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Congressional Record—Senate S1124 S1124 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð SENATE February 7, 1997 suggest that it does not fit, that Con- the debate on the constitutional her ambassadorship to France. The four gress has always responded to reces- amendment for a balanced budget. My- years she spent in Paris in service to her sions after they were over. And, in fact, self, I will have some remarks later in adopted nation gave a different meaning to what had gone before it, not only to her bi- what ended up usually was pork-barrel the day on that subject matter, but I ographers but also to herself. In retrospect, spending that became a part of the would like to take a little bit of time, everything that preceded Paris will look dif- total budget program that went on. if I could, to raise several issues. ferent because, after a life in which she was Between 1980 and 1984Ðwhich includes (The remarks of Mr. DODD pertain- identified closely with a series of important years of deep recessionÐreal spending on ing to the submission of Senate men, she did something important so splen- jobless benefits rose $47.4 billion above its Congressonal Resolution 6 are located didly on her own. level in 1979, an economic peak. That in- She spent her last hours before she fell ill in today's RECORD under ``Submission in a characteristic whirlwind of activity. crease was just 1% of government spending of Concurrent and Senate Resolutions.) over those four years. Less than an hour before her fatal attack, f Recessions have been less severe in the she was discussing on the telephone with her postwar period, many economists argue. friend Undersecretary of State Peter Tarnoff TRIBUTE TO PAMELA HARRIMAN some highly technical problem concerning That is exactly the point of those fig- Mr. DODD. Mr. President, all of us in the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Eu- ures, the argument that somehow we this country were deeply saddened by rope. This was not the public Pamela straitjacket our Government by a bal- the tragic death of Pamela Harriman Churchill Harriman, the one the press al- anced budget not able to respond to in Paris a few days ago. Regardless of ways described as ``beautiful and glamor- times of recession, and the facts simply ous,'' but the intensely serious public serv- party or political persuasion, this was ant, handling personally a matter most am- do not bear it out, the economic facts, a remarkable woman who spent a life- bassadors would have left to someone else. not mine, but those of the economists time, from the basement of 10 Downing Then, after discussing the CFE with Tarnoff, who study this. Street with that most revered of lead- she went swimming at the Hotel Ritz and, as So when Secretary Rubin fears ers of the 20th century, Sir Winston she got out of the pool, collapsed without straitjacketing, what Secretary Rubin Churchill, to representing the United warning. Because Pam was the daughter of a Dorset fears is that the American people will States in the Embassy in Paris. Hers once again have control of their budget baron, I often asked her, teasingly, how she was a remarkable life in many ways. had managed to overcome the disadvantages and the spending of the Federal Gov- As we have been reading about the of her birth. But in a sense, I meant it; had ernment and that we take it out of the legend of Pamela Harriman over the she followed the normal trajectory for a girl hands of politicians and force them to past few days not enough attention, in of her generation and limited education, she stay within parameters and make the my view, is being paid to her profound would perhaps have lived out the last few tough choices and to stop mounting legacy to this country. Most of usÐI years of a fairly predictable life as, say, a the huge Federal debt that we are cur- think all of us, maybe with some ex- duchess dowager in some stately English rently having. home. Instead she began a 57-year voyage al- ception in this ChamberÐwere born in most continuously in the public eye. That is the essence of a balanced this country. We did not make the The standard stories always emphasize the budget amendment. That is why we are choice to be Americans. We were fortu- men in each phase of Pam's life, and there here on the floor, because the Amer- nate enough that our parents or grand- was truth in this; she herself talked of it oc- ican people have asked us to do this. I parents or great-grandparents came to casionally with her close friends. But the am one of those who believes so strong- this country, and we were the bene- role men played in her life can be misunder- stood. It is true that she loved, and was loved ly that the record is replete with the ficiaries of those decisions. facts that we as politicians cannot do by, an extraordinary group of men. But Pam I have always thought it was some- absorbed more than the luxuries of life from it. what different for people who made the her close proximity to men in power. From Some of us can make those tough choice, the conscious choice to become each of them she learned something new and votes; others cannot for various rea- an American. Pamela Harriman made gave something back. It was with Averell sons. It is true that, as never before, that choice to be an American and con- Harriman, a major figure in both foreign pol- special interest groups come to Wash- tributed mightily to this country. She icy and the Democratic Party for half a cen- ington for a piece of the pie. So it is was engaged in the political process. tury, that she returned to the world of public easy to give it away and make the pie affairs, this time not as the British daugh- She was a partisan. And I say to my ter-in-law of Winston Churchill but as a bigger. The only problem is we borrow friends on the other side, I think that proud new American citizen. She became in- hundreds of billions of dollars annually is healthy when people become engaged creasingly involved in Harriman's two major to make the pie, expecting future gen- and not only have ideas and values and concerns: the Democratic Party and Amer- erations to pay for the ingredients. beliefs, but are willing to act on them. ican foreign policy. Thus, when President Therein lies the great discrepancy, why And for those of us who are Democrats, Clinton made the decision to send her to we are here. we will be eternally grateful for her Paris in 1993, she was more prepared than ei- ther she or most of us realized. It is an important issue. We must support and her willingness to be en- Unlike many political appointees, she was fight to make sure that we retain it gaged in the political life in this coun- determined to understand the most complex and that we pass the balanced budget try. For people, regardless of political details of her job. At the same time, she re- constitutional amendment resolution persuasion, she was a great individual mained a perfectionist, equally determined and disallow the kind of amendments who represented our country in Paris to present a flawless facade. When, as her that would weaken it or make it hol- with great distinction. ``boss,'' I tried to get her to take more time low at best. We cannot put that kind of There was a column presented the off, to relax more, to do less, she simply said, ``I can't do that. I'm not built that way.'' language in our Constitution. other day, Mr. President, by Richard Her efforts produced results not only for I yield the floor. Holbrooke in the Washington Post her personally but for the nation. In the fa- Mr. DODD addressed the Chair. which I think captured in many ways mously difficult relationship between Wash- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the feelings of many of us about Pam- ington and Paris, Pam achieved a level of ac- pore. The Senator from Connecticut is ela Harriman's service. cess to the highest levels of the French gov- recognized. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- ernment that was unique. While the press fo- Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unan- sent that that column by Richard cused on the strains in the relationship, these were never as serious as reported, and imous consent that I may be able to Holbrooke be printed in the RECORD. in any case they would have been far greater proceed as in morning business and the There being no objection, the article without Pam's ability to bring officials of time I use not be deducted from the de- was ordered to be printed to the both nationsÐmost of them younger than bate on the pending business. RECORD, as follows: her son WinstonÐtogether under her roof to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- [From the Washington Post, Feb. 6, 1997] work things out. It was one of her enduring beliefs that if she could get the right people pore. Without objection, it is so or- PAMELA HARRIMAN'S LAST MISSION dered. together in a room she could get them to By Richard Holbrooke agree, or at least reduce their disagreements. Mr. DODD. I thank the President. If, as Soren Kierkegaard said, ``Life is lived That she was so often right, in the face of Mr.
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