S10908 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 14, 2006 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without MORNING BUSINESS alongside her in the House of Rep- objection, it is so ordered. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask resentatives and worked on many The title was amended so as to read: unanimous consent that the Senate issues with her, from fighting Federal An Act making appropriations for Military now proceed to a period of morning mandates in north Idaho to fighting for Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Re- business with Senators permitted to our military at Mountain Home Air lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- speak for up to 10 minutes each. Force Base and Gowen Field in Boise. tember 30, 2007, and for other purposes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without She stood firm in her convictions and Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I objection, it is so ordered. beliefs, honoring the promises she think that finalizes the bill, the Mili- made to those who put her in office. f tary Construction appropriations bill Helen knew, without a doubt, what she and Veterans Affairs appropriations HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES believed in, and she lived those beliefs bill for 2007. I thank all of my col- SERGEANT KAMPHA B. SOURIVONG in word and deed unwaveringly. leagues for their cooperation and pa- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, She worked very hard to make sure tience, especially my colleague, Sen- today I ask that the Senate join me in she had an understanding of what was ator FEINSTEIN, my ranking member paying tribute to SGT Kampha at stake. When she started her congres- who has been such a great colleague to Sourivong, who made the ultimate sac- sional career in 1995, she read every work with on this bill. Her staff and rifice while protecting freedom. Ser- piece of legislation that was coming up my staff have done an incredible job. I geant Sourivong, of Iowa City, IA, was for a vote on the House floor. She felt appreciate this opportunity and look assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, she owed it to those who sent her to forward to going to conference and 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Congress. She surprised more than a having our military personnel be Division, Army National Guard, based few committee chairmen by showing up housed and have the equipment that is out of Iowa Falls, IA. He was mobilized at hearings being held by committees in the Military Construction bill which for Operation Iraqi Freedom with the she didn’t serve on, simply because of they so readily deserve. unit in September 2005 and arrived in her desire to know more and under- Especially, I have to say that funding Iraq in early May 2006. He died at the stand an issue. One of her most-oft repeated matras the veterans and their needs is a spe- age of 20, on September 30, 2006, in Al was ‘‘Love many, trust few, and paddle cial privilege for all of us because we Asad, Iraq, when his military vehicle your own canoe.’’ And that is exactly have young men and women coming encountered small arms fire. what she did—she was not someone back from Iraq and Afghanistan as we Sergeant Sourivong will be post- who would check the wind before decid- speak with injuries that we want to as- humously awarded the following ing what to do. She listened, asked sure are cared for and healed, and awards and decorations for his heroic questions, read documents, studied the where necessary that we have the reha- service: the Bronze Star, the Purple issues, and talked with experts and bilitation which they so richly deserve. Heart, the Armed Forces Reserve plain folks. She took all that informa- I think we have done a good job of Medal with Mobilization device, the tion she gathered and then made her covering these needs. I am very pleased Army Good Conduct Medal, the Iraq decision. At her center was a very prin- that we have taken one more step to fi- Campaign Medal, the Global War on cipled, gracious woman—one who was nalize this bill. Terrorism Service Medal, the National Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, if I strong in her beliefs and kind to all Defense Service Medal, the Army Serv- those around her, regardless of theirs. might, I thank the chairman, my ice Ribbon, and the Combat Infantry- friend, the Senator from Texas. We In many ways, she mirrored the prin- man Badge. cipled center many of us admire about usually have a very easy time with this My thoughts and prayers have been bill. There are usually not many President Ronald Reagan. with Sergeant Sourivong’s parents, Idahoans have lost a true champion amendments to this bill. But perhaps Patty and Maliphone Sourivong, his for smaller government and personal because this is the first vehicle to brother and sister, and all those other freedoms. Helen brought Idaho into the move a number of items, they seemed family and friends who are grieving the national spotlight. She stood tough on to come up this afternoon. I think the loss of this young man. The Sourivong the issues and spoke out often, even chairman has shown great leadership family described Kampha as ‘‘a very after she left the House of Representa- and flexibility. Sometimes they go to- caring person’’ who ‘‘had a lot of tives in 2001. She could always be gether and sometimes they do not, but friends, loved his family, loved his counted on to call out hypocrisy in she has possessed both today. brother and loved his sister’’ and some- government and placed her reputation I am very grateful, and the Demo- one who ‘‘would give the shirt off his on the line many times to hold to her cratic side is very grateful for it as back to someone in need.’’ beliefs on what was best for Idahoans. well. This is a good bill. It is a bipar- I am grateful for the sacrifice that Perhaps the best way to remember tisan bill. It takes good care of vet- both Sergeant Sourivong and his fam- Helen is to quote her own words in an erans. It eliminates the problem of fi- ily have made. Our Nation will forever interview done with Reason Magazine nancing that we had last year. Overall, be in their debt. While the tragic loss in October 2000. When the reporter it is an excellent bill. I am very proud of this young American is deeply sad- asked how she would like to be remem- to have worked with the chairman. I dening, he will be remembered proudly bered, this is what she said: thank her. as the hero that he was. That I have been true to real Republican I thank the majority staff. And, of f principles. It’s been people like Tom Coburn, course, I thank my staff, of which Mark Sanford, and myself who have con- Christina Evans is sitting on my left, REMEMBERING CONGRESSWOMAN stantly said, ‘Let’s not forget who we are and and B.G. Wright and Chad Schulken HELEN CHENOWETH-HAGE why we are here.’ And that is to protect indi- back in the box. Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, in recent vidual rights, American sovereignty, and pri- It has been a good day. At least we weeks, many of our thoughts have been vate property. If there is not a force of law turned to Helen Chenoweth-Hage, her and justice to protect private property, then have accomplished a substantial bill. we have lost the basis of our freedoms. I yield the floor. memory, and her family. Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I As you know, Helen was laid to rest She said something else in that inter- suggest the absence of a quorum. in October after a tragic automobile view that strikes a resonant chord with The PRESIDING OFFICER. The accident took her life. We honor and me, in particular. When asked what the clerk will call the roll. remember this remarkable woman, and greatest threat to American Liberty The legislative clerk proceeded to I feel privileged to share with you some was, she said: call the roll. of my memories and thoughts about Too much federal and state government. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask The lack of respect of people working in gov- her and the time that we served to- ernment for individuals. An idea that certain unanimous consent that the order for gether in the U.S. House of Representa- people who occupy powerful positions in the the quorum call be rescinded. tives. administration can make better decisions The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without There will never be another public about an individual and their life choices objection, it is so ordered. servant in Idaho like Helen. I served than can that individual.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:49 Feb 05, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S14NO6.REC S14NO6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY November 14, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S10909 Helen will always be remembered as stage of life we both adhere to the wisdom of as military. It was met by 16 million citizen a champion of the individual—the rug- W.C. Fields, who expressed his philosophy as soldiers, backed by millions more on the ged, self-reliant American that is in all follows: If at first you don’t succeed, try, home front. All of them heroes in the age old try, again. Then give up. No use being a struggle for popular government. of us—and I thank her for that. damn fool about it. The word hero gets thrown around a lot. f Of course, in all that truly matters, George It’s a lot easier to be a hero if someone is has never given up. Neither has his beloved shooting at you, as happened to me on an BOB DOLE ON GEORGE MCGOVERN Eleanor. Sixty-six years after they enrolled Italian hillside—or attempting to shoot Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, civil- as undergraduates on this campus, sixty- down your plane, as George will recall from ity is alive and well in the great State three years after they declared their mar- 35 missions with his fellow B–24 bomber pi- of South Dakota. riage vows, the McGoverns of Mitchell are lots. Nor was it any accident that he named During the recess, there was an ex- still making a difference, still living every his plane the Dakota Queen—for the young traordinary, bipartisan celebration day in the spirit of this school’s motto: sac- bride to whom he would return after the war, honoring our former colleague, Senator rifice or service. with a Distinguished Flying Cross pinned to Having been both a candidate and a can- his uniform. When in another context George George McGovern. The occasion was didate’s spouse, I speak from experience said, ‘‘Come home, America,’’ I think it was the dedication of the George and Elea- when I say that for spouses it isn’t sacrifice that America to which he referred—a coun- nor McGovern Library at Dakota Wes- or service, it’s sacrifice and service. But then try that in every generation has produced leyan University in Mitchell, SD. Eleanor McGovern has always been a leader heroes, and is, in turn, a land fit for heroes The dedication brought together and humanitarian in her own right. What to come home to. former President Bill Clinton, former ever else you can say about us, it’s pretty In this America we fight as one, though we majority leader Bob Dole, former ma- clear that both George and I married above vote and pray and speak as many. One of the ourselves. unfortunate aspects of modern politics is our jority leader Tom Daschle, Senator That’s not all we have in common. ‘‘There tendency to label, dehumanize and even de- JOHN THUNE, Representative STEPHANIE is a wholesomeness about life in a rural monize opponents who are, after all, oppo- HERSETH, Governor Mike Rounds, and state. . .life tends to be more authentic and nents—not enemies. George McGovern is a 5,000 of Senator McGovern’s closest less artificial.’’ The words are George’s but leader, not a label. The man we honor this friends and admirers. the sentiment applies as much to Russell, evening is a proud liberal who nevertheless Governor Rounds noted that Senator Kansas as to Mitchell, South Dakota. We found much to admire in such common sense McGovern was a ‘‘patriot’’ and that both can attest to the fact that small towns conservatives as Bob Taft and Barry Gold- ‘‘all of us gathered here today have a nurture large dreams, and a generosity water. A Methodist preacher’s son, raised in unbounded as the Great Plains. Generosity is whole lot more in common than what a republican household, he cast his first vote what this evening’s all about—the generosity for Henry Wallace. As a young activist he divides us as Americans.’’ Senator of donors, and of those who seek their dona- was spellbound by the eloquence of Adlai THUNE noted that his father always tions. I want to congratulate Ambassador Stevenson. But in later years he would voted for George McGovern, even as Kimmelman and President Duffett as well as praise my hero, Dwight Eisenhower, for his the children urged him to vote Repub- the trustees and the campaign committee statesmanship and restraint while in the lican, because George was a decorated and every single individual whose generosity White House. WWII fighter pilot. Perhaps it was Sen- has helped to realize a dream called the George got to Congress ahead of me. By ator Dole, with his characteristic McGovern Library and Center for Leadership the time we served in the Senate, it’s a safe and Public Service. bet that our votes usually cancelled each humor, who best captured the signifi- Since we’re all being so generous, maybe other out. As fate would have it, I was Re- cance of Senator McGovern’s inspiring george would let me borrow his fundraising publican national chairman in 1972, the year career. team. We could use your help at KU. I can’t George ran against President Nixon. In poli- I ask unanimous consent that the re- imagine a more appropriate tribute to the tics, as earlier, I tried to be a good soldier. marks of Senator Dole be printed in McGoverns than a library, and not just be- but there are times when party loyalty asks the RECORD. cause George taught here at Wesleyan before too much. More than once I returned speech There being no objection, the mate- he put classroom theory to the test in a pub- drafts objecting to the official line against rial was ordered to be printed in the lic career that spans half a century. In fact, the Democratic nominee for President. By he and Eleanor are both educators at heart. election day, I think I had upset more people RECORD, as follows: They understand, for they personify, the es- around the White House than George did. Thank you very much for that generous in- sential truth of education—that so long as enough, anyway, so that I became expend- troduction, and for the honor of receiving books are kept open, then minds can never able once the votes were counted. the first McGovern Prize for Leadership and be closed. In years to come, this place will be Come to think of it, George, there’s an- Public Service. It is something that I will an incubator of informed Citizenship. What other thing we have in common. We were cherish, not least of all because of its name- more could any teacher ask for? both left unemployed by the Nixon White sakes who have set the standard—in friend- Generosity takes many forms. In the case House. ship as well as in leadership. This week’s of the McGoverns, it means a lifetime of If ever a candidate was entitled to nurse a events remind us once again that George principled service, and a personal decency grudge, it was George McGovern. Except no McGovern is a uniter and not a divider. Who that transcends any party label. I’m tempted man I know is less inclined to waste time or else could bring together Bill Clinton, Bob to say it transcends generations as well. It energy in holding grudges. His generosity of Dole, Al Neuharth, Tom Daschle, John has been said by this state’s second most fa- spirit extended to the man who defeated him Thune, and Peter, Paul and Mary? mous son, Tom Brokaw, that George and I in 1972. I will never forget a day in June, As you know, at times George and I have belong to the greatest generation. Actually, 1993, when we buried Pat Nixon in the rose had our political differences. Though not the we were fairly average americans, who sud- gardens at the Nixon Library and birthplace. differences you might think. For example, denly found ourselves caught up in the his- After the formal service concluded, we were here at Wesleyan he was twice elected presi- torical whirlwind—a tornado as random and invited inside—away from the prying eye of dent of his class. I have yet to be elected devastating as any that slashed across the television—so that President Nixon could de- president of anything—though I’m thinking prairies of my youth. liver a tribute of his own to his wife of fifty- of running against Bill Clinton for president If we were prepared for the curve balls that three years. Among other things, he spoke of of the Senate spouses. came our way, it was only because of the val- the joys of grandparenting, describing what For me tonight is both an opportunity to ues passed on to us by pioneers and parents happened when their youngest grand- salute an old friend, and to repay an old who had confronted more than their share of daughter, Jennie, asked Mrs. Nixon how she debt. You see, three years ago George came challenges. When hard times engulfed the wished to be addressed. to the dedication of the Dole Institute of American farmer like a Kansas dust storm, After rejecting ‘‘grandmother’’ as too for- Politics at the University of Kansas. What we clung all the tighter to our neighbors. I mal, and ‘‘grandma’’ as a bit too elderly for he said about me then more than made up don’t know about George, but my own com- her liking, Pat suggested to the little girl for what he said about me when I ran for mitment to feeding the hungry is rooted in that she call her ‘‘Ma.’’ Jennie then put the President in 1980, 1988 and 1996. So I figured those distant days when millions of Ameri- same question to her famous grandfather. To the least I could do was to return the favor, cans struggled to put food on the table. Hun- which he replied, ‘‘Oh, you can call me any- and make up for what I said about him, when ger is bipartisan. So is compassion. thing, Jennie, because I’ve been called every- he ran for President in 1968—and 1972—and It wasn’t only economic democracy that thing.’’ At that moment I wasn’t the only 1984. was called into question during those bleak person in the room who was struggling to I’ve long since accommodated myself to a years. Also on the line was the idea—en- control his emotions. Not twenty feet from career pitching Pepsi and other stimulants. shrined in places like Mitchell and Russell— Nixon stood George, dabbing at his eyes with And George has happily resigned himself to that every life is precious because every a handkerchief. the fact that the only presidents in South human is created with a plan and a purpose. Later that day, a reporter approached him, Dakota are on Mount Rushmore. At our The great test of our time was moral as well curious to know why he was there. George

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