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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 111 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 111 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 156 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 No. 132 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was Senator from the State of New Hampshire, me. There will be other times I will say called to order by the Honorable to perform the duties of the Chair. more about ARLEN SPECTER, but I JEANNE SHAHEEN, a Senator from the DANIEL K. INOUYE, think it is appropriate to say a few President pro tempore. State of New Hampshire. words today about ARLEN SPECTER. Mrs. SHAHEEN thereupon assumed After the beginning of the year, he will PRAYER the chair as Acting President pro tem- no longer be with us as a Senator. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- pore. I have followed very closely his ca- fered the following prayer: f reer. I have read his book—he has writ- ten a number, but I read the book Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise, RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY about his life—and it was fascinating, the kingdom, the power, and the glory LEADER belong to You. Make us to lie down in about his prosecutorial skills in Penn- green pastures and lead us beside still The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- sylvania. waters. pore. The majority leader is recog- We all know of his academic ap- Lord, forgive us for peaceful talk and nized. proach to the law in the Senate. When belligerent attitudes. In their quest for f he comes to the floor, he is someone who speaks after having given serious, the best for all people, sensitize our SCHEDULE lawmakers’ consciences to hear Your long thought to what he was going to voice, obey Your precepts, and to em- Mr. REID. Following any leader re- talk about, as I am sure he will today. brace justice, righteousness, and peace. marks, there will be a period of morn- I have spoken in recent days with him Deliver them from that pride that re- ing business until 11:10 this morning, at great length about something he fuses to acknowledge Your rule among with Senators permitted to speak for strongly believes in; that is, making the nations. Let integrity be the hall- up to 10 minutes each, during which the Supreme Court something the mark of their character. Help them to Senators may make tributes to the American people can identify with by see that real security is found only in late Senator Ted Stevens. having cameras in and watching the ar- You. At 11:10 a.m., there will be 20 minutes guments before the Supreme Court, not We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen. for debate prior to a rollcall vote on having to read a stale transcript but the motion to invoke cloture on the listen to the give-and-take of the law- f motion to proceed to S. 3816, the Cre- yers and the Court. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ating American Jobs and Ending As I said, I will have a lot more to Offshoring Act, with the time equally say about ARLEN SPECTER at some time The Honorable JEANNE SHAHEEN led divided and controlled between the two the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: in the future, but I have appreciated leaders or their designees. At 11:30 his astute awareness of the law and his I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the a.m., the Senate will proceed to a roll- being so good to me. It doesn’t matter United States of America, and to the Repub- call vote on the motion to invoke clo- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, whether he is a Democrat or a Repub- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ture on the motion to proceed to the lican, he is a Senator who I think is ex- offshoring bill. If cloture is not in- emplary. f voked, there would be a second vote on f APPOINTMENT OF ACTING the motion to invoke cloture on the RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE motion to proceed to H.R. 3081, the leg- islative vehicle for the continuing reso- LEADER The PRESIDING OFFICER. The lution. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- clerk will please read a communication As a reminder, former Senator Ted pore. The Republican leader is recog- to the Senate from the President pro Stevens will be laid to rest at Arling- nized. tempore (Mr. INOUYE). ton National Cemetery at 1 p.m. today. f The legislative clerk read the fol- Buses will depart the Senate steps at lowing letter: 12:15 p.m. today. A POLITICAL EXERCISE U.S. SENATE, f Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, the American people have been speak- Washington, DC, September 28, 2010. HONORING ARLEN SPECTER To the Senate: ing out for a year and a half. They have Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, Mr. REID. Madam President, as I wanted Democrats in Washington to of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby came into the Chamber, I saw my focus on the economy and on jobs. appoint the Honorable JEANNE SHAHEEN, a friend ARLEN SPECTER standing behind What they got instead was a budget ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S7565 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 22:05 Nov 24, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD10\RECFILES\S28SE0.REC S28SE0 mmaher on DSK69SOYB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S7566 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 28, 2010 that explodes the national debt, a $1 guished Flying Cross for his service in MORNING BUSINESS trillion stimulus that failed to hold un- the Army Air Corps during World War The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- employment down to the levels we II, Ted was, during his earliest days, an pore. Under the previous order, there were told it would, a health spending adventurer, a fighter, and a patriot. He will now be a period for the transaction bill that is already leading to higher lived an incredibly full life, most of it of morning business until 11:10 a.m., in service to his Nation and more spe- costs, and a raft of other bills that ex- with Senators permitted to speak pand Washington’s role in people’s cifically to his State. His colleagues in the Senate admired therein for up to 10 minutes each. lives. The Senator from Pennsylvania. With just 3 days left in the Demo- and even sometimes feared him, but crat’s 2-year experiment in expanded Alaskans loved him without any quali- f fication. To them he was just ‘‘Uncle government, they want to make a good SENATOR TED STEVENS last impression with a bill they know Ted,’’ a title I am sure will live on. has no chance of passing and which I have been to Alaska a number of Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I they have no interest in passing. So times over the years at Ted’s invita- have sought recognition to join in pay- this is about as pure a political exer- tion and one of the things that be- ing tribute to Senator Ted Stevens, cise as you can get. In my view, it is an comes clear to anyone who goes up who was in this Chamber from 1967 there, as I said at Ted’s funeral last insult to the millions of Americans until early 2009, and his presence is month, is that Alaska ironically is a who want us to focus on jobs. still felt, so pervasive was his impact pretty small place—in the sense that Democrats made a very clear choice. on this body. everybody seems to know each other, They chose to ignore the concerns of My first contact with Senator Ste- and everybody knew Ted Stevens. the American people and to press ahead vens was shortly after my election, From the airport in Anchorage to the with their own agenda over the past when I was in the process of selecting remotest villages, Ted is omnipresent my committee assignments. I had said year and a half. In the last 3 days of up there. That is saying something in a the session, they have decided they can during the campaign that I would seek State that is bigger than California, the Agriculture Committee, but when at least pretend to be concerned. This Texas, and Montana combined. is nothing short of patronizing. But in the first round came up and there was The reason is simple: In Ted’s view, if a spot left on Appropriations, I decided some ways it is the perfect way to end it wasn’t good for Alaska, it wasn’t a session in which the American people that was the best committee to select good. He devoted his entire adult life to for the interests of my State. have taken a backseat to the Demo- a simple mission, to work tirelessly crats’ big government agenda. I did not get the Ag Committee. Ap- and unapologetically to transform propriations has a subcommittee, Ag As for the specifics of this bill, even Alaska into a modern State. He was Appropriations, and it was filled. But if this were a serious exercise, it is a faithful to that mission to the very Ted Stevens generously opened the bad idea. Even the Democratic chair- end. It is hard to imagine that any one spot, taking another subcommittee as- man of the Finance Committee said man ever meant more to any one State signment so I could maintain, in part, this bill could hurt American competi- than Ted Stevens.
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