the stretched along the entire Western Front. It tions being preserved nationwide, pro- Great War, to his campaign to improve was fought from September 26, 1918, until the ducing an educational resource for leg- literacy rates in Kentucky. Named for Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 islative branch studies that rivals the the renowned author and Kentucky days. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the largest in United States military history, in- presidential library system. Poet Laureate, the Jesse Stuart Foun- volving 1.2 million American soldiers. I am happy to report that the McCon- dation publishes important works from Sandlin and his men were in several bat- nell Center at the University of Louis- Appalachian authors to help the re- tles during the summer of 1918. Then at Bois ville is one such member organization. gion’s unique heritage flourish. I would de Forges, France, on September 26, 1918, Created in 1991, the McConnell Center like to thank Dr. Gifford for his study Sandlin emerged as one of the greatest he- nurtures ‘‘Kentucky’s next generation of this proud son of Kentucky. roes of World War I. He was in charge of a of great leaders’’ with programs fo- I ask unanimous consent that a copy platoon of 59 men when the day began. Fol- cused on service, leadership, and civic of Dr. Gifford’s article on Sergeant lowing an all-night artillery barrage, Sandlin’s platoon was ordered to advance education. Last spring, at the annual Sandlin’s life be printed in the RECORD. that day toward a specific, important mili- meeting of the ACSC, I had the pleas- There being no objection, the mate- tary objective. The line had been fighting for ure of participating in a fireside chat rial was ordered to be printed in the hours, advancing slowly, when the dough- with the McConnell Center archivist, RECORD, as follows: boys were stopped by withering fire from

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