11122 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 152, Pt. 8 June 14, 2006 what Secretary Rumsfeld told us. We I will proceed to conclude the debate I want to single out two other sub- are up to $318 billion and counting. It is on the conference report and let every- committee staff members. All of the time that Secretary Rumsfeld and this body work out their differences on who clerks worked hard because almost administration start making some speaks next and for how long. every subcommittee had a role to play tough decisions about what they can I am pleased we were able to get a bi- in shaping the final outcome. But on cut out of the Pentagon’s bloated an- partisan agreement on this conference the Defense Subcommittee, Sid nual budget in order to fund the war in report. Senate conferees worked to- Ashworth, who is the clerk, Charlie Iraq. gether, Republicans and Democrats, to Houy, who is the Democratic counter- Quite frankly, we know there is a lot identify the priorities, to have sugges- part on that committee, are so depend- of waste, fraud, and abuse going on in tions fully considered and fairly con- able and so experienced and dedicated Iraq. It has to end. As long as we keep sidered. I am proud of the work product to their jobs, it reflects great credit on having emergency supplemental appro- of our Committee on Appropriations in the Senate for people such as those I priations, we will never eliminate the the Senate. I am particularly grateful have mentioned today who worked so waste, fraud, and abuse. for the support of the distinguished hard on this conference report. I am de- We all strongly support our troops. I Senator from West Virginia, who is the lighted to be associated with them and will vote for this bill because it con- ranking member of the Committee on honored to chair the committee. They tains funding for the troops, for avian Appropriations. He cooperated in every make my job so much more easy than respect in terms of scheduling hear- flu, and other items, but it is time that could possibly be imagined because of ings, working to make sure that our the war in Iraq only comes through the their skill and their professionalism committee had all the facts we needed regular appropriations process. It is and the hard work they turned in to to proceed to making a decision on the time for us to start getting our troops achieve the result we did, not just to out of there by the end of this year. President’s request. Our staff members are the very best. pass this bill but to serve the interests The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time of our country. of the Senator has expired. We are very fortunate in the Senate to have the benefit of the services of I am happy to recommend this con- The Senator from Mississippi. ference report to the Senate. I yield Mr. GREGG. Will the Senator yield? Keith Kennedy, who is staff director of the Appropriations Committee, and his back the remainder of the time avail- Mr. COCHRAN. I am happy to yield able under the order. to the Senator from New Hampshire. counterpart on the other side, Terry Mr. GREGG. Will the Senator allow Sauvain, is equally dutiful and depend- f me to propound a unanimous consent able in his efforts on behalf of our com- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- request for the purpose of getting mittee. Chuck Keiffer managed much TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 of the floor activity and was at the time? I ask unanimous consent that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- upon all time being yielded back or all markup session that we had that ran way past midnight the night we were ator from Virginia. time being used relative to the supple- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, under completing action on this conference mental, that I be recognized for 15 min- the standing order, is not the Senate report. He was very supportive of the utes under morning business. now to return to the annual authoriza- efforts and the needs of our committee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there tion Defense bill? Senator TED STEVENS, former chair- objection? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The man of the full committee, is chairman Without objection, it is so ordered. clerk will report the pending business. of the Defense Appropriations Sub- Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, may I The legislative clerk read as follows: ask what the unanimous consent re- committee. He and his counterpart, A bill (S. 2766) to authorize appropriations DAN INOUYE, are two of the finest Sen- quest was? I couldn’t hear. for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ators who have ever served in the Sen- the Department of Defense, for military con- ator requested 15 minutes as in morn- ate. Their responsibility was to deal struction, and for defense activities of the ing business at the conclusion of the with the request relating to defense Department of Energy, to prescribe per- debate on the supplemental. issues. This was mainly a Defense ap- sonnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Mr. HARKIN. I reserve the right, propriations request the President sub- Armed Forces, and for other purposes. only if I could ask that the same 15 mitted for the war on terror. But there Pending: minutes be allotted to the ranking were other provisions as well related to Levin (for Lautenberg) amendment No. member of our Budget Committee, the that conflict and our effort to defend 4205, to provide a temporary prohibition on Senator from North Dakota. our security interests. There were an increase in copayments required under The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there State Department accounts involved. the retail pharmacy system of the pharmacy objection? We had the benefit at the hearings of benefits program of the Department of De- Mr. GREGG. I withdraw my request, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary fense. then. I find that to be a request that of State, the Chairman of the Joint Warner amendment No. 4211, to name the has very little relevance. Chiefs of Staff, all talking about the CVN–78 aircraft carrier the USS Gerald Ford. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The re- needs for funding of our activities to Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, we are quest is withdrawn. protect our country’s security. ready to proceed. The work achieved The Senator from Mississippi. The chairman of the subcommittee yesterday resulted in unanimous ac- Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, it is that has responsibility for those ac- ceptance of a bipartisan amendment not my intention to use all of the time counts in the State Department and sponsored by the Senator from Virginia available to this side. I have had no re- foreign operations is MITCH MCCON- and the joint leadership. We then pro- quests for speaking time for any Sen- NELL, who is a distinguished Senator ceeded to an amendment under an ar- ator on our side on the conference re- from Kentucky and our assistant lead- rangement whereby the minority was port. So the disagreement can be obvi- er. He turned in yeoman work, along able to offer an amendment by Senator ated very quickly with my assurance with his counterpart on the other side, LAUTENBERG. I had the opportunity to that I am going to speak for no more PAT LEAHY of Vermont. These are ex- speak briefly with him this morning. than 3 or 4 minutes, and then I was amples of how the committee came to- There was some indication that he going to yield back all the time re- gether, Republicans and Democrats, would be willing to accept a proposal I maining under this conference report and made the decisions that had to be had to make a slight modification, in under my control. I advised the Sen- made, negotiated hard and diligently which case I would hope we could pro- ator from New Hampshire of that. That with the House to work out differences ceed to either an acceptance by voice is why he made the request, because it between our two bills and considered vote or schedule a vote at a time so de- was not going to infringe on anybody’s every request the administration made sired by the leadership of the Senate. time, considering the order under of the Congress for these appropria- I assume at some point in time I will which we are operating. tions. be able to obtain information on that

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On another The President’s budget proposed in- morial Day with our troops in Iraq and committee where we were together in a creasing the prescription drug copays saw firsthand, as so many of my col- markup session, there was some indica- for our troops and their families, al- leagues have, their dedication and tion that he would be amenable to a most doubling copays for both generic courage under incredibly difficult cir- modest modification to bring his and brand-name drugs. cumstances. We have an obligation to amendment in parallel with what the The proposed pharmacy copay in- support these men and women, and committee had done. That is the pend- creases represent a 70-percent increase that means not raising their prescrip- ing business. We then turn to an for military beneficiaries over the next tion drug copays while they are fight- amendment by the Senator from Vir- 5 years—far in excess of the 24-percent ing to protect us. ginia which I would like to discuss increase in military pay, or the 14-per- I hope the Senate will unanimously with my senior colleague in a minute cent increase in retiree pay over the support this effort that would stop the or two before we turn to that. Unless same period. These increased copays doubling of copays for our military there is a matter to address the Senate will affect Active-Duty members of the families for their medicine. I am hope- on, I would suggest we place a quorum Armed Forces and their families, mem- ful that we will be able to do that as call in for a few minutes. bers of the Guard and Reserve and soon as possible. Mr. LEVIN. If I may ask the Senator their families, and retired members of I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- from Virginia, did the Senator from the Armed Forces and their families, as well as surviving spouses who are en- ator from South Carolina is recognized. New Jersey want to debate his amend- Mr. GRAHAM. Madam President, I rolled in TRICARE and get their pre- ment further? will give a little background, if I could, scription drugs from retail pharmacies. Mr. WARNER. I was not able, in a about this subject matter and area of Unfortunately, the Senate Defense busy markup session, to ascertain that. inquiry. Mr. LEVIN. Maybe we could ascer- authorization bill only rejects the in- The Department of Defense initiated tain that. He is on his way to the floor. creases if people use mail order phar- early on this year, and part of last I know he was willing to make the macies for their prescriptions. While year, a fairly dramatic increase in modification. It is helpful to put the mail order may work for some, many TRICARE premiums for military retir- date of his amendment in line with our military families cannot wait 2 weeks ees and family members. The TRICARE bill, the fiscal year, as I understand it. or more to get the medicine they need program is, I think our membership Mr. WARNER. I suggest the absence right now. The vast majority of our knows, a military health care system of a quorum. military families purchase their drugs for Active-Duty people and also for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The at pharmacies. Of all TRICARE pre- those who are retired, up to age 65. clerk will call the roll. scriptions filled, about 43 percent are This is a provision for those 65 who can The legislative clerk proceeded to through retail, going to local phar- continue during Medicare eligibility. call the roll. macists, 51 percent are through mili- The health care part of the military Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, I tary pharmacies, and only 6 percent budget is just growing leaps and ask unanimous consent that the order are through mail order. bounds. Our chairman is sort of the for the quorum call be rescinded. Unfortunately, in Michigan, there champion of the TRICARE program, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. MUR- are no military pharmacies for the and it has been a wonderful program KOWSKI). Without objection, it is so or- 64,000 military men and women and for military members and their fami- dered. their families who call Michigan home. lies and retirees. But in 2015, it is going Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, I So this will impact the families in to be 12 percent, if nothing changes in rise to speak in support of the Lauten- Michigan who are serving us abroad— the entire military budget. It is on an berg-Stabenow amendment. I under- the troops as well as their families. unsustainable course. We have not had stand Senator LEVIN has offered it and Are we going to tell an Active-Duty a premium increase since TRICARE’s Senator LAUTENBERG will be coming mother to wait 2 weeks to get the anti- inception. shortly to speak on our amendment. biotics that her children need? Are we I will take a back seat to no one in This is an incredibly important going to say to our troops that their wanting to help the troops, but the amendment for the men and women family should have to pay more for pre- best thing we can do is create a benefit who are currently serving us so brave- scriptions while they are serving and that is sustainable and not have to ly, courageously around the world. We protecting us in Iraq? pick between health care benefits and all know that prescription drug costs The Lautenberg-Stabenow amend- armament and new weapons and all of are one of the largest drivers of health ment makes sense. It would tempo- the operational needs of the military, care costs, rising every year at double rarily freeze retail copays at their cur- which are going to be eventually or even triple the rate of inflation. rent rate through the end of next year. squeezed. In committee, Senator NEL- This is certainly an area where I have I understand there has been a request SON and myself, along with the chair- been focused for much of my Senate ca- from the chairman of the Committee man and ranking member, said to the reer—on the high cost of prescription on Armed Services to change that to Department of Defense: Stop, don’t drugs. We all know that is the case. the end of the fiscal year. I don’t object pass go, no fee increases. Like every manufacturer, small busi- to that. The amendment is consistent We are going to have the GAO and ness, and State Medicaid Program, the with the committee’s findings that other groups look at ways to save military is facing the same challenges military beneficiaries should be held money before you have to ask for fee of controlling prescription drug prices. harmless from TRICARE fee increases increases. And, secondly, give us some Instead of supporting policies that until Congress is satisfied that the De- idea if the Department of Defense num- would lower prescription drug prices, fense Department has done all it can to bers are accurate. Are they accurate in such as reimportation of prescription constrain health care costs, without terms of the growth explosion in the drugs from other countries like Can- shifting the costs to our military fami- cost of this program? So we are going ada, which is very close to Michigan, or lies. to get information to make a good de- focusing on more generic, lower cost Clearly, Madam President, we have cision and basically put a hold on the drugs that can be brought to the mar- not done all we can to cut health care fee increases for participation of ket and create competition to bring costs, and we ought not to be shifting TRICARE. down prices, or allowing Medicare to this burden to our military families. If That got us into the area of prescrip- negotiate pricing, unfortunately, this we don’t pass this important amend- tion drugs. One of the things that we

