July 6, 2004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5169 higher prices when we could allow the 1961, when he was the guest speaker at coaching is like a dog year, so Vince is free market to finally operate? my high school banquet for our foot- about 175 years old by that figure. I understand why the pharmaceutical ball team. He was the freshman coach I thought that Vince was just an ex- industry would pay about 200-some-odd at Auburn and friends with our coach, cellent representative of college foot- million dollars in the last year and Jim Loftin. That night, he made a ball. He was a leader in regard to the would hire 900-plus lobbyists. They three-win team feel like national Rules Committee, he worked on the have got a sweet deal going. They champions, just like Vince Dooley al- Association, was a should fight for the deal they got. But ways did, always encouraging and al- very good person as far as compromise, we here fought on behalf of the people ways motivational. keeping people on an even keel, be- who elected us. Eighty-eight Repub- Three years later, he arrived in Ath- cause sometimes things got a little licans and 153 Democrats in the House ens, Georgia, as the new football coach heated. voted in favor of allowing reimporta- for the , and Athens Of course, Vince, I guess nobody tion, allowing people access to afford- would never be the same again. He knows for sure what his politics are, able medications at world-class prices took a three-win team from the pre- but his wife ran for Congress as a Dem- because people from around the world vious year and molded it into a 7–3–1 ocrat and then again as a Republican. come to America for their medical team, defeating Georgia Tech and win- So he obviously is a man who has a care; yet Americans are forced to go ning the Sun Bowl Championship over very even keel. I think Barbara was a around the world for their medications. Texas Tech. great asset to Vince, they are a great And we here in the House stood up to In the years to follow, Vince Dooley team. Of course, Vince has been a tre- the special interests. led Georgia to intersectional victories mendous asset to the University of Later this week, the other body is over Michigan, Texas, Notre Dame, Georgia, to college football, and, of going to take up that legislation. Hav- UCLA and Michigan State. In his 25 course, the State of Georgia. ing failed to deal with the number one years as , he led the Bull- So it is a pleasure for me to have a issue of price and affordability of pre- dogs to six couple of minutes to talk about Vince. scription drugs, they are now going to championships, 20 bowl games and the We wish him well in his retirement. take up what we here in the House 1980 National Championship. Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. Speaker, I include have done, which is allowing people the His tributes, however, do not lie in for the RECORD the profile on Vince access to medications in Canada and in the trophies he collected, but rather in Dooley I referred to earlier. Europe where prices are much cheaper the lives he molded; men like Tommy VINCE DOOLEY Lawhorne, an undersized, over-achiev- for the same name-brand drugs, name- HEAD FOOTBALL COACH: 1964–1988; ATHLETIC brand drugs that we find in the shelves ing linebacker, now a leading surgeon DIRECTOR: 1979–2004 over there in Canada that we find here, in Columbus, Georgia; and Billy Payne, For the past 40 years, Vince Dooley has but 30 to 80 percent cheaper. an all Southeastern Conference end, re- had an enduring impact on the University of They are going to take up that legis- sponsible for convincing the world to Georgia, Southeastern Conference, and colle- lation because they now have spent come to Georgia for the Centennial giate athletics across the country. He has months talking to constituents, doing Olympic Games; or the greatest player been a man of great foresight in times of town halls, and they have found out ever to play for Georgia, or, I would charting the future, stability in times of what senior citizens have been telling submit, for any other university in the change, and vision in critical times that country, Hershel Walker. Only a coach have shaped the path of college athletics. His us for the last 6 years: they cannot af- national stature was reinforced when he was ford the medications that their doctors like Vince Dooley could instill the chosen from athletic leaders around the are prescribing. They are forced to pick character and humility for which country to chair a national sportsmanship between the medications and their Hershel is known. summit in the spring, 2003. food. They are forced to give up their There are thousands more I could There is no stronger indicator of Georgia’s month to allow their spouse to buy mention. They may not be in a Hall of overall athletic prominence than its recent their medications. They are forced into Fame, but they played for Vince success in the annual Sears Directors Cup cutting pills in half. Dooley. They all represent the char- which includes a second place finish in the 1998–99 season, third place finish in 2000–01, It is time that we allow the free mar- acter, humility and work ethic that Vince Dooley instilled in all that came and top ten finishes in four of the past five ket to operate, bring competition to years. Sears Directors Cup competition an- the pricing of prescription drugs and his way. We know them as Bucky nually recognizes the top athletic programs allow the prices to be driven down to Kimsey, Clayton Foster, Fred Barber, in the country. Under his watch as athletic world prices where they are 30 to 50 Andy Johnson and Frank Ros. Their director (since 1979), Georgia teams have won percent cheaper than they are here in communities know them as leaders. 18 national championships (nine in the past the United States. There is no greater tribute to a five years) including an unprecedented four man’s career than the success of those during the 1998–99 year (women’s swimming, f who learned under him. It is only fit- gymnastics, men’s tennis, men’s golf). Since b 1930 ting that the man replacing Vince Dooley became , Georgia athletic teams have also won 75 SEC team Dooley as Athletic Director is Damon TRIBUTE TO VINCE DOOLEY championships and numerous individual na- Evans, just one of many who played for tional titles in both men’s and women’s The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Georgia’s greatest coach, Vince sports. GINGREY). Under a previous order of the Dooley. He has also been a standard-bearer for aca- House, the gentleman from Georgia Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distin- demic excellence. Under his leadership, more (Mr. ISAKSON) is recognized for 5 min- guished gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. than 100 Georgia student-athletes have been utes. OSBORNE), the former national cham- named first team Academic All-America, 43 Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise pionship coach of the Nebraska have received NCAA Post-Graduate Scholar- today to pay tribute to Vince Dooley Cornhuskers. ships, seven have been named recipients of upon his retirement as Athletic Direc- the SEC’s Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Speaker, I thank of the Year award, seven NCAA Top Eight tor at the . I the gentleman for yielding. It is a Award winners, three NCAA Woman of the could use the time to recite the count- pleasure to be able to speak for a few Year recipients, and well over $275,000 has less achievements of this great Geor- minutes here on Vince Dooley. been awarded to the University’s general gian as a Coach and Athletic Director, I first met Vince in 1969, when he was scholarship fund through performances by but I will not. Instead, I will submit for coaching at the University of Georgia Georgia student-athletes. the RECORD a 4-page resume outlining and I was an assistant coach at the In 1985, Dooley was also instrumental in Coach Dooley’s lasting contributions University of Nebraska, and I was im- fostering the pledge which has resulted in $2 to the University of Georgia. pressed by his humility, his willingness million being contributed by the Athletic Association to the University—the principle I prefer to use this time telling to talk to a lowly assistant coach. Of being used for non-athletic scholarships and America about the man who made such course, 24 years as a head coach and 25 the interest used in the recruitment of top a difference in so many lives, including years as Athletic Director is unprece- students and other nonathletic programs. my own. I first met Coach Dooley in dented. Many people say one year in These funds also provided private matching

VerDate May 21 2004 04:35 Jul 07, 2004 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K06JY7.036 H06PT1 H5170 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 6, 2004 money which made possible the construction classes at the University in such disciplines flashpoint, were recently able to reach of the chemistry building expansion and the as history, political science, art history, and a bilateral confidence building agree- Performing and Visual Arts Center. And as horticulture. ment on nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, part of the University’s Third Century Cam- Dooley is married to the former Barbara the Bush administration enthusiasti- paign, he also initiated the Vincent J. Meshad of Birmingham. They have four chil- cally jumps into the nuclear arms race. Dooley Library Endowment Fund which was dren; Deanna (Mrs. Lindsey Cook), Daniel created with Coach Dooley’s personal gift of (married to the former Suzanne Maher), They believe the only good defense is a $100,000 to the University library. Under his Denise (Mrs. Jay Douglas Mitchell), and buildup of new nuclear weapons, which leadership, the Fund raised over $2.3 million. Derek (married to the former Allison Jef- happens to violate the Nuclear Non- In addition to his commitment to Geor- fers). The Dooleys also have ten grand- proliferation Treaty that the United gia’s athletic facilities, he was instrumental children: Patrick, Catherine and Christopher States signed in 1970. in the Athletic Association’s participation in Cook; Michael and Matthew Dooley; Ty, Joe They believe that the only good de- the University’s Ramsey Student Activities and Cal Mitchell; and John Taylor Dooley fense is a gigantic offense. But just Center, a facility rated by Sports Illustrated and Peyton Dooley. how strong does our Nation need to be? in 1997 as the top student physical activities FAST FACTS ON VINCENT DOOLEY building in America. It cost more than $35 We already have 9,000 strategic nuclear million, over $7 million of which was funded Program success—In NACDA’s Director’s warheads. How many of these weapons by the Athletic Association including $2 mil- Cup Competition that recognizes the top ath- of last resort do we require in order to lion in advance to begin the project. The letic programs in the nation, Georgia has be secure; how much money do we need complex, which hosted the 1999 NCAA Wom- finished as follows over the last five years: to spend; how much money do we need en’s Swimming and Diving Championships 2001–02—7th; 2000–01—3rd; 1999–2000—12th; to spend on nuclear weapons; how and the 2002 NCAA Men’s Swimming and 1998–99—2nd; 1997–98—8th. Standard bearer for academic excellence— much more dangerous must we make Diving Championships, includes competition the world; and how many domestic pri- facilities for varsity swimming and over 100 Academic All-Americans; 43 NCAA volleyball and practice arenas for basketball Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients; seven orities must we neglect before we de- and gymnastics. NCAA Top Eight Award winners; seven SEC cide that enough is finally enough? His community service and charity work is Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year There has to be a better way, a more extensive and includes work with the Heart winners; three NCAA Woman of the Year sensible way, an approach that, to use Fund, Multiple Sclerosis, Juvenile Diabetes, winners, more than any school in the coun- Abraham Lincoln’s words, calls on the Boy Scouts, the homeless, and he is cur- try. better angels of our nature, Mr. Speak- rently serving on the Advisory Board of the Hall of Fame Football Coach—Inducted er, there is. Salvation Army. He has served 28 years as into College Hall of Fame in 1994; 25 seasons I have introduced H. Con. Res. 392 to the long-standing chairman of the Georgia (1964–88); 20 bowl games; 201 victories ranked create a SMART Security Platform for Easter Seals Society and in 1987 was named third nationally among active coaches at National Volunteer of the Year for his serv- time of his retirement; 1980 National Cham- the 21st Century. SMART stands for ice. For his many contributions, a new pionship; six SEC Championships (1966, 68, 76, Sensible, Multilateral, American Re- Easter Seals facility in Atlanta was built 80, 81, 82); 1980 and 82 NCAA National Coach sponse to Terrorism. SMART treats and named for him in 1990. He and his wife, of the Year; SEC Coach of the Year seven war as the absolute last resort. It Barbara, are currently co-chairing a fund- times; State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame; fights terrorism with stronger intel- raising campaign to establish a Catholic State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame; Sun ligence and multilateral partnerships. high school in the Athens and northeast Bowl Hall of Fame; Georgia-Florida game It aggressively invests in the develop- Georgia area. Dooley, who was instrumental Hall of Fame; Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Hall of ment of impoverished nations. It con- in the University’s campus being designated Fame. trols the spread of weapons of mass de- as an arboretum, was presented with the Award winning athletic director—2000 Georgia Urban Forest Council’s 2001 Indi- Georgia Trend Magazine Top 100 Georgians struction, with a renewed commitment vidual Achievement Award given for signifi- of the Century; 2001 to nonproliferation. And instead of cant accomplishments in promoting urban Award from Coaches As- saber rattling, instead of employing ir- forestry in Georgia. sociation for lifetime contributions to the responsible rhetoric, like ‘‘axis of He served six years on the Advisory Com- sport of football; 2001 NACDA Division 1-A evil,’’ the SMART nonproliferation ap- mittee to the Atlanta Olympic Organizing Southeast Region Athletic Director of the proach calls for aggressive diplomacy, Committee and was in Tokyo with his Year; 1984 ‘‘Georgian of the Year’’ by the strong regional security arrangements former player, ACOG president Billy Payne, Georgia Association of Broadcasters; 1984 and vigorous inspection regimes. when Atlanta won the bid to host the 1996 ‘‘Sports Administrator of the Year’’ by the SMART security means the United Games. Through his efforts and association State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. with Payne, Dooley helped secure for Athens States will set an example for the rest f and the university three Olympic venues of the world by renouncing the first use (soccer, volleyball, and rhythmic gym- SMART SECURITY AND of nuclear weapons and the develop- nastics) which was the largest number of NONPROLIFERATION ment of new nuclear weapons. SMART events in a city outside Atlanta. Dooley was security requires that the United selected as a flame bearer in the 1996 Sum- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a States honor its multilateral non- mer Olympics torch relay receiving the previous order of the House, the gentle- proliferation commitments. If we are flame from Payne in . He woman from California (Ms. WOOLSEY) going to throw our weight around, de- also chaired a $1.5 million fund raising cam- is recognized for 5 minutes. manding that other nations cease their paign for new Salvation Army facilities in Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, when it Athens. weapons programs, we had better make comes to nuclear weapons, the policy sure we are meeting our obligations Another honor came Dooley’s way in June, of this administration looks like it was 2001, when he was named the Division 1–A under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Southeast Region Athletic Director of the just pulled out of a 20-year-old time Treaty, the Comprehensive Test Ban Year by the National Association of Colle- capsule. More than a decade after the Treaty, the Biological Weapons Con- giate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and fall of Soviet communism, President vention and the Chemical Weapons award sponsor Continental Airlines. Bush and his national security team Convention. Dooley was born into an athletic family in are still fighting the Cold War. Their Under SMART, we would invest fully the Alabama coastal city of Mobile, Sep- budget called for more than $100 mil- in the Cooperative Threat Reduction tember 4, 1932. His younger brother Bill, lion for research and testing of new nu- former head football coach at North Caro- Program, the CTR, an innovative part- lina, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest, was an clear weapons, including the robust nu- nership in which the Pentagon is work- All-SEC guard at Mississippi State in 1954. clear earth penetrator and a so-called ing with the former Soviet Union to After graduating from McGill High in Mo- low yield nuclear weapons program. dismantle the nuclear weapons that bile, Dooley accepted a football scholarship Fortunately, the Subcommittee on were once aimed at our cities. CTR is to Auburn where he was an all-star football Energy and Water of the Committee on critical to controlling the loose nu- and basketball player. He received his Bach- Appropriations lives in the year 2004 clear materials that are scattered elors Degree in Business Management (’54) with the rest of us, and initially has re- throughout the former Soviet Union, and Masters in History (1963). After serving jected these requests. in the Marines and as an assistant coach at keeping them from falling into the Auburn, he was named head coach of the Even India and Pakistan, two nations hands of rogue nations or terrorist Bulldogs in December, 1963, at the age of 31. mired in generations of conflict, whose groups. Dooley still maintains his academic and con- shared border has been called the Think about the price we have al- tinuing education interests by auditing world’s most dangerous nuclear ready paid to control weapons of mass

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