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Is the which have again been static since the making draconian choices is to phase Senator asking consent to modify the inception of the program, from $3 to $5 in changes that the force can accom- pending amendment? for a 30-day prescription for generic modate and that will relieve the pres- Mr. LAUTENBERG. I am. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there drugs, from $9 to $15 for a 30-day pre- sure on TRICARE. It is a wonderful objection to the modification? Without scription of brand drugs. To counter program, and it needs to be on a sus- objection, the amendment is so modi- that, we were going to have a zero co- tainable footing. Right now it is on an payment for those who chose to get fied. unsustainable path. We will find out The amendment (No. 4205), as modi- their prescriptions filled through the more information about how to reform fied, is as follows: mail. If you had a maintenance pre- it at the end of this year. scription, a drug need that would be re- At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add Madam President, I say to the chair- the following: curring, and you used the mail system, man of the committee, I appreciate all SEC. 707. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON IN- there would be no copay at all. the effort he has given to create CREASE IN COPAYMENTS UNDER RE- What we are trying to do there is get TRICARE. He worked in a bipartisan TAIL PHARMACY SYSTEM OF PHAR- people into purchasing drugs in a way manner to create a health care pro- MACY BENEFITS PROGRAM. Subsection (a)(6) of section 1074g of title 10, that is cost effective for the military gram that has been very valuable to and have some cost increase to keep United States Code, as amended by section the men and women in the military, 702(b) of this Act, is further amended by add- the program sustainable. That is what their families, and particularly retir- ing at the end the following new subpara- this debate is about. ees. This program, like every other graph: I appreciate the chairman, who has program at the Federal level, is going ‘‘(D) During the period beginning on Octo- been a great leader in this, working to have to be looked at anew in terms ber 1, 2006, and ending on September 31, 2007, with Senator LAUTENBERG to try to the cost sharing requirements established of sustainability. I look forward to under this paragraph for pharmaceutical find a way to get us past 2007. working with the chairman and others I will end on this note. This problem agents available through retail pharmacies to make it sustainable. is going to get worse. Over time, the covered by paragraph (2)(E)(ii) may not ex- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ceed amounts as follows: military health care footprint within ator from Virginia. ‘‘(i) In the case of generic agents, $3. the Department of Defense budget is on Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I ‘‘(ii) In the case of formulary agents, $9. an unsustainable course. TRICARE is a thank my distinguished colleague. For ‘‘(iii) In the case of nonformulary agents, great program, but we are going to years, Senator GRAHAM has been on the $22.’’. have to look at ways to make it more Armed Services Committee and has Mr. LAUTENBERG. Madam Presi- efficient, look at cost savings and, really specialized in health issues and dent, I wish to now discuss my amend- eventually, we are going to have to go other issues relating to the welfare of ment, which is fair and simple. It pro- back to the military community and the men and women of the Armed hibits increases in the pharmacy co- ask for some increased participation to Forces and their families. I, like him, payments of our military families and make this sustainable for the next gen- share concerns about the rising costs of military retirees they purchase at re- eration of military retirees and their these programs. How well he and I un- tail pharmacies. families. If we don’t, we are going to be derstand that there is only so much These families are part of the mili- in a dilemma we would not want to be money allocated under the process of tary’s health insurance program called in as a nation, having to pick between our budget to the men and women in TRICARE. operational needs and health care The price of everything going up so the Armed Forces. They need equip- needs. rapidly now hardly seems the time to ment. They need training. They need As a member of the Guard and Re- ask the people who have sacrificed for housing. They need medical care. If we serve—and I have done some time on our country—many who have been in active duty—I want to be as generous constantly begin to chip away, it ends harms way—to pay more for their pre- and as fair with the benefit package as up those moneys are withdrawn from scription drugs. It is incomprehensible. the country can afford, but no benefit the modernization account. My amendment, cosponsored by Sen- I thank the Senator. can be locked in time without some re- ators STABENOW, BINGAMAN, HARKIN, Mr. GRAHAM. Madam President, if I evaluation and adjustment. After 2007 LINCOLN, MENENDEZ, MIKULSKI, LAN- may add, the projections are that the passes, we are going to have to start DRIEU, LIEBERMAN, KERRY, and MUR- military health care program will be making hard choices. I promise all the RAY, is very simply a prohibition on in- Members of this body and those who $65 billion in costs by 2015, 12 percent of creasing, at this point in time, the co- may be listening to the military com- the DOD’s budget. We will be getting a payments that veterans and active munity that we are going to do it in a real hard look to see if those moneys duty families have to pay for prescrip- way that is acceptable, humane, ra- are accurate and ways to save money. tion drugs. tional, and not ask more than people Madam President, 2007 will be a year in The amendment is very simple. It can bear. The idea of trying to have a which we look at the true cost compo- says no, n-o, at increase on pharmacy zero copayment if you would get your nent of TRICARE projected out in the copays through the end of fiscal year prescriptions filled through the mail is future and try to think of ways to 2007. a great idea. It will be good for the make it sustainable, because if the pro- We ask our military families to make military members participating in the jections are anywhere near accurate, enormous sacrifices for our country, prescription drug program, and I am this program becomes unsustainable and now we want to saddle them with convinced—and we will see after this over time. It is worth saving, and I higher health care costs? It doesn’t year—that it will save a lot of money, think anyone in the military would make sense. The administration is pro- specifically for those drugs recurring in want it to be saved. We are just going posing to increase the cost of need. to have to be honest with them about TRICARE prescription drug copay- The increases on the generic and the cost. They cannot be locked in ments from $9 to $15 for brand-name brand names through the retail system time forever. drugs. This is, indeed, a hardship. It are appropriate, and we will revisit AMENDMENT NO. 4205, AS MODIFIED means that over a 5-year period, pre- that issue after this year. Mr. LAUTENBERG. Madam Presi- scription drug prices will rise by 70 per- I just want the Members of the body dent, I ask unanimous consent that my cent for military families—far out- to know that if we don’t get ahead of amendment be the pending business. stripping the 24-percent increase in

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Madam President, I real world that is always not possible. This amendment freezes pharmacy believe we now return to amendment Too many veterans and military fami- copayments at their current levels. It No. 4211. lies don’t live on or near a base, par- will send a message to our military The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is ticularly when it comes to the Na- men and women. It will tell them that the pending amendment. tional Guard and Reserve. just as they protected us, we are con- Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I In New Jersey, for instance, there are cerned about them and their families. I ask unanimous consent the distin- seven military installations, but only urge my colleagues to support my guished President pro tempore of the three have pharmacies and none of amendment. Senate, Senator STEVENS, be made a these facilities are in the northern part Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I cosponsor, and the distinguished rank- of the State. Driving long distances, es- wish to advise the Senator that we ing member of the Armed Services pecially with gas costing $3 a gallon or have carefully examined the amend- Committee, the Senator from Michi- more, is not the solution. ment and we are prepared to accept it gan, Mr. LEVIN, be made a cosponsor of Families and veterans have the op- on this side. amendment No. 4211. tion of getting prescription drugs at no Mr. LAUTENBERG. Madam Presi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cost by mail order. But many times dent, I appreciate that and am pleased objection, it is so ordered. people can’t wait for a week or two to that we are going to make a statement Mr. WARNER. Madam President, we fill a prescription. If you have a sick here that we don’t want those people are going to accept this amendment by child at home who needs an antibiotic who are on TRICARE, to have to pay voice vote. I urge the adoption of the right away, who will wait for mail de- more at this time. It just would be the amendment. livery. Also, many people, especially wrong thing to do. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there older veterans, prefer to get their pre- I am not surprised that the Senator further debate on the amendment? If scription drugs from the local phar- from Virginia, with a sound military not, the question is on agreeing to the macy where they can also get consulta- record and having been involved in amendment. tions with pharmacists and other serv- Government for many years in terms of The amendment (No. 4211) was agreed ices. TRICARE beneficiaries deserve military affairs, stands up and delivers to. the ability to choose where they want that agreement. I thank him very Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider to go to get their prescriptions. much, and I thank my colleague from the vote. Retail pharmacies account for about Michigan also, for the opportunity to Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that mo- 43 percent of the prescription drugs introduce this amendment. Without tion on the table. purchased through TRICARE. One further ado, I assume that it will now The motion to lay on the table was large pharmacy chain estimated that it be accepted. agreed to. fills more than 7 million TRICARE pre- Mr. WARNER. Madam President, for Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I scriptions every year. Close to 9 mil- those following the debate, I certainly rise today to speak on this amendment lion individuals are enrolled in the would acknowledge that the Senator that will direct the first ship of the TRICARE program. The increases pro- from New Jersey had a distinguished Navy’s future class of air carriers, posed by the administration would af- record in World War II in the U.S. heretofore known as CVN–78, shall be fect a large number of military fami- Army in Europe and understands very named the USS Gerald Ford, in honor of lies and veterans. well, through firsthand experience, the our great statesman and leader, whose We know how the Guard and Reserves hardships faced by those particularly distinguished career of service to our have been disproportionately affected in the enlisted ranks. Nation has spanned more than six dec- by deployments in Iraq and Afghani- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ades. I can think of no finer tribute to stan. To raise their health care costs, I ator from Michigan. our Nation’s 38th President and indeed think that is unconscionable. Mr. LEVIN. First let me commend to the United States Navy than to add John F. Kennedy said: the Senator from New Jersey for his his name to a warship. To govern is to choose. leadership in this matter and for his Gerald Ford joined the Navy in Feb- Last Thursday, all but two Repub- identifying a real problem which needs ruary of 1942, along with millions and lican Senators voted to repeal the in- to be corrected. It would be, it seems to millions of other Americans who re- heritance tax permanently, a move me, unconscionable for us to be in- sponded to the call following Pearl that would cost $989 billion over 10 creasing these copays in the middle of Harbor. It was just weeks after Pearl years. Remember that fewer than one- a conflict. For the men and women in Harbor that he volunteered, in those half of 1 percent of all estates incur tax the military and their families to face first dark hours of the United States’ liability. We are talking about a tax additional copays at this point is very, entry into World War II. Leaving be- break for the wealthiest Americans, very inadvisable. I thank Senator LAU- hind a family and a profession to serve the very people presumably who ben- TENBERG of New Jersey for identifying in a distant corner of the globe, he ex- efit the most from the freedom that this problem, and to all of his cospon- emplified his generation often referred our men and women in uniform pro- sors, the same thank you and gratitude to as the greatest generation and truly tect. Now we are being told that we is owing. I very much support the all generations of young Americans cannot afford to freeze these copay- amendment, and I hope it will be who have sacrificed to defend our free- ments that these men and women have promptly adopted. dom—be it freedom from tyranny or to make and their families have to pay Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I freedom from terror. for the medicines they need. It is really urge the adoption of the amendment. As a young lieutenant, Gerald Ford unbelievable. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there came within inches of being swept CBO, the Congressional Budget Of- further debate on the amendment? If overboard while selflessly performing fice, says my amendment will cost $290 not, the question is on agreeing to the his duties in the raging storm that bat- million in fiscal year 2007. amendment. tered Admiral ‘‘Bull’’ Halsey’s fleet In good conscience can we repeal the The amendment (No. 4205), as modi- during action in the Philippine Sea. He inheritance tax on the super-rich while fied, was agreed to. was aboard a small aircraft carrier at

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:37 Mar 24, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\FDSYS\BOUNDRECORD\BR14JN06.DAT BR14JN06 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE 11126 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 152, Pt. 8 June 14, 2006 that time. It was the USS Monterey, United States in the Office of the serve under him as Under Secretary CVL–26. That ship, the Monterey, President of the United States and and Secretary of the Navy, again a life- earned 10 battle stars for her role at Commander in Chief of the Armed long friend and admirer of Gerald Ford. Makin Island, Kwajalein, Truk, Saipan, Forces. Also, the Ford Foundation members, the Philippines, and other major en- President Gerald R. Ford brought and so many others. I spoke with Vice gagements in the Pacific theater. Lieu- closure to the crisis with characteristic President DICK CHENEY yesterday. In- tenant Ford had volunteered for that straight talk at his inauguration in deed, he was Chief of Staff to President service aboard that ship and sailed in August of 1974, when he humbly de- Ford in his years of the Presidency, harm’s way with many others. This clared to the American people that: and Don Rumsfeld also served and was memorable footnote in history of that ‘‘Our long national nightmare is over. appointed by President Ford as Sec- one action where he selflessly per- Our Constitution works.’’ With those retary of Defense when he first served formed lifesaving duties aboard his words, our Nation moved forward under with great distinction. ship would instill in the future Presi- his leadership. So I introduce this amendment, now dent a lifelong respect and apprecia- During his administration, President acted upon by the Senate, with the tion for the hardships and dangers that Ford’s policies at home pursued the deepest sense of humility and gratitude surround our brave men and women in path of healing and rebuilding—ad- to this fine man who touched my life, uniform. His military experience dressing the wounds of Watergate and who helped form my career, who held a Bible on the steps of the Senate with proved invaluable to his service as the end of the war in Vietnam. He halt- me when I was sworn in as head of the commander in chief and President of ed the postwar decline of our Armed Nation’s bicentennial, having then just the United States. Forces and set an early course for our Following World War II, Gerald Ford Nation’s defense posture, which proved stepped down as Secretary of the Navy; again served under President Ford in again answered duty’s call, gaining a well-placed step toward ending the that capacity, to take on the direction election in 1948 to the House of Rep- Cold War. of that brief chapter of America’s his- resentatives where he would ultimately Abroad, President Ford worked to tory where our country, together with serve our Nation for a quarter of a cen- achieve peace in the Middle East, to 22 other nations, recognized the mag- preserve detente with the Soviet tury. During those tumultuous years in nificent achievement of our great Union, and to limit the spread of nu- our history, as Congress acted on grave framework of Government beginning in clear weapons. Furthermore, with a and often divisive issues surrounding 1776. the Cold War, nuclear weapons policy, clear vision towards a prevailing free- So I do so, and I am very heartened war in Korea and Vietnam, the assas- dom in Eastern Europe, President Ford that I am joined by the distinguished sination of a beloved President, the advanced the cause of human rights President pro tempore of the Senate, civil rights movement, and the resigna- and perhaps charted a way and new Senator STEVENS, who has been a life- tion of a Vice President of the United course for these people long oppressed long friend. It is not entirely coinci- States, Congressman Ford distin- under the Soviet regime with the sign- dental that I am joined by my distin- guished himself by his calm, steady ing of the final act of the conference on guished colleague, friend, and coworker guidance, his plain-spoken wisdom, his security and cooperation in Europe, here in the venue of the Armed Serv- extraordinary character, and his open- commonly known as the Helsinki ices Committee for these 28 years that ness. He was respected by all for his de- Agreement. we have served together, the distin- cency. In the three decades since departing guished Senator from Michigan, from These qualities propelled Gerald Ford the White House, President Ford has whence Gerald Ford came to serve his to the forefront of his party. From 1965 continued his relentless pursuit of the country as Congressman and Vice to 1973, as minority leader of the House ideals which mark America’s great- President. of Representatives, he was a unifying ness. To this day, Gerald Ford remains Madam President, I ask unanimous force in the Congress, serving not an international ambassador of Amer- consent that the timeline of President merely his party and constituency, but ican goodwill, a champion for higher Gerald R. Ford’s life and career be reaching across the aisle to find com- education, a strong supporter of human printed in the RECORD. mon ground and resolve for the great- rights, an ardent proponent of strong There being no objection, the mate- est issues of the day. national defense and international rial was ordered to be printed in the The history of the ensuing years is leadership by the United States, and a RECORD, as follows: well known as a turning point in our trusted adviser to the succession of TIMELINE OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD’S modern history as a Nation, when the Presidents who have built upon his LIFE AND CAREER great system of checks and balances foundation. July 14, 0000—Gerald R. Ford is born as Les- forged into our Government framework I believe my colleagues will agree lie Lynch King, Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska. by the Founding Fathers met one of its that it is entirely fitting that CVN–78 February 1, 0000—Dorothy King marries Ger- greatest challenges. There was neither ald R. Ford, Sr., a Grand Rapids busi- be named for a former carrier sailor, nessman. past precedent nor a clear path forward the USS Gerald Ford. 1918–1925—Young Ford attends elementary for the change of power that would I acknowledge the help and guidance school at Madison Elementary in Grand take place. There was only certainty and assistance of many in bringing up Rapids, MI. He briefly attends East that the man who was to ultimately this amendment, notably among them Grand Rapids Elementary while the fam- assume the responsibility of the office John March, a friend of mine and an ily lived there. of the President of the United States acquaintance, a fellow public servant. 1925—On his twelfth birthday, Ford joins the must be a leader of uncommon integ- We both came out of World War II and local Boy Scout Troop 15 of Trinity Methodist Church in Grand Rapids, MI. rity, one who would reach ably across met at Washington and Lee University. In November 1927 he attains the rank of the aisle as a leader of all the people, He went on to become a distinguished Eagle Scout. and one whose credibility at home and Member of the House of Representa- 1925–1931—Ford attends South High School in abroad would be a unifying force—a tives, serving there for 14 years. Then Grand Rapids, MI for junior high and foundation for the future. he was counsel to President Ford at high school. He excels at football, being In that hour of crisis, when public the time of these difficult decisions named to the ‘‘All-City’’ and ‘‘All-State’’ confidence in the Office of the Presi- that I have referred to. He then served teams. He also works at his father’s dent had ebbed, and the division be- as Army Secretary, and I think to date paint factory and a local hamburger tween the executive office and the Con- stand. he is the longest serving Army Sec- 1931–1935—Ford attends the University of gress had widened to its greatest ex- retary in the history of our country. Michigan. He plays center on the football tent in a century, our Nation placed its Likewise, a wonderful man, former team and is named Most Valuable Player hope and trust in Gerald Ford to re- Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. He on the 1934 team. He also joins the Delta store the faith of the people of the was Secretary when I was privileged to Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:37 Mar 24, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\FDSYS\BOUNDRECORD\BR14JN06.DAT BR14JN06 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 14, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 152, Pt. 8 11127 1935—Ford plays in the East-West Shrine proach of incumbent Bartel Jonkman, a 1957–1958—During his fifth term, Ford is ap- Game and receives pro football contract McKay associate. pointed to the ‘‘Select Committee on As- offers from the Green Bay Packers and September 14, 0000—Ford defeats Jonkman tronautics and Space Exploration,’’ the Detroit Lions. 23,632 to 14,341 in the Republican pri- chaired by Senator Lyndon Johnson, June 1935—Ford graduates from the Univer- mary. which would recommend the creation of sity of Michigan with a B.A. in Econom- October 15, 0000—Ford and Betty Bloomer NASA. He also attends an address of ics. Warren wed at Grace Episcopal Church in South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh September 1935—Yale University hires Ford Grand Rapids. Marrying in the middle of Diem to a joint session of Congress in to be an assistant football and boxing his congressional campaign, the couple May 1957. coach. honeymoon briefly in Ann Arbor, attend July 6, 0000—The Fords’ youngest child, December 3, 0000—He legally changes his the University of Michigan-Northwestern daughter Susan Elizabeth Ford is born. name to Gerald R. Ford, Jr. football game, and then drive to Owosso, November 4, 0000—Ford wins his sixth term Summer 1936—Ford works as an Intern For- Michigan to attend a rally for Repub- as U.S. Congressman. est Ranger at Yellowstone Park’s Can- lican Presidential candidate Thomas 1959–1960—In January, Ford joins the Repub- yon Station. Dewey. lican colleagues in replacing their House Summer 1937—Ford attends law classes at November 2, 0000—Ford is elected to his first leader Joseph Martin with Charles the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. term as a U.S. Congressman from Grand Halleck. In September 1959 Ford spends 3 February 1938—Ford is accepted to Yale Uni- Rapids, receiving 60.5% of the vote. days touring Moscow and 10 days in Po- versity Law School. He begins classes in January 3, 0000–1950—Ford is sworn in as a land on fact-finding missions. the fall while continuing to coach. While member of the Eighty-First Congress. July 1960—The Michigan delegation at the at Yale, Ford supports the isolationist During his first year in the House, he is Republican Convention in Chicago sup- America First Committee as America assigned to the Public Works Committee. ports Ford as a favorite son candidate to sees war spread across Europe. As a member he is invited to tour the Richard Nixon’s running mate. Ford Summer 1938—Ford attends law classes at White House by President Truman. He gives the nominating speech for the the University of North Carolina in also helps organize the ‘‘Chowder and eventual Vice-Presidential nominee, Am- Chapel Hill. Marching Club’’ of young Republican bassador Henry Cabot Lodge. Fall 1940—Ford volunteers for the Wendell Congressmen with fellow House member November 1960—Ford is re-elected to a sev- Willkie presidential campaign in New Richard Nixon. enth term in Congress. York City. As a volunteer, he attends his March 14, 0000—The Fords’ first child, Mi- 1961–1962—Ford becomes the ranking Repub- first Republican convention in Philadel- chael Gerald Ford is born. lican on the Defense Appropriations Sub- phia. November 7, 0000—Ford wins his second term committee. However, he supports many Spring 1941—Ford graduates in the top third as Congressman from the fifth district of President Kennedy’s foreign aid initia- of his law school class at Yale. with 66% of the vote. tives. He is also awarded the Congres- May 1941—Ford returns to Grand Rapids and January 1951–1952—At the start of his second sional Distinguished Service Award from partners with friend Philip Buchen to term in the House, Ford is appointed to the American Political Science Associa- the Appropriations Committee. Ford in- open a law firm located in Suite 621 of tion. vites Richard Nixon to Grand Rapids to the Michigan Trust Building. He also be- January 26, 0000—Ford’s stepfather, Gerald give the annual Lincoln Day Speech. In comes active in local politics helping Ford, Sr., dies in Grand Rapids, Michi- February 1952 he and other young Repub- launch a reform group opposed to the Re- gan. lican Congressmen send a letter urging publican political machine of Frank D. November 6, 0000—Ford is re-elected to his General Eisenhower to enter the Presi- McKay. eighth term, despite declining Repub- dential race. February 1942–May 1942—With the U.S. en- lican numbers in the House. March 16, 0000—The Fords’ second son, John trance into World War II, Ford volun- January 2, 0000—In a Republican caucus rev- Gardner ‘‘Jack’’ Ford is born. teers for the Navy. He is assigned to the olution led by Congressmen Charles November 4, 0000—Ford wins his third term Navy’s V–5 pre-flight program in Annap- as Congressman from Grand Rapids with Goodell and Robert Griffin, Ford defeats olis, Maryland to become a physical 66% of the vote. Charles Hoeven of Iowa for House Repub- training instructor. Upon completion, he 1953–1954—Ford is a member of the only Re- lican Conference Chairman. is sent to Chapel Hill, North Carolina as publican controlled House from 1949 to November 29, 1963—A week after President an athletic training officer. 1995. He is appointed to the Appropria- Kennedy’s assassination, President John- Summer 1943–December 1944—Ford is as- tions Subcommittee on Defense Spend- son appoints Ford to the seven member signed to sea duty aboard the carrier ing, and is made Chairman of the Army Warren Commission to investigate Ken- USS Monterey as the ship’s athletic offi- Panel on spending. As a member of this nedy’s death. On September 27, 0000 they cer and one of the ship’s gunnery offi- committee he witnesses test firings of would publish their conclusion that there cers. He sees action in the Pacific The- project NIKE that developed the first was no evidence of a conspiracy in the ater aboard the USS Monterey in the operational anti-aircraft missile, the assassination of President Kennedy. Ford Battle of Makin. The ship also takes part Nike-Ajax. would later publish a book about the as- in attacks against Kwajalein and Eni- August 1953—Ford takes a three week tour of sassination, Portrait of an Assassin, with wetok, New Guinea, Saipan, Guam, and U.S. military installations in Asia and friend Jack Stiles. Formosa. He also survives a typhoon in the Pacific. He visits Saigon in French November 3, 0000—Lyndon Johnson is elected the Pacific that batters the Monterey on Indochina, and during a visit to Korea, President in a landslide over Barry Gold- December 18, 0000. witnesses a POW exchange. water. Ford is elected to his ninth term Spring 1945—Ford is promoted to Lieutenant November 4, 0000—After declining a run for as Congressman. Commander and assigned to Glenview, Il- U.S. Senate, Ford wins his fourth term as December 19, 0000—After meeting with fellow linois, to train new naval officers for sea Congressman. Republican House members Donald duty. 1955–56—Ford continues to serve on the Ap- Rumsfeld, Robert Griffin, and Charles Fall 1945—Ford returns to Grand Rapids and propriations Committee in the House, Goodell, Ford announces that he will rejoins his friend Philip Buchen with the and in 1956 is appointed to the Intel- challenge the incumbent, Charles law firm of Butterfield, Keeney, and ligence Subcommittee, which oversees Halleck of Indiana for the post of House Amberg. He becomes active in many the CIA’s budget. He serves on this sub- Minority Leader. civic affairs and charities including committee for ten years and learns of January 4, 0000—Ford unseats Halleck as chapters of the Red Cross, the American programs such as U–2 and Bay of Pigs. He House Minority Leader by a vote of 73–67. Legion, and the VFW. Influenced by his also visits NATO headquarters in Paris, 1965–1966—In his first term as House Minor- experience in the war and the inter- and the Allied and Russian Zones of Ber- ity Leader, Ford offers Republican alter- nationalist views of Senator Arthur Van- lin. He visits a Hungarian refugee camp natives to the Great Society legislation denberg, Ford resumes his involvement in Austria. of the Johnson administration. He ap- in reforming Grand Rapids politics. Spring 1955—The Fords move into their pears with Senate Minority Leader Ever- August 1947—Ford is introduced to Elizabeth newly completed house in Alexandria, ett Dirksen of Illinois in weekly press (Betty) Bloomer Warren by mutual Virginia. conferences (known as the ‘‘Ev and Jerry friends. May 19, 0000—The Fords’ third son, Steven Show’’) to offer critiques of Johnson ad- June 1948—Ford announces his candidacy for Meigs Ford is born. ministration policies. He also campaigns the Republican nomination for U.S. November 6, 0000—After declining an oppor- on behalf of Republican candidates dur- House of Representatives, Fifth Congres- tunity to run for Michigan Governor, ing the 1966 midterm elections. sional District of Michigan. He chal- Ford wins election to his fifth term as November 8, 0000—Ford wins his tenth elec- lenges the isolationist foreign policy ap- Congressman. tion as Congressman with 68 percent of

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Party of the U.S.S.R., meet in Vladi- Minority Leader begins attacking John- May 9, 0000—The House Judiciary Committee vostok, U.S.S.R. son’s position on the war in Vietnam begins impeachment proceedings against December 19, 0000—Following Congressional asking in an August 8, 0000 speech, ‘‘Why President Nixon. approval, Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in are we pulling our best punches in Viet- July 24, 0000—The Supreme Court orders as the forty-first Vice President of the nam?’’ Nixon to turn over the unedited versions United States. September 17, 0000—Ford’s mother, Dorothy of the White House tapes. January 1, 0000—Ford signs the Privacy Act Gardner Ford, dies in Grand Rapids, July 27–30, 0000—The House Judiciary Com- of 1974. Michigan. mittee approves three articles of im- January 4, 0000—Ford names a Blue Ribbon August 5, 0000—Ford presides as Permanent peachment against Richard Nixon. panel, chaired by Vice President Rocke- Chairman of the Republican Convention August 1, 0000—Nixon’s Chief of Staff, Al feller, to review CIA activities within the held in Miami Beach, Florida. Following Haig, advises Ford that he should pre- United States in response to allegations Richard Nixon’s nomination, Ford sup- pare for a transition to the Presidency. made in a December New York Times ar- ports New York City Mayor John Lind- August 6, 0000—Ford attends a cabinet meet- ticle by Seymour Hersh. say for running mate in conversations ing and tells Nixon that while he will January 13, 0000—Ford delivers a ‘‘fireside with Nixon. Nixon, however, chooses continue to support Nixon’s policies, he chat’’ to the nation, outlining his pro- Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew. can longer speak on the issue of Water- posals to fight inflation, the economic November 5, 0000—Nixon is elected President; gate to the media and the public. recession, and energy dependence. Ford is elected to his eleventh term as August 8, 0000—Nixon announces his decision January 15, 0000—In his first State of the House member. to resign in a televised address. Union Address, Ford announces bluntly 1969–1970—As House Minority Leader under a August 9, 0000—Ford is sworn in as the 38th that ‘‘the state of the Union is not good: Republican President, Ford consistently President of the United States. In his Millions of Americans are out of work. supports Nixon’s polices in the House. swearing-in remarks, Ford announces Recession and inflation are eroding the April 15, 0000—In a speech on the House floor, ‘‘Our long, national nightmare is over.’’ money of millions more. Prices are too Ford calls for the removal of Justice Wil- August 12, 0000—Ford addresses a Joint Ses- high, and sales are too slow.’’ To remedy liam O. Douglas’ from the Supreme Court sion of Congress. He states, ‘‘I do not these problems, Ford proposes tax cuts for what Ford believes to be inappro- want a honeymoon with you. I want a for American families and businesses, priate judicial conduct. The matter is good marriage.’’ He also states his first and strongly advocates for the reduction later turned over to the House Judiciary priority is to bring inflation under con- of government spending. Committee where the issue dies. trol, declaring it ‘‘public enemy number February 7, 0000—Ed Levi is sworn in as the November 3, 0000—Ford is elected to his one.’’ new Attorney General of the United twelfth term. August 19, 0000—Ford delivers a major speech States replacing William Saxbe, whom June 17, 0000—Five burglars break into to the Veterans of Foreign Wars conven- Ford appoints as U.S. ambassador to Democratic National Headquarters at tion in Chicago, supporting earned clem- India. the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. ency for Vietnam War draft evaders. April 10, 0000—As North Vietnamese Army June 23–July 7, 0000—Building upon Presi- August 20, 0000—Ford nominates Nelson Divisions approach Saigon; Ford address- dent Nixon’s trip to the People’s Repub- Rockefeller, former Governor of New es a joint session of Congress to request, lic of China in February 1972, Ford and York, to be Vice President. unsuccessfully, financial assistance for Congressman Hale Boggs of Louisiana August 28, 0000—Ford holds his first press South Vietnam and Cambodia. During visit and meet with Premier Chou En- conference as President. Many of the the speech two freshman Democrats, Lai. questions concern unresolved issues sur- Toby Moffett of Connecticut and George August 19–22, 0000—Ford chairs the Repub- rounding Watergate. Miller of California walk out in protest. lican National Convention in Miami September 8, 0000—Ford pardons Nixon for April 12, 1975—Ford evacuates the U.S. mis- Beach, Florida, where President Nixon any crimes he may have committed as sion in Cambodia as the communist and Vice-President Agnew are re-nomi- President. The surprise announcement Khmer Rouge advance on the capital nated. stuns the country and Ford plummets in Phnom Penh. The Khmer Rouge take November 7, 0000—Ford is elected to his thir- the polls. over the country on April 17, 0000. teenth and final term as a Congressman September 26–28, 0000—Betty Ford is diag- April 23, 0000—In a speech at Tulane Univer- from Michigan. Despite Nixon’s landslide nosed with breast cancer and undergoes sity, President Ford declares that the victory, the Republicans do not gain surgery. Vietnam War ‘‘is finished as far as Amer- many House seats. Realizing he may September 27–28, 0000—The White House con- ica is concerned.’’ never achieve his goal to become Speak- venes a ‘‘summit conference’’ on infla- April 28, 0000—Ford orders the emergency er of the House, Ford contemplates re- tion and the economy. evacuation of American personnel and tirement after 1976. October 8, 0000—Ford announces his Whip In- high-risk South Vietnamese nationals, as October 10, 0000—Spiro Agnew, under inves- flation Now program to a joint session of Saigon falls to Communist forces. tigation for accepting bribes and income Congress. May 12, 0000—Newly Communist Cambodia tax evasion, resigns as Vice President of October 15, 0000—Ford signs the Federal seizes the U.S. merchant ship, Mayaguez. the United States. Election Campaign Act Amendments of Ford orders Marines to rescue the ship’s October 12, 0000—Ford is nominated to be 1974, which seek to regulate campaign crew. Vice President by Richard Nixon. He is fundraising and spending. May 28, 0000—Ford departs on trip to Europe the first Vice President nominated under October 17, 0000—Ford appears before the for a NATO summit meeting, to visit the 25th amendment to the Constitution. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Spain and Italy, and to meet in Austria November 1, 0000—The Senate begins hear- Criminal Justice to explain the facts and with President Sadat of Egypt. ings on Ford’s nomination as Vice Presi- circumstances that were the basis for his July 8, 0000—Ford formally announces his dent. pardon of former President Richard candidacy for the Republican presi- November 15, 0000—The House Judiciary Nixon. dential nomination in 1976. Committee begins its hearings on Ford’s October 17, 1974—Ford vetoes the Freedom of July 26, 0000—The President departs on his nomination as Vice President. Information Act Amendments believing second trip to Europe—‘‘a mission of November 27, 0000—The Senate approves not enough protection is given to sen- peace and progress’’—for visits to West Ford’s nomination by a vote of 92–3. sitive and classified intelligence docu- Germany and Poland, and finally Hel- December 6, 0000—The House approves Ford’s ments. Congress overrides Ford’s veto on sinki to meet leaders of 34 other nations nomination by a vote of 387–35. Ford November 21, 0000 making the bill law. to sign the final act of the Conference on takes the oath as the fortieth Vice Presi- November 1, 0000—Ford meets with an ailing Security and Cooperation in Europe. He dent of the United States in front of a Richard Nixon in a Long Beach, Cali- concludes his trip with visits to Romania joint session of Congress. fornia hospital. and Yugoslavia. January–July, 0000—With Nixon embroiled in November 5, 0000—Republicans lose 40 seats September 1, 0000—Ford announces a joint the growing Watergate scandal, Vice in the House and 4 in the Senate, wid- Egyptian-Israeli agreement on troop dis- President Ford travels the country ening the Democratic majority in Con- engagement in the Sinai Peninsula. The speaking on behalf of the administra- gress during the mid-term elections. agreement is the culmination of 34 days tion’s policies. Ford remains an advocate November 17, 0000—Ford departs for a visit to of shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of and spokesman for the Republican Party, Japan—the first visit to that country by State Henry Kissinger. attending fundraisers and campaign an American President—and to South September 5, 0000—Charles Manson follower, events for Republican candidates. Korea and the Soviet Union. Lynette ‘‘Squeaky’’ Fromme attempts to

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This begins a December 14, 0000—Ford sends a letter to the woman with ties to leftwing radical string of primary victories for Ford Archivist of the United States and the groups, attempts to assassinate Presi- which include Florida and Illinois before President of the University of Michigan dent Ford in San Francisco, California. a series of losses from challenger Reagan offering to deposit his papers in a Presi- October 2–3, 0000—Ford hosts Japanese Em- in North Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Ala- dential Library to be built on the Univer- peror Hirohito and Empress Nagako for a bama, and Indiana. sity of Michigan campus. state visit. This is the first state visit for March 25, 1976—Ford sends a message to Con- January 12, 0000—In his final State of the an Emperor and Empress of Japan to the gress requesting a special appropriation Union Address, Ford tells Congress and United States. for the National Swine Flu Immuniza- the American People, ‘‘I can report that October 29, 1975—Ford urges financial re- tion Program. He signs the measure into the state of the union is good. There is straint and a financial review for New law on August 12, 0000. room for improvement, as always, but York City during its budget crisis. Ford June 20, 0000—Ford orders the evacuation of today we have a more perfect Union than refuses to support Federal help for New the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon fol- when my stewardship began.’’ York at this time. He proposes bank- lowing the assassination of embassy offi- January 20, 0000—Carter is sworn in as the ruptcy legislation to ensure the City un- cials on June 16. 39th President of the United States. In dergoes an orderly default process. On July 4, 0000—America’s Bicentennial of inde- his inaugural address, Carter states, November 26, 0000, after he believes city pendence. The year is marked by numer- ‘‘For myself and for our Nation, I want leaders have begun to adequately address ous head of state visits and state gifts to to thank my predecessor for all he has the crisis, he authorizes Congress to ex- the United States. On July 4, President done to heal our land.’’ Ford retires to tend the City a line of credit. Ford attends events at Valley Forge, PA; Palm Springs, California and Vail, Colo- November 4, 0000—In what the press dubs the Operation Sail in New York City; and in rado. During his retirement, Ford serves ‘‘Halloween Massacre,’’ President Ford Philadelphia, PA. on various corporate boards, participates orders a reorganization of his cabinet. He July 7, 0000—President and Mrs. Ford wel- in many charitable causes, remains in- names Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Sec- come Queen Elizabeth II to the White volved in many national and inter- retary, Elliot Richardson as Commerce House for a state dinner as part of the Bi- national causes and issues, participates Secretary, George Bush as CIA Director, centennial celebration. in many Republican Party functions, and and Richard Cheney as White House August 18, 0000—When North Korean soldiers is called to service several times by later Chief of Staff. Henry Kissinger remains axe-murder two U.S. soldiers on a tree- Presidents. Secretary of State; however, he turns pruning mission in the Demilitarized March 9, 0000—President and Mrs. Ford sign over his duties as National Security Ad- Zone, Ford weighs strong military action contracts to publish their memoirs. visor to Brent Scowcroft. Under pressure but decides on other measures. March 24, 0000—Ford returns to the White from Republican Party Conservatives, August 19, 0000—Ford is nominated at the House for the first time since he left of- Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller with- Republican Convention edging out fice and meets with President Carter in draws his name from consideration as former California Governor Ronald the Oval Office. They meet for an hour Ford’s 1976 running mate. Reagan. Ford names Senator Robert Dole and a half discussing a range of national November 15–17, 0000—Ford attends an eco- of Kansas as his running mate. Public and international issues. nomic summit at Rambouillet, France opinion polls following the convention June 6, 0000—Ford’s memoir, A Time to Heal, with President Valery Giscard d’Estaing have Ford trailing the Democratic nomi- is published. of France, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of nee Jimmy Carter by wide margins. The Fall 1979—Ford considers another run for the West Germany, Prime Minister Aldo Gallup poll favors Carter 56% to 33% and Presidency in the 1980 election. Moro of Italy, Prime Minister Takeo the Harris poll favors Carter 61% to 32%. March 16, 0000—Ford officially takes himself Miki of Japan, and Prime Minister Har- September 13, 0000—Ford signs the Govern- out of consideration for the Republican old Wilson of the United Kingdom. ment in the Sunshine Act requiring that Presidential nomination, stating ‘‘. . . November 20, 0000—Former California Gov- many government regulatory agencies ernor Ronald Reagan announces that he must give advance notice of meetings America needs a new President. I have will challenge Gerald Ford for the Repub- and hold open meetings. The new law determined that I can best help that lican presidential nomination in 1976. also amends the Freedom of Information cause by not being a candidate for Presi- November 28, 1975—Ford nominates Judge Act ‘‘by narrowing the authority of agen- dent, which might further divide my John Paul Stevens of the Seventh Circuit cies to withhold information from the party.’’ of the Court of Appeals in Chicago to the public.’’ July 1, 0000—At the Republican National United States Supreme Court to replace September 15, 0000—Ford kicks off his gen- Convention in Detroit, Michigan, rep- retiring Justice William O. Douglas. The eral election campaign at the University resentatives of Ronald Reagan and Ger- Senate unanimously approves Stevens by of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ald Ford attempt to work out the details a 98–0 vote. He is sworn in on December September 23, 0000—First presidential cam- of having Ford on the ticket as Vice 19, 0000. paign debate between President Ford and Presidential nominee, but to no avail. November 29, 0000—Ford departs for visits to Governor Jimmy Carter in Philadelphia. However, many newspapers inaccurately People’s Republic of China, the Phil- This is the first presidential candidate report that Ford has been selected for ippines, and Indonesia. debate since the Nixon-Kennedy debates the post. December 19, 0000—Ford opposes to the in 1960. November 1, 0000—Ford appears on NBC’s Tunney Amendments of the Defense Ap- October 6, 0000—Second presidential can- Meet the Press to discuss the Iranian propriations Bill but the Senate passes didate debate, on foreign policy and de- hostage situation and stump for can- them. The amendments prohibit funding fense issues, in San Francisco. During didate Reagan. for US covert operations in Angola aimed the debate Ford comments that, ‘‘there April 27, 0000—Ford dedicates his Presi- at defeating the Soviet and Cuban is no Soviet domination of Eastern Eu- dential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. backed MPLA factions in the Angolan rope and there never will be under a Ford September 18, 0000—Ford dedicates his Presi- Civil War. administration.’’ This misstatement is dential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michi- January 2, 0000—Ford vetoes the Common fodder for the press and public for the gan. Situs Picketing Bill. next several days. October 10, 0000—At the request of President February 18, 0000—In an effort to reform the October 22, 0000—Third and final presidential Reagan, Ford joins former Presidents U.S. intelligence community, Ford signs candidate debate in Williamsburg, Vir- Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter as part Executive Order 11905 to ‘‘establish poli- ginia. of the official American delegation at- cies to improve the quality of intel- November 1–2, 0000—President Ford attends tending the funeral of assassinated Egyp- ligence needed for national security, to his final campaign rally in Grand Rapids, tian President Anwar Sadat. clarify the authority and responsibilities Michigan at the Pantlind Hotel. He casts October 3, 0000—The Betty Ford Center is of the intelligence departments and his vote on November 2 and attends the dedicated. agencies, and to establish effective over- unveiling of the Gerald R. Ford mural by November 10, 0000—Ford hosts a conference sight to assure compliance with law in artist Paul Collins at the Kent County on the Presidency and the War Powers the management and direction of intel- Airport before returning to Washington. Act at the Ford Library in Ann Arbor, ligence agencies and departments of the November 3, 0000—Ford concedes the Presi- Michigan. national government.’’ This executive dential election to Jimmy Carter of December 1983—Ford makes a cameo appear- order also prohibits the United States Georgia. Ford loses the Electoral College ance with Henry Kissinger on the ABC from engaging in political assassination. 297–240 and receives 39,147,793 votes (48% show Dynasty.

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It was a mat- teem by all of our people, particularly tions.’’ September 17–19, 0000—Ford hosts the sympo- ter of pride for him to reach Democrats by the people of Michigan. sium ‘‘Humor and the Presidency’’ at the as well as Republicans, to pull together As we bind up the internal wounds of Wa- Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michi- in common causes. tergate, more painful and poisonous than gan. We are particularly proud of Jerry those of foreign wars, let us restore the gold- January–February, 0000—To mark the bicen- Ford in Michigan. He is a proud son of en rule to our political process, and let tennial of the U.S. Constitution, Ford Michigan. He went to the University of brotherly love purge our hearts of suspicion participates in conferences with former Michigan. He represented a district in and of hate. President Carter at both the Carter and west Michigan for a long period of time So spoke Jerry Ford, and that is the Ford Libraries entitled, ‘‘The Presidency way he lived his life. and the Constitution.’’ in the Congress. His Presidential li- I am delighted that Senator WARNER October 1, 0000—Ford publishes Humor and brary and his Presidential museum are the Presidency drawn from the Sep- both in Michigan, and they are the ob- has taken the lead, as he has, to so tember 1986 conference at the Ford Presi- jects of a great deal of reverence, not identify this new class of nuclear-pow- dential Museum. just for the people of Michigan but for ered aircraft carrier. I thank him again November 18, 0000—Former Presidents people who visit Michigan as well. for his graciousness, his sensitivity, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford meet He came to be President at a time and his wisdom in identifying this spe- with President-elect George H.W. Bush when we needed a healer, when we cific class of aircraft carriers to be to present the recommendations of the needed someone who would unify this named after a truly great man and American Agenda Group, an organization wonderful son of Michigan, Jerry Ford. of experts and former administration of- Nation in a time of great turmoil. ficials who studied the most critical We were in the middle of the Water- Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I issues confronting the United States. gate crisis and the Watergate crimes. thank my dear friend, Senator LEVIN. I April 6–8, 0000—Ford and many members of It was fortuitus that it would be Jerry am deeply moved by this occasion, as his administration participate in a con- Ford who would become President you can tell. This is my last oppor- ference at Hofstra University that exam- when President Nixon resigned. tunity as chairman of the committee ines the Ford presidency. Senator WARNER has read from one to present a bill to the Congress, and to October 8, 0000—The University of Michigan line of Jerry Ford’s remarks on taking have this amendment a part of the bill retires President Ford’s football jersey is very special, and to be joined by the number 48 at halftime of the Michigan the oath of office as President. I State game. It is only the fifth football thought I would close by reading a few distinguished Senator from Michigan number to be retired by the university. other lines because he captured the to share in the honors of putting this August 12, 0000—Ford speaks at the Repub- sentiment and the feel of our Nation at to the Senate. You and I earlier dis- lican National Convention in San Diego, a very critical moment in our history. cussed the traditions of naming ships. I California on behalf of his former run- Jerry Ford started his remarks on tak- draw on my knowledge as former Sec- ning mate and Republican presidential ing his oath in August of 1974 by say- retary of the Navy that it more often nominee, Robert Dole. ing: originates in the executive branch, for December 22, 0000—Following the House of which I have the greatest respect. But Representatives’ impeachment of former The oath that I have taken is the same President Clinton, Ford co-authors a oath that was taken by George Washington somehow I felt it appropriate, since New York Times Op-Ed piece with former and by every President under the Constitu- President Ford is a truly remembered President Carter. They argue for a bipar- tion. But I assume the Presidency under ex- part of the legislature of America, the tisan resolution of censure as an alter- traordinary circumstances never before ex- legislative branch, having served so native to an impeachment trial. perienced by Americans. This is an hour of long there, that the naming of this ship August 8, 0000—Ford writes an Op-Ed piece in history that troubles our minds and hurts have its origin here in the Congress our hearts. the New York Times defending the Uni- which he so dearly loved. So we have versity of Michigan’s system of admis- He went on to say: joined together for that purpose. sion standards that use affirmative ac- I have not sought this enormous responsi- Mr. LEVIN. And as Vice President, tion. bility, but I will not shirk it. . . . It is only August 11, 0000—Ford is awarded the Presi- we will also claim him as a Member of fitting then that I should pledge to [all of the Senate as well. dential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s the people] that I will be the President of all highest civilian award, by President of the people. Mr. WARNER. Oh, yes, once upon a Clinton. time he occupied that chair, I say, with October 27, 0000—Ford receives the Congres- A little later in his remarks, in ad- respect to the Presiding Officer, the sional Gold Medal, the highest award be- dressing the people of other nations, he President of the Senate, the one and stowed by the Legislative branch. said: only function and duty enumerated in September 12, 0000—Ford is present as The I pledge an uninterrupted and sincere University of Michigan’s School of Pub- the Constitution of the Vice President. search for peace. America will remain strong Madam President, I invite any other lic Policy is renamed for him. and united, but its strength will remain dedi- May 21, 0000—The John F. Kennedy Founda- cated to the safety and sanity of the entire Senators who so wish to be added as co- tion presents Ford with the Profiles in family of man, as well as to our own precious sponsors. I have asked unanimous con- Courage Award for putting the Nation’s freedom. sent that their names be added as they interest above his own political future And then he said: indicate to the Chair, the Presiding Of- with the pardon of Richard Nixon. ficer, their desire and that be kept January 30, 2001—Former Presidents Ford I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Govern- open until the hour of, say, 5 o’clock and Carter are honorary Co-Chairmen of tonight. the National Commission on Federal ment but civilization itself. That bond, Election Reform. The Commission pre- though strained, is unbroken at home and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sents its findings to the White House on abroad. In all my public and private acts as objection, it is so ordered. July 31, 0000. your President, I expect to follow my in- Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- stincts of openness and candor with full con- think we are concluded on the amend- fidence that honesty is always the best pol- ments. We are proceeding in an orderly ator from Michigan. icy in the end. Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, first fashion. The amendment pending is let me thank the chairman of the And then he added, as Senator WAR- that of the Senator from Illinois, Mr. Armed Services Committee for his wis- NER has quoted: DURBIN; am I correct, or has that been dom in identifying an appropriate My fellow Americans, our long, national put forward yet? way—one of the many, but very appro- nightmare is over. Mr. LEVIN. I wonder if we could in- priate ways—we can honor President The only other line I would choose to quire of the Chair whether the Durbin Ford. Jerry Ford is a dear friend to quote from his remarks is the fol- amendment has been offered. I don’t

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We asked Senator DOR- Michigan and I wish to alert the Sen- paying in cash? Because, according to GAN to come over and take over that ate that following Mr. DORGAN’s this fellow, the word was: You bring a spot. amendment comes the amendment of bag, we pay in cash. He said it was like Mr. WARNER. We ask that following Mr. SANTORUM and then Mr. DURBIN. So the Wild West. So here is a couple of that, we try to alternate amendments. the order of amendments is Dorgan, million dollars. This was going to go to The next amendment would come from Santorum, then we come back to Sen- Custer Battles. Let me just tell the our side, and I ask unanimous consent ator DURBIN, and then I ask unanimous story of Custer Battles. I will abbre- that the Senator from Pennsylvania be consent that Senator MCCAIN be recog- viate it, but the story is these two guys recognized for purposes of offering an nized for the purpose of offering an show up in Iraq. They don’t have a amendment. amendment. great deal of experience, have very lit- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tle money, but they decide they are objection? Without objection, it is so objection, it is so ordered. going to be a company now. They are ordered. Mr. WARNER. I advise the Senate we Mr. LEVIN. If the Senator will yield, going to be a company in Iraq, and are, as we say in the Navy, well under- they are going to provide security. I wonder if we could keep Senator DUR- way on this bill. The Senator from BIN in line after Senator SANTORUM, They start bidding on security con- Michigan and I are anxious to learn subject to the work being completed on tracts. All of a sudden, they are given from Senators their desire to have his amendment? a contract to provide security at the Mr. WARNER. Sure, the amendment amendments. We will do the best we Baghdad airport. The money starts would come next. can to accommodate them because it rolling in. It turns out, before this is The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- appears now we will be able to remain all over with, from what I have ator from North Dakota. in session somewhat longer this learned, Custer Battles Company got Mr. DORGAN. Let me thank Sen- evening than originally anticipated more than $100 million in contract ators WARNER and LEVIN for their lead- due to the cancellation, I understand, money for various things. This is just a ership on this legislation. This is a of the White House picnic. I will con- part of the payment—in cash. very difficult task, to put together the sult with the leadership. It is my hope They have been charged with crimi- authorization for military expenditures we can work on into the early evening. nal behavior and fraud and other and military operations. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- things. The allegations were that they I want to especially say I just walked ator from North Dakota. took the forklift trucks off the Bagh- in while they were talking about nam- Mr. DORGAN. This amendment is a dad airport, put them in a warehouse, ing an aircraft carrier after former rather comprehensive amendment. I repainted them blue, and then sold President Gerald Ford. That is a won- offer it on behalf of a good many of our them back to the Coalition Provisional derful thing to have done. Gerald Ford colleagues. Authority which was then running gave great service to his country in the I wish to describe why I offer this Iraq, which, of course, was us because Congress, as Vice President, and as amendment. As I do that, I wish to ac- the CPA was created by a document President of our country. I join them knowledge the outstanding work done signed by the Secretary of Defense. So in acknowledging the significant by my colleagues, Senator WARNER and this company allegedly took the fork- achievements of President Ford and Senator LEVIN, in dealing with all of lift trucks that existed at the Baghdad what he accomplished not only for these issues. There is an area, how- airport, for which they were providing himself but for this country as well. It ever—given what has happened with re- security, put them in a warehouse is a great way to honor him, by naming spect to wartime expenditures in the someplace, repainted them, and then an aircraft carrier for him. military and also contracting outside sold them back to the CPA. They also Mr. WARNER. I thank the Senator. of the military in the issue of recon- then created offshore subsidiaries in AMENDMENT NO. 4230 struction spending in the country of Lebanon and elsewhere to run money Mr. DORGAN. Madam President, I Iraq—there is an issue which I believe through and beyond. send an amendment to the desk and is of great seriousness. I think we have We had a hearing on this subject. ask for its immediate consideration. had some of the most significant waste, Here is what the director of security at This amendment is sent to the desk on fraud, and abuse in the history of this the Baghdad airports said in a memo to behalf of myself and Senators BINGA- country just in recent years, with a the Coalition Provisional Authority MAN, BOXER, DAYTON, FEINGOLD, JOHN- massive amount of money that is that hired Custer Battles: SON, KERRY, KOHL, LAUTENBERG, pushed out of this Congress, pushed out Custer Battles have shown themselves to LEAHY, MIKULSKI, NELSON of Florida, of the administration into the hands of be unresponsive, uncooperative, incom- PRYOR, REID of Nevada, HARKIN, and contractors, into the hands of sub- petent, deceitful, manipulative and war prof- WYDEN. I ask for its immediate consid- contractors, and then subcontractors, iteers. Other than that, they are swell fel- eration. and subcontractors from them in the lows. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The country of Iraq. There is a massive That is a direct quote, yes. Let me clerk will report. amount of waste, fraud, and abuse. The read it again. The assistant legislative clerk read fact is, we are not dealing with it the as follows: Custer Battles have shown themselves to way we should. be unresponsive, uncooperative, incom- The Senator from North Dakota [Mr. DOR- I want to show a picture. This picture petent, deceitful, manipulative and war prof- GAN] for himself, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mrs. BOXER, shows a fellow standing here whom I iteers. Other than that, they are swell fel- Mr. DAYTON, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. have actually met. This is a picture lows. KERRY, Mr. KOHL, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. NELSON of Florida, that was taken in the country of Iraq. Why do I raise this issue? It has been Mr. PRYOR, Mr. REID, Mr. HARKIN, and Mr. These are one-hundred-dollar bills, on ‘‘60 Minutes.’’ We have had a hear- WYDEN, proposes an amendment numbered wrapped in Saran wrap. This is $2 mil- ing about it. It is an example of what 4230. lion. These one-hundred-dollar bills has been happening in contracting, par- Mr. DORGAN. I ask unanimous con- were wrapped in Saran wrap to be the ticularly in Iraq. sent that the reading of the amend- size of a small football. This fellow, by Let me just say that the minute you ment be dispensed with. the way, said they actually threw some talk about contracting in Iraq, you

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When she spoke ing out of the Euphrates River. about Halliburton in Iraq. It has noth- out, they decided that they would re- What was going on with respect to ing to do with Vice President CHENEY. place Mrs. Greenhouse with a different this contracting is unbelievable. I have I want to go through some stories be- Pentagon official. That different Pen- just mentioned a couple of companies. cause they are very important. tagon official is now in this job. That There are more. I will not go on at There is a woman who was the top ci- person has over 40 years of Government great length. vilian contracting official at the Corps service, but has none of that service re- I think when you are at war, when a of Engineers over at the Pentagon. Her lated to procurement. So that person massive quantity of money is being name is Bunnatine Greenhouse. Some was selected to take this job knowing pushed out the door, that we ought to have written about Bunnatine. She re- nothing about the job. They now have decide to get tough on those who would ceived a top evaluation over two dec- that person in training, going to school be engaged in war profiteering. The ades from her superiors as one of the and training. amendment I have offered has a num- top procurement people in this coun- We have had plenty of examples of ber of provisions in it. try. She knew the law. She knew the cronies. I believe seven of the top jobs First, it punishes war profiteers with procedure. She had worked over two in FEMA were filled not with people significant punishment. It is a piece of decades and had always received top who knew anything about disasters but legislation that has been introduced recommendations from her superiors. with cronies, people who needed a job. separately here in U.S. Senate. That She was tough as nails and dedicated Stick them at FEMA. And then a hur- legislation was previously introduced to safeguarding the taxpayers’ money. ricane hits and we have an agency that by Senator LEAHY, but it is now made Then the Pentagon decided to award does not know what it is doing because a piece of this larger piece of legisla- a very large no-bid, sole-source con- you have a bunch of cronies involved in tion. We have a provision that would crack tract to a Halliburton subsidiary, Kel- that agency. down on contract cheaters by restoring logg, Brown & Root, something called Now we have a woman who was the a rule that this administration re- ‘‘Restore Iraqi Oil,’’ or the RIO con- top procurement official who blew the scinded, which the previous adminis- tract, which a number of my colleagues whistle on improper contracting, on tration put in place as a rule, that says are familiar with. both the Pentagon and also the com- Mrs. Greenhouse protested that the that if a contracting company exhibits pany, and for that she was demoted and way this was done was in violation of a pattern of failing to comply with the replaced by someone who is not cer- proper contracting procedures. She law, they can be debarred and sus- tified as an acquisition professional later found that Halliburton was found pended. That ought to be the rule. If and doesn’t have the ability. She is by auditors to have overcharged $61 you have a pattern of cheating you now, according to General Strock, million on a piece of the contract for ought to be suspended. ‘‘being brought up to speed on what it fuel delivery, and instead of taking the I have seen circumstances where we is she needs to know as a contracting company to task for Defense Depart- have had major defense contractors official.’’ ment auditors finding $61 million in over in criminal court being judged That is absurd. overcharges, the top leadership of the guilty on the same day that they were Let me describe some of the firsthand over in the Pentagon signing a new Corps of Engineers rushed to eyewitness issues in Iraq. Halliburton’s assistance and provided contract. It is a slap on the wrist, a pat Brand new $85,000 trucks that were on the back. That isn’t the way we the company with a waiver for the left on the side of the road because of overcharges, a waiver of normal cost ought to be dealing with this. a flat tire and then subsequently Punishing war profiteers, cracking reporting rules, concluding that the burned; 25 tons, 50,000 pounds, of nails prices were fair and reasonable. That down on contract cheaters, forcing real ordered by Kellogg, Brown & Root, the contract competition—it gets back to waiver was provided without the ap- wrong size, that are laying in the sands proval of the top contracting official what Mrs. Greenhouse indicated. You of Iraq; ordering hand towels for sol- can’t do these no-bid, sole-source con- who was required to have signed it. diers embroidered with the ‘‘KBR’’ They kept the top contracting offi- tracts for billions of dollars and decide logo, so they could double the price of cial, Mrs. Greenhouse, in the dark, and it does not matter to the taxpayer. Of the hand towels paid for by the Amer- did so deliberately. She learned about course, it matters. They are going to ican taxpayers; 42,000 meals a day the waiver when she read about it in end up paying through the nose—and charged to the taxpayers by Halli- the newspaper. When she spoke up, she that is exactly what has happened. burton, by KBR, 42,000 meals a day was bypassed, ignored, and then ulti- There is another provision that being served to the troops each day mately forced to resign or be demoted. would end cronyism in key positions. I This is what she told us. This relates paid for by taxpayers for the soldiers know it doesn’t deal just with defense to meetings that were held in the Pen- and only 14,000 are actually served; with respect to that, but we ought to tagon prior to bidding. Halliburton was leasing an SUV in Iraq for $7,500 a be expecting that people have some present in the meeting. She com- month; serving food at a cafeteria in qualifications when they come to their plained about the meetings being in Iraq for the soldiers, and a man named job. The top procurement official at violation by the way of the rules. Here Roy who was the supervisor in the food the Corps of Engineers has to be sent is what Bunny Greenhouse said: service kitchen said that the food was to training because she doesn’t have date-stamped ‘‘expired.’’ In other I can unequivocally state that the abuse the background. Why do they have the relating to contracts awarded to KBR rep- words, it had a date stamp, which opening? Because they demoted the resents the most blatant and improper con- meant the food wasn’t good anymore, person that had the background, was tract abuse I have witnessed during the and he was told by superiors that it given excellent recommendations in course of my professional career. doesn’t matter. Feed it to the troops. every performance evaluation, but was This from the top civilian con- It doesn’t matter that they had an ex- demoted because she had the courage tracting official in the Corps of Engi- pired date stamped—feed it to the to stand up and call the old boys net- neers. troops. work wrong when they tried to violate Does anybody care about this? What we have discovered is pretty contracting rules. This woman, by all accounts, was unbelievable. I will not go on at great The amendment also strengthens judged to be at the top of her profes- length because I have done it before whistleblower protection. I think it is

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SIGIR operates a hotline for reports of Claims Act provides for criminal and I have offered previously—and will possible waste, fraud, and abuse and civil sanctions. It is important we ad- again—legislation that would establish has uncovered criminal activity that here to due process protections for a Truman committee here in the U.S. has been referred for prosecution. debarments and suspension of contrac- Senate. The Truman committee was es- There are three separate GAO re- tors. tablished in the 1940s when the Senator views ongoing specifically to review Department of Defense 7640.2—Con- from Missouri went around this coun- contracting practices in Iraq—DOD’s tract Audit Followup system—imple- try to military bases and discovered efforts to identify and resolve cost ments OMB Circular A–50—requires substantial waste and fraud. issues on Iraqi reconstruction con- tracking of all audit reports with sig- We should do that again. I believe we tracts, Iraq reconstruction contracts, nificant audit findings and is mon- ought to have a Truman committee. I and agency competition requirements itored by the DOD Inspector General, have offered it I think three times on for Iraq reconstruction contracts since and includes semi-annual reports to the floor. I will offer it again. fiscal year 2004. Congress. Virtually all Defense Con- But this amendment is different. The proposed amendment covers a tract Audit Agency audits are subject This amendment is called Honest Lead- range of policies introduced under the to this followup tracking system. ership and Accountability in Con- jurisdiction of multiple committees, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. tracting. It is a separate bill by over 30 including Homeland Security, Govern- THUNE). The Senator from Pennsyl- my colleagues here in Senate, and I mental Affairs, Judiciary, and Armed vania is recognized. offer it in total as an amendment to Services. Careful consideration and de- AMENDMENT NO. 4234 the underlying Defense authorization liberation is required on a number of Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I bill. proposed provisions in the amendment. send an amendment to the desk. My hope is we can have a discussion For example, one provision in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without about this. I have simply scratched the amendment addresses the issue of the objection, the pending amendment is surface about waste, fraud, and abuse role of contractors in performing inher- set aside. that we have uncovered. It is pretty ently governmental functions. Defini- The clerk will report. unbelievable. The American taxpayer tions of ‘‘inherently governmental The legislative clerk read as follows: shouldn’t stand for it, and neither functions’’ and the role of contractors The Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. should the U.S. Congress, and we ought in supporting the Federal workforce in SANTORUM] proposes an amendment num- to take action right now on this piece a variety of duties is an important bered 4234. of legislation. There is no better time issue, the resolution of which would Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I than right now to decide we are going have wide-ranging consequences and ask unanimous consent that reading of to do something about this on behalf of impacts. It deserves investigation and the amendment be dispensed with. the taxpayers of this country. debate, not a few pages with a larger The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I yield the floor. amendment attached to a major bill. objection, it is so ordered. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, the Another provision addresses broad (The amendment is printed in today’s ranking member, together with our workforce policy issues. The amend- RECORD under ‘‘Text of Amendments.’’) leadership, had hoped to have a vote. ment contains a number of other prob- Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, this That will not occur at this time. We lematic provisions with undefined is an amendment that I spoke about are contemplating having that vote, terms of statutory requirements and yesterday and which I wanted to bring which would be on the Dorgan amend- disclosure requirements with question- to the floor. I think it is a very impor- ment, at 3:45 today. At this time, I can- able benefits. I know the committees of tant one. It is an amendment that is not speak to the finality of that. The jurisdiction, including Judiciary and embodied in the bill I introduced last leadership is considering that issue. In Governmental Affairs, will also want year dealing with Iran. It now has 61 the meantime, I will address the Dor- to review the details and impact of the cosponsors. gan amendment. proposed legislation and to relate it to We have had lots of debates on the The committee has been active in ex- the current statute and regulations. floor of this Senate. We have not had a ercising oversight on the Department The Armed Services Committee con- debate on what I believe is the greatest of Defense contracting, particularly in ducted oversight on the larger policy foreign policy threat to this country at Iraq, and held a hearing earlier this issues related to emergency or contin- this time; that is, Iran, what our poli- year focused specifically on recent gency contracting and held a previous cies should be toward Iran, and what findings of the Special Inspector Gen- hearing in May 2004 specifically on con- we as a Congress and the Senate should eral for Iraqi Reconstruction. In addi- tract management in Iraq. do with respect to supporting the tion, the committee held several acqui- The committee has also held a num- President’s policy or modifying the sition reform and general contract ber of Iraqi related hearings and brief- President’s policy with respect to Iran. oversight hearings this year. ings where Iraqi contracting issues This legislation which I have intro- I was particularly taken by some of have been discussed. duced as an amendment brings to- the remarks of the distinguished Sen- Frequent bipartisan staff briefings on gether a couple of pieces of legislation ator from North Dakota, Mr. DORGAN. Iraqi contracting have been conducted into this one amendment. Before I de- We do not take lightly the message with DOD, GAO, DOD IG and SIGIR of- scribe what the amendment is about, that he spoke to today. The Special In- ficials. Issues identified in the May 2004 let me describe what I believe is the spector General for Iraqi Reconstruc- hearing and in these briefings related problem that faces us and then lay out tion was established by Congress in Oc- to security contractors in Iraq and in- a prescription of what Congress can do tober 2004 to provide oversight of the surance costs have been the subject of in the interim to support the process of Iraqi relief and reconstruction fund and legislation in the last two authoriza- a diplomatic or peaceful solution to all obligations, expenditures, and reve- tion bills. This year’s authorization the problem that I am about to de- nues associated with reconstruction bill builds on these reforms with legis- scribe. and rehabilitation activities in Iraq. lation specific to effective and account- It is not a surprise to anyone reading The SIGIR oversight is accomplished able management of large programs the papers that Iran is in pursuit of a via independent audit, field inspec- and projects in hostile environments. nuclear weapon. They are fairly clear

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What ties them together is governments to stop them from devel- clear weapons. not just their terrorism but their ide- oping these weapons; or, third, a mili- As a result of that, the United States ology. Although there are different tary option. has been engaged in discussions, both strains and different ideas, they are I don’t think we are prepared at this with multinational organizations, as tied together in a common theme at a point to offer a military option, but well as with some of our allies who are common enemy, more importantly. with this amendment I am offering the similarly concerned about this attempt The largest piece of this mosaic, the other two. I am offering an amendment by Iran to develop this type of capa- dominant piece of this mosaic—and it that will both support and codify Exec- bility, to get them to cease to do so. is the dominant piece because it hap- utive Order sanctions already in place We have had attempts by the Russians pens to be the biggest piece with the against Iran; impose additional sanc- to get them to rely on them for this biggest wallet, the most resources—is tions, not on Iran but on other entities technology. We have now seen recent Iran. The mosaic is a big mosaic, but that are doing business with Iran; and efforts by the United States and a the major piece which tends to touch then try to impose a prohibition on im- group of countries to approach Iran in all of the other pieces in one way or an- porting into this country nuclear fuel multilateral talks about the possibility other is Iran. Iran not only supports assemblies made outside of this coun- of getting a different type of nuclear these organizations—some of them try if they do business with Iran. reactor there that does not lead to the very directly, others very indirectly— Companies have to make a choice potential for development of nuclear but it is itself a threat to the world. whether they want to do business with weapons. We have seen a whole host of How do we understand what this Iran or whether they want to do busi- attempts on the part of the world to threat is to America? We only need to ness with the United States. That is look at the new leader of the country: keep nuclear weapons out of the hands the sanctions part of it. So we need to Ahmadinejad is the new President. To of this regime. enact these provisions because a lot of Americans, the President is the leader The question is, Why? What is the what is in place right now is done of the country. In Iran, the President is great concern about Iran? Why do we through Executive Orders. Part of the an important position but traditionally have more concerns about them than, amendment directs the President to has not been the most important posi- say, other countries in the Middle East cut off foreign assistance to the host and in southeast Asia which have, in tion within the country of Iran. How- country of a company investing more fact, developed nuclear weapons? ever, it seems to be that Ahmadinejad than $20 million in Iran’s energy sec- The answer to me is obvious, but it is has taken that position to a new level tor; allow the President to waive that important we lay that out as to what because of his support from the ruling the great threat to this world is if Iran clerics within the country. As we under certain circumstances—and, by has the nuclear capability they seek to know, this is a country ruled by these the way, that is a prospective invest- develop. clerics, these mullahs. And the lead ment. It is very important we send a We are fighting a war right now and mullah is a spiritual adviser to signal to companies and countries that everyone focuses on the war in Iraq. Ahmadinejad, a supporter of his. He if they are going to continue to support Certainly that is important and that is has been very forthright about what this development within Iran, there are the major field of battle right now, but his design is. He has been very forth- consequences to the country and to the the war in Iraq is part of a broader war. right. He has stated publicly that he company for continuing to do that. The President described it as a war on would like to wipe out Israel off the There are a variety of different sanc- terror. I prefer to describe it as a war face of the Earth. This is a leader of a tions we place in this legislation. By on Islamic fascism, Islamic extremism. country that is trying to develop nu- the way, the sanctions portion of this The President has referred to it as Is- clear weapons, that has the resources legislation has already passed the lamic totalitarianism. It is a move- and the capability if not stopped to do House of Representatives. It passed by ment within Islam, within the Middle so, that has been very clear about its a vote of over 300 votes in the House— East, within southeast Asia, but it ac- desire to use these weapons to elimi- well over 300 votes in the House. So the tually goes beyond the Middle East and nate the State of Israel. House has already spoken on this issue, southeast Asia that believes in, eventu- He has also made a lot of other com- has already said we want to codify the ally, the domination of the entire ments that would lead one to believe sanctions that are in place. We want to world, the Islamization of the entire he does not want to stop there with re- impose new sanctions on companies world under this rather radical ide- spect to his designs on the war against and countries that do business with ology, this fascist ideology. the ‘‘infidels.’’ Iran, particularly in their energy sec- This is not one particular group or So we have in the person of this tor, and we want to make companies one particular faction that is in President a character that has the re- choose between doing business in the charge. This is not one group—al-Qaida sources, is developing the technology, United States with respect to the nu- or Islamic jihad or the nation State of has the desire, and wants to use this clear program versus Iran and the nu- Iran—but it is a mosaic of different or- capability if it was developed, and has clear program. ganizations, some of which are not nec- said so publicly, repeatedly. That is a Mr. WARNER. Will the Senator essarily allied with each other but co- pretty serious threat. In fact, I can yield? ordinated with each other. think of no other threat that is more Mr. SANTORUM. I am happy to We saw that the other day when Abu serious than that. This man and this yield. Mus’ab al-Zarqawi was killed. We saw country is actively pursuing the devel- Mr. WARNER. Could the Senator Hamas come forward and call this al- opment of these weapons. I don’t know state the time when the House cast Qaida leader a brother in the struggle. of anyone in the world who does not be- that vote? These are not organizations, at least lieve that is what Iran is doing. Mr. SANTORUM. April of this year. from all of our intelligence, that are The Senate has, so far, not taken any Mr. WARNER. It seems to me that closely tied, but they have a common action to try to deter that develop- vote preceded some remarkable devel- theme. Even though they have dif- ment, to try to change the political dy- opments which have taken place in the ferent views of Islam, they have a gen- namic within Iran. Obviously, we have international forum within our coun- eral idea of a war, a jihad, against the not taken any action to pursue any try. With the great leadership of the West and against the infidels, if you military force to stop them from doing Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, will. so. we have taken some strong initiatives

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Because the Presi- amendment that I am offering until sortium of nations—Great Britain, dent has been very clear: If the Ira- several months. If the President is seri- France, United States, and now re- nians do not come to the table here, ous about what the President has said, cently both Russia and China partici- they are going to seek resolutions at that they do not have months but pating in some way. the U.N. to begin the process toward a weeks, I do not anticipate that any- Does the Senator think the amend- different way of resolving this dis- thing we do here today will have any ment is wise in light of what is taking pute—maybe that is the best way to impact on the deadline or any of these place now? put it—in a way that could be a lot negotiations. Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I more confrontational. I think what they will do is signal to would say that the developments have So I think the Senate speaking at the Iranians that not only is the House been—I would not call them dramatic. this moment is actually critical for us serious about this, but even now that I would say they are modest in this re- to force the Iranians’ hands. I am not they are engaged potentially in a nego- spect: they are modest in the sense particularly hopeful, by the way, that tiated settlement, that the Senate is that the United States, for the first the Iranians will come to the table or serious about pursuing this if, in fact, time, has decided to join with other will agree to any of the provisions that the Iranians do not come forward with countries in making an offer to Iran. the groups have laid out. I understand an agreement. The wisdom of that can be debated. why the President has done so. I do not If there is an agreement, we may What would be dramatic is if Iran believe they have any desire to comply. want to take another look at this. But would seriously consider doing what is I think it is important for us not to I do not think any harm is done by being suggested, and I don’t see any in- blink. I think this is a moment for us passing this legislation and putting us dication they are willing to do so nor to deal with this issue, to debate it in the conference so if, in fact, things do I anticipate their willingness to do here, and to vote on it or to approve do not go well or if, in fact, we be- so. this amendment to send a very clear lieve—whatever the result is of these My concern is—and the President has message to the Iranian Government negotiations—that it is important for us to go on record on some of these or been very clear about this—that Iran is that we stand four square behind this all of these things, that we are in a po- already jockeying around, seeming to President and this administration in sition to produce a bill relatively extend the time for consideration and doing what we can here at this point in drawing this out, certainly, to their ad- quickly and send that message. time both from the standpoint of sanc- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I cer- vantage. If you are developing a pro- tions as well as supporting a change of tainly respect the views of my col- gram, and you are actively pursuing regime from within Iran. league who once served on the Armed developing a capability, the longer you Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank Services Committee. I regret that the can stall any action by your adver- my colleague. Senator felt there were other areas Yesterday, the Senate had an oppor- saries to stop you from doing so, buy- where he could serve his country other tunity to visit with the Secretaries of ing that time is of great value to Iran. than in our committee. But we still What we are seeing with this develop- State and Defense. I believe my distin- consider him a member of the com- ment already, Iranians are trying to guished colleague from Pennsylvania mittee. buy time. was there, as was I. And while those The Senator is quite accurate that it The President has said, and I am not discussions are private in nature, I just is likely that this bill will be before sure the other countries have been simply say that with those discussions, this body into next week. I am hoping quite as firm as the United States combined with other discussions and to conclude next week. Then, of course, has—that they have weeks, not communications I have had with the there will be a period of time there- months, to make this decision. Department of State, I am somewhat after in which we will have a delibera- However, I have seen no indication more encouraged about the prospects tion between the two bodies in the con- that the Iranians are anywhere near of the negotiations now taking place ference. accepting this proposal. I will make than perhaps my colleague from Penn- But I would like to have some addi- the argument that this is actually a sylvania. tional time today for purposes of con- very good time for the Senate to speak My main concern is, given the fra- sultation. I assure the Senator, he has and say we see this as a very serious gility of the situation with regard to a right to move forward, as he has issue, that we need to at this point these negotiations, the almost over- sought to do at this time. I say to the speak into this very critical juncture. riding importance of the question of Senator, if you can indulge the chair- I would say it is more important now the weapons-of-mass-destruction issue, man in trying to schedule such action that we have this vote, or more impor- and the need to have Iran publicly as may take place on this amendment tant now that we pass this, to show the begin to cooperate with the IAEA and at some point today, a little later than Iranians that both Chambers support other organizations to prevent the pro- now, I would be appreciative of that. this President in his desire, our coun- liferation of that type of weapon—I Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I try’s desire, a bipartisan desire, to see just wonder, had the Senator thought have tremendous respect for my former that Iran does not develop this capa- about maybe an effective date of this chairman. I say to the Senator, I bility. The Senate going on record, amendment to give some reasonable served 8 absolutely remarkable and codifying sanctions, increasing sanc- period of time for these negotiations to wonderful years on your committee, tions and, the point I did not get a take place as to the effective date of and got to serve under Senator Thur- chance to discuss but I will momen- the amendment? mond and then your great leadership. I tarily, funding prodemocracy, author- Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, certainly will do everything I can to izing funding for prodemocracy groups, what I would certainly say to the work with you to make sure we can and for more communication, public chairman is, this is the Defense author- come to some agreement as to how we diplomacy within the country of Iran ization bill. We will probably be here can dispose of this amendment, wheth- to communicate to the dissidents with- the remainder of this week and maybe er it is a vote or whether it is accepted

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I want to make it very, very clear those documents were signed in every in this body from both sides of the that personally that regime is the university in Iran, they conducted aisle. It passed, as I said, with well greatest threat to this country and training courses for the students on over 300 votes in the House. And this must be removed. That is how I feel. how to strap on and detonate a suicide issue is quite timely. So I would be Now, that is not in this legislation. But bomb. happy to suspend any request for votes that is, to me, one of the highest na- This is the enemy we are con- until we can negotiate how we would tional security priorities of this coun- fronting. This is why I think it is im- dispose of this amendment. try. portant for us to step forward now and Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank I think the best way to do that under have this debate, to step forward now my colleague. He is recognized as one the current circumstances is to support and pass this legislation, to send a sig- of the leaders of our party, and he is pro-democracy groups, to support nal now, while they are deciding very cooperative with regard to all leg- groups that would like to see changes whether to engage the United States islative matters. within Iran and peaceful changes. and the free world in the pursuit of My understanding is the Dorgan The one gentleman I met with just peaceful nuclear energy as opposed to amendment is the pending amendment; recently, a couple weeks ago, was very nuclear warheads. It is important for is that correct? clear about the intention of at least the Senate to act. This is our moment The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the student movement within Iran to in history. This is the great threat that Santorum amendment is now pending. be a peaceful movement, similar to faces us. This is the war we are cur- Mr. WARNER. I see. And we did not what happened in the old Soviet Union. rently engaged in, and this is the prin- move on the Dorgan amendment as of They believe they can, in fact, rally cipal player on that stage today. We yet. support. But they need support. They must act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Dor- need resources. They need to commu- I thank the Chair. gan amendment was set aside. nicate. One of the things this legisla- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Mr. WARNER. Set aside. At the ap- tion does is provide not $10 million but ator from Maine is recognized. propriate time, will the distinguished $100 million for that purpose. The rea- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, is the Senator from Pennsylvania, when he son I talk about the difference is that floor open to debate on the underlying completes his remarks, move to have in the interim the President, thank- bill, or would the Presiding Officer ad- this amendment set aside for the time fully, took some of the provisions of vise me as to the pending business? being? the Iran Freedom Support Act, which The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Mr. SANTORUM. I would be happy to is the bulk of this amendment that I ator may debate the underlying bill. do so after we have had discussions am proposing today, and proposed that Ms. COLLINS. I thank the Chair. about how we can dispose of this in the emergency supplemental that he I rise in strong support of the fiscal amendment, absolutely. sent up and that we will be voting on, year 2007 National Defense Authoriza- Mr. WARNER. I thank the Chair. in all likelihood, tomorrow. So that tion Act. This legislation provides es- Mr. President, I see our colleague money is being appropriated, in this sential resources to our troops, wheth- from Maine, a member of the com- case, before it is being authorized. But er they are engaged in combat in Iraq mittee, and in due course I expect, this is the authorization, and sets an and Afghanistan, in training and serv- after the completion of the Senator’s authorization level of $100 million, ice at home, or in deployments in other remarks, the Senator from Maine can which is what the President’s request countries around the world. I thank my be recognized. was. colleagues, the distinguished chairman Mr. SANTORUM. Thank you, Mr. Excuse me, the President’s request and ranking member of the Armed Chairman. was $75 million. We make it $100 mil- Services Committee, Senators WARNER Mr. President, if I can just finish the lion. and LEVIN, for putting together an ex- explanation of the legislation, I talked So we think this is important to send cellent bill and also for their strong about the sanctions portions of this another strong signal that we support commitment to our Nation’s Armed legislation. The final component of the efforts for peaceful change within Iran, Forces. legislation deals with what we call the that we support those who on the Through the leadership of Chairman pro-democracy side. This is very inter- evening of 9/11 stood in the city of WARNER and Senator TALENT, the esting. I introduced this legislation Tehran in candlelight vigils in support Seapower Subcommittee chairman, the last year. Actually, I introduced it 3 of Americans. We support the Iranian legislation before us strengthens our years ago. It provided, at the time we people who would like to see the op- Nation’s shipbuilding program by au- introduced it 3 years ago, $10 million pression end in that country that they thorizing construction of eight new for the pro-democracy component of have suffered under now for over 25 ships and by providing $12.1 billion in this. years. So this is a vitally important shipbuilding moneys, an increase of I felt very strongly this was really component of this authorization, and it $1.5 billion above the President’s re- the key to this legislation. In fact, just is a very important signal to the people quest. This legislation wisely focuses meeting a few weeks ago with a stu- of Iran. on the declining size of the Navy fleet dent dissident who had recently es- When I met with that student leader and takes significant strides toward caped from Iran, I am even more con- a few weeks ago, he told me how evil strengthening the shipbuilding pro- vinced there is a strong anti-regime this regime was on a personal level, not gram. It also provides some much need- movement within Iran. There is a very only with his imprisonment for leading ed stability for the industrial base that strong pro-American component of the student protests, but also with the cur- will be called upon to build and sustain Iranian population that understands rent group of students who are, in the the current force and the future fleet. the tremendous effort that our country eyes of the regime, a great threat to The Chief of Naval Operations, Admi- has put forward in Iraq and Afghani- the future of that regime. He talked ral Mullen, has put forward a 313-ship stan, and, like most people around the about how his sister, who is a student long-range Navy shipbuilding plan that world, seek self-determination and at one of the universities in Iran, re- is a genuine effort to address long- freedom. It is very important for us to cently had to sign a document as a con- standing congressional concerns that

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That of the Defense authorization bill stands junction with the University of Maine. degree of instability, coupled with less- in stark contrast to the House Defense It also provides $2 million to the Uni- than-economic production rates, has authorization bill that recommends versity of Maine’s Army Center of Ex- contributed to significant cost growth full funding for the procurement of cellence in order to continue the design in naval shipbuilding programs. The only one DD(X) and does not adopt the and testing of lightweight ballistic CNO’s plan, combined with more robust critical split funding approach. Failure panel tent inserts made from com- funding from Congress, will begin to re- to support the budget for two DD(X)s posite materials. These potentially verse the dangerous decline in Navy would exacerbate the production gap lifesaving panels protect our troops shipbuilding. facing BIW in Maine and would pose a from insurgent attacks when they are I am pleased that this bill provides significant risk to the DD(X) program sheltered in temporary dining or sleep- full funding for the DD(X) destroyer that the CNO has so strongly endorsed ing facilities in hostile environments. program, including split funding of the and that the committee has consist- This is particularly important to the first two ships’ detailed design and con- ently supported. Navy officials testi- State of Maine because we lost Na- struction. The DD(X) is so important fied before the Senate Armed Services tional Guardsmen in Iraq who were to our future national security. This Committee that authorizing only one eating in an unprotected mess tent. ship will have high-tech capabilities DD(X) in fiscal year 2007 would result Had we had those composite ballistic that currently do not exist on the in the following negative consequences. inserts for this tent, truly, I believe, Navy’s surface combatants. These ca- First, it would cause significant pro- lives and injuries would have been pabilities include far greater offensive gram delay and disruption. Second, it saved and avoided. and precision firepower, advanced would increase program costs. Third, it The legislation also authorizes $9.6 stealth technologies, numerous engi- would have a negative impact on the million for the Portsmouth Naval Ship- neering and technological innovations shipbuilder industrial base. Fourth, it yard and Drydock Waterfront Support that will allow for reduced crew size would defer the planned competitive Facility in Kittery, ME. This will re- and thus help to reduce the lifecycle contract awards from 2009 until at place the current submarine support cost of the ship and sophisticated, ad- least 2011. And, finally, it would force center that is more than 60 years old vanced weapons systems such as the the Navy into a lead-follow scenario and poorly designed for current use. electromagnetic rail gun. that would require an additional $450 This legislation also provides much Constructing the first two DD(X)s in million in shipbuilding funds. Approval needed funds for other national prior- 2007 and 2008 will contribute to the of split funding is, therefore, critical to ities. The legislation authorizes incen- sustainment of our Nation’s highly moving the DD(X) program forward. It tive payments for civilian health care skilled shipbuilding workforces, includ- strives to keep both DD(X) shipbuilders providers who provide services to ing the employees at Bath Iron Works on an equal footing during this key TRICARE beneficiaries in rural and in my home State of Maine. I am very transitional period. medically underserved areas. I know proud of these highly skilled workers Furthermore, the House version of that is a concern of the Presiding Offi- and their contributions to our Nation’s the DOD authorization bill rec- cer as well. Any of us who represent defense. Split funding between the first ommends reducing the overall DD(X) rural States realize how difficult it is two DD(X) ships is a key component of program to only two ships, a signifi- to ensure an adequate supply of health the CNO’s 313-ship plan and will make cant decrease from the Navy’s require- care providers. an important contribution to stabi- ment for a minimum of seven DD(X)s It also follows on the Senate’s action lizing a critical naval shipbuilding pro- as part of the 313-ship plan. At one earlier this year by repealing provi- gram, allowing for a more steady plan point a couple of years ago, the Navy sions of the Survivor Benefit Plan that for the fragile dual-source service com- said it actually needs 12 DD(X)s. I still require the offset of military retire- batant shipbuilding industrial base, believe the military requirements sug- ment annuity payments by amounts and achieving long-term program af- gest that that is the accurate number. received for dependency and indemnity fordability through stability and other But for the House committee to slash compensation. It authorizes accelera- ongoing Navy and industry initiatives. the number of ships under this program tion of the effective date of the paid-up Split funding for the DD(X) also sup- to two would seriously jeopardize our provision from October 1, 2008, to Octo- ports cost-effective construction ac- national security. I hope we will pro- ber 1, 2006, for retirees who reach age 70 tivities at both of our shipbuilding ceed with the Senate’s much better and have paid premiums for 30 years. yards that concentrate on surface com- plan to proceed with a minimum of Finally, let me again, since the dis- batants. That will help stabilize and seven DD(X) ships. tinguished chairman is now in the preserve two shipyards in order to I am also pleased that the committee Chamber, commend him for his ex- meet future Navy requirements. If agreed to my request for $25 million in traordinary leadership and dedication there were ever any doubt about the funding to accomplish planning and en- to the men and women who are serving need to have two shipyards capable of gineering for the modernization of the in our Armed Forces. We are very for- constructing surface combatants, sure- DDG–51 Arleigh Burke destroyer class. tunate to have such a talented and ly those doubts were put to rest by the This program, which has been in effect committed chairman and ranking mi- extensive damage that Hurricane in the past few years, is already show- nority member as we do on this com- Katrina caused at the Ingalls Shipyard. ing significant promise of significant mittee. I am very proud to be a mem- We simply cannot afford to have only savings to the Navy by applying some ber. I offer my full support to the im- one shipyard that is capable of re- of the technology that is being devel- portant legislation before us. sponding to the needs of our Navy for oped for the destroyer of the 21st cen- I yield the floor. capable advanced surface combatants. tury, the DD(X), and backfitting the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- That is why it is so critical that our DDG. This has the potential, for exam- ator from Virginia. procurement strategies recognize that ple, to reduce crew size on the retro- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank and are developed and designed to sus- fitted DDGs by about 30 to 40 sailors. our distinguished colleague from tain both yards. That certainly is significant as well. Maine. She is a valued member of the In doing so, we are helping the Navy The Senate’s fiscal year 2007 Defense Senate Armed Services Committee. meet its needs. Our naval fleet has authorization bill also includes funding She has taken enormous interest in been declining for far too many years. for other important defense-related shipbuilding. Obviously, she has one of This bill will take a significant step to- projects that benefit Maine and our na- the world’s finest yards in her State.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:37 Mar 24, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\FDSYS\BOUNDRECORD\BR14JN06.DAT BR14JN06 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE 11138 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 152, Pt. 8 June 14, 2006 Nevertheless, naval power and sole-source awards and ensure competi- I am going to take this opportunity seapower are of great interest to the tion when Department of Defense offi- to say what a tremendous achievement Senator from Maine. I thank her for cials place work orders under multiple- we have had this week with the death her remarks and her strong participa- award contracts, and we would author- of Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi, the head of tion as a member of the committee. ize bid protests for task orders in ex- the operation in Iraq that was behind Ms. COLLINS. I thank the chairman. cess of $500,000 under multiple-award the heinous crimes on the streets of Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, at this contracts. Iraq day after day after day that we time, it is our hope and expectation So I commend our colleague from have been seeing. The man who was the that we will have another amendment North Dakota for offering this impor- mastermind of those atrocities is now soon brought to the floor. tant amendment. I support this amend- gone. It is a significant victory for the AMENDMENT NO. 4230 ment. I hope the Senate will adopt it intelligence capabilities of our country The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- and not table it because it includes and our military personnel who ator from Michigan is recognized. many important reforms and changes achieved this remarkable feat. I hope Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I want to in our contracting process to address this will begin another phase in the particularly commend the Senator some of the abuses that have been iden- stabilization of Iraq. from North Dakota for sections 1521 tified by the expert agencies that we Clearly we need to assure that our and 1522 of his amendment which ad- actually utilize and hire to do these troops have what they need to do the dress the issue of competition in con- kinds of reviews. job. Part of what is in this supple- tracting. This is an issue that I have Mr. President, I yield the floor and mental appropriations bill is money for been concerned about since I worked suggest the absence of a quorum. training of Iraqi troops, because if we with Senator Bill Cohen to enact the The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. are going to stabilize Iraq, it is going Competition in Contracting Act in 1984. DEMINT). The clerk will call the roll. to be with Iraqi security forces. That is Sections 1521 and 1522 in Senator The legislative clerk proceeded to what the Iraqis want, it is what we DORGAN’s amendment build on the call the roll. want, it is what our allies want, and it Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask principle that the Federal Government, is certainly what the people of the unanimous consent that the order for taxpayers, and Government contrac- world who believe in freedom want for tors all benefit from the competitive the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the people of Iraq. award of Federal contracts. I was The other part of the bill is one that objection, it is so ordered. pleased to work with Senator DORGAN Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, the is very important to my home State of and his staff in drafting these par- Senator from Florida desires to speak Texas, as well as to Louisiana, Ala- ticular provisions of his amendment. regarding the National Guard. For that bama, Mississippi, and the other States Over the last 10 years, the Govern- purpose—oh, yes, Mr. President, I had that have suffered so much from hurri- ment Accountability Office, the De- indicated to the distinguished Senator canes last season. We have never seen partment of Defense Inspector General, from Texas that she could speak. She the ravages of a hurricane like we saw and others have documented numerous wanted how much time? after Katrina and then Rita following shortcomings in the application of Mrs. HUTCHISON. I wanted 10 min- so closely after that. competition rules by Federal agencies. utes. This bill, for the first time, has These problems have included, one, nu- Mr. WARNER. Why doesn’t the Sen- begun to acknowledge the part that my merous unjustified sole-source awards ator from Texas go first. home State of Texas played in this re- under Government-wide, multiple- Mr. LEVIN. The two Senators will be covery effort. We had a situation we award contracts. Some studies have in- recognized in that order? have never had before in the history of dicated that more than 50 percent of Mr. WARNER. Yes. The Senator from our country. The first hurricane, Hurri- such awards have been made on a sole- Texas and the Senator from Florida. cane Katrina, did not hit Texas, but source basis. Second, the award of huge I yield the floor. Texas had a major part in the disaster what are called indefinite delivery/in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- recovery. That is because 500,000 people definite quantity, or IDIQ, contracts— ator from Texas is recognized. were moved from Louisiana to Texas some of them in the billions of dol- SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS almost overnight. It was the biggest lars—go to individuals, individual con- Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I migration from one State to another in tractors, rather than multiple contrac- thank the distinguished senior Senator our country’s history. tors. from Virginia for allowing me to take It has been a costly endeavor for the These single awards—these indefinite this time to speak about the supple- people of Texas, one which they have delivery and indefinite quantity con- mental appropriations bill. I certainly stood up and handled with grace be- tracts—basically give a single con- want to start by saying that I think yond any imagination. But it is time tractor the right to sole-source award the authorization bill that is before us that we reimburse the people of Texas of innumerable highly lucrative is a good bill that will authorize the because some of our communities are projects. Such contracts include the spending for our troops in the field. I having to increase taxes to carry the highly visible contracts awarded to plan to speak separately on that later burden, and that is not right. It was a Halliburton relative to Iraq. in the week. natural disaster for which Texans Sections 1521 and 1522 of the Dorgan Today, I want to talk about the sup- stepped up to the plate, because we are amendment would address these prob- plemental appropriations bill that the a neighboring State, to try to handle, lems by prohibiting, with limited waiv- Senate will pass at 10 o’clock tomorrow and now we have suffered the con- er authority, the issuance of long-term, because this is a very important emer- sequences. This bill helps us in that re- open-ended contracts, like Hallibur- gency supplemental. Obviously, the covery effort. ton’s LOGCAP contract, to a single majority of this bill, $70.4 billion, is for The first part that is so important company. Federal agencies would be our military. It is to make sure that for us is the equity in reimbursement required to issue such contracts to we support our men and women in the rates for the communities hit by Hurri- more than one company so that they very important mission that we have cane Rita. Since Hurricane Rita hit in could compete with each other for asked them to do. I cannot imagine September of 2005, the counties on the work, unless the agency makes a deter- sending our troops into harm’s way and Louisiana side of the Sabine River have mination that it is not practical to do not assuring that they have the equip- been able to put up 10 percent, with a so and reports that determination to ment they need to do the job. So we are 90-percent Federal reimbursement. Congress. That section of the amend- doing that in this bill—$70.4 billion for This has been very helpful to the peo- ment would also extend to civilian uparmoring of vehicles, for more air- ple of Louisiana. But on the other side agencies a legislative provision that we craft, and the Bradley fighting vehicle of the Sabine River, where the same wrote 4 years ago to eliminate abusive upgrades that they so desperately need. hurricane hit, our counties have had to

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They have talked now about having to huge difference. AMENDMENT NO. 4237 raise the property tax rates to pay for There is also a picture on the front Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. President, I call the cleanup, and some have borrowed page of the Houston Chronicle just be- up amendment No. 4237, which is at the money and issued bonds to try to do fore that mayor’s race with a billboard desk. the cleanup. Bond issues should never for New Orleans mayor, Ray Nagin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The be used for that kind of an emergency We can tell just from these anecdotal clerk will report. or any kind of operational expenditure. pieces of evidence that this is an evacu- The assistant legislative clerk read Bonds are for capital expenditures. ation which is affecting Texas to a as follows: They knew that it was not good public huge extent. The Senator from Florida [Mr. MARTINEZ] policy, but they had no alternative be- The $235 million in this bill will help proposes an amendment numbered 4237. cause these are counties which are these school districts make up for the Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. President, I ask rural, not rich in property values, and deficit they have been funding all year unanimous consent that the reading of it was a huge strain. and, again, raising property taxes in the amendment be dispensed with. In this bill, those 22 counties in East Texas to pay for it will not now be nec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Texas will get the reimbursement rate essary. objection, it is so ordered. that has been given on the Louisiana We are going to monitor the enroll- The amendment is as follows: side. I am so grateful to the Senate for ment of the number of schoolchildren (Purpose: To provide that States likely to be doing this in a way that does allow eq- in these school districts this fall to see effected by the hurricane season in 2007 are uity for the first time since last Sep- if we have large numbers of displaced afforded a priority in funding for replace- ment equipment for the National Guard) tember. This has been such a relief to schoolchildren—because schools are At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the these counties. I have had calls from not yet fully open in New Orleans—and following: mayors and county judges who were al- we will come back and ask for more SEC. 114. REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR THE most giving up hope because they did supplemental funds for the Katrina ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. not know how they would manage this evacuees who are not planning to make In allocating amounts authorized to be ap- crisis, and now they see light at the a permanent home in Texas but are propriated by section 101(5) for other pro- end of the tunnel. still in our education system. curement for the Army for the procurement I thank my colleagues for supporting Because of the fairness of the con- of replacement equipment for the National this bill. I know the bill will pass. I ference committee—and I particularly Guard, the Secretary of Defense shall afford a priority in the allocation of such funds to particularly thank Senator COCHRAN, mention Congressman KEVIN BRADY, the States likely to experience a hurricane Senator BYRD, Senator GREGG, Senator Congressman TED POE, Congressman during the 2007 hurricane season. COLLINS, Senator SPECTER, Senator HAL ROGERS, and Congressman HENRY Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. President, I ask LIEBERMAN, and Senator KENNEDY. It BONILLA for helping us put forward the unanimous consent that Senator BILL was these Senators who helped us get case that needed to be made for Texas NELSON of Florida be added as a co- through the equity in reimbursement to show that we had to have some eq- sponsor of the amendment. that will so help our East Texas coun- uity in the East Texas counties that The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ties. were hit by Rita, as well as the edu- objection, it is so ordered. The other part of this hurricane re- cational community that was so af- Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, will the lief bill is in the educational area. fected by the evacuees who came to our Senator yield? It was my under- When we had half a million evacuees, State immediately after Katrina. This standing that the Senator from Florida we were looking at, of course, edu- is going to go a long way toward help- was going to speak on an existing cating their children. After an initial ing them. amendment or some other subject, and enrollment of 43,000 children, mostly in We are also hoping to have some of he now has offered an amendment? Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Aus- the money for infrastructure reim- Mr. MARTINEZ. Yes. tin, some in the East Texas counties bursement after Hurricane Rita that is Mr. LEVIN. There is a lineup of that also were hit by Rita, we did agree also included in this bill, but it is at amendments to which we had pre- in a previous supplemental to reim- the discretion of the Secretary of Hous- viously agreed. It was not my under- burse these school districts. We author- ing and Urban Development. standing the Senator would be offering ized impact aid of $6,000 per student to This is a balanced bill. It is the first an amendment. cover the cost of education for students time we have been able to recognize Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, if the displaced by Hurricane Katrina. How- that though a State wasn’t hit by the Senator will yield, I have been trying ever, they were only able to do the re- first natural disaster, it nevertheless to work with the Senator from Florida imbursement at a rate of $4,000. So had a huge impact on the economy of to revise a draft I saw. these school districts were taking a hit the State. Our State stepped up to the Mr. MARTINEZ. Correct. of $2,000 per student. The current sup- plate, and this bill begins to equalize Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, it plemental bridges that gap, which is a the burden our State has carried. seems to me, if the Senator withdraws huge help for these communities. I appreciate my colleagues listening the amendment, the managers can Just to give one an idea of the im- to me. I appreciate their help in the work with him and then the Senator pact of Hurricane Katrina on Texas, it original Senate bill. I appreciate the from Florida can speak to the generic is normal to see a two-page ad in a members of the conference committee substance of the amendment, which I newspaper that advertises polling loca- who did so much to help, and I cer- believe is a very important amend- tions for elections. One would see in tainly appreciate the chairman, Sen- ment. any normal election in a county all of ator COCHRAN, Senator BYRD, Senator Mr. MARTINEZ. I have no problem the polling places on election day. This GREGG, Senator COLLINS, Senator SPEC- doing that. I will be glad to withdraw newspaper I am holding up doesn’t TER, Senator LIEBERMAN, and Senator the amendment. seem to look that unusual. It is a list KENNEDY for helping us create the eq- AMENDMENT NO. 4237, WITHDRAWN of polling places for the New Orleans uity that will exist when this con- Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. President, I ask mayor’s race. What is interesting is ference report is agreed to tomorrow. unanimous consent to withdraw this is the Houston Chronicle. This I thank the Chair. I yield the floor. amendment No. 4237.

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If we had listened in our State of Florida, where we are my colleague, the Senator from Flor- to detractors who told us to cut and currently and have been previously ida is now in the process of rewriting run, al-Zarqawi would be alive and consistent victims of recent hurri- it. I suggest we wait until he has de- planning his next killing and the fu- canes, as well as other hurricane-prone cided on the version he would like to ture of a radical caliphate in Iraq. The States, to do everything they can to submit at the appropriate time. constant talk about withdrawal and prepare for potential storms. But even Mr. MARTINEZ. That will be fine. I the ceaseless pursuit of establishing a with the best preparedness, storms was under the impression Senator timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops have a way of taking unexpected turns, LEVIN had seen the amendment. I will directly undermines the mission. It un- and as we have seen over the past three make sure he gets a copy. dermines morale. Why would we ever years, the National Guard plays a cru- Mr. LEVIN. I very much appreciate want to alert our enemies and give cial role in helping stabilize areas in it. them our precise plans? A timetable is the immediate hours and days fol- Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. President, I ask only tied to the success of our forces lowing the disastrous hurricanes we unanimous consent that I be allowed to and the political situation on the have experienced recently. speak for up to 10 minutes on the sub- ground. While we all wish to see the For instance, last year alone, the ject of the amendment and come back end of the struggle and our troops’ safe Florida National Guard deployed 5,800 to the issue of calling it up at the ap- return home, this must not be deter- troops within the State of Florida and propriate time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mined by an arbitrary deadline that along the gulf coast during 4 major objection, it is so ordered. The Senator signals retreat in defeat. After all the hurricanes. To support Hurricane from Florida is recognized. Iraqis have achieved—peaceful demo- Katrina recovery efforts, the Florida Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. President, the cratic elections, an interim and now Guard sent 2,500 troops to Mississippi issue of the ongoing war on terror and permanent government, a police force, as part of the emergency compact the very important role the National and building of the armed forces—how agreement the States have with the Guard is playing in this effort is the could we think about abandoning this Guard. They have done their job with subject of my amendment. I wanted to struggle and mission before we meet dedication and competence. start first by congratulating President with success? The point is that during hurricane Bush, who visited Baghdad yesterday. The clear goals of this war—to pro- season, during the war on terror, we The President once again is showing tect America and our vital national in- cannot sustain the National Guard his commitment and his leadership in terests, to rid the world of radical Is- without prioritizing equipment re- this difficult fight. He went to Iraq to lamic terrorists, to reshape the Middle placement. They need this equipment show his support for the now-formed East and bring democracy to one of the for training. They need this equipment Iraqi Government and again to offer darkest and most historically undemo- for those times when they are needed his support to the brave men and cratic corners of the world—is Wil- to be activated in honoring their State women who are fighting this war and sonian in its vision and Churchillian in and Federal missions here at home. offer his support to them and their its urgency. I commend President Bush The Guard wears many hats and families. for his leadership, Secretary Rumsfeld plays a vital role in fighting the war on The last 7 days have been historic. for his diligence, Generals Abizaid and terror and in responding to catas- The bringing to justice Abu Mus’ab al- Casey, the commanders on the field, trophes here at home. I have offered an Zarqawi, al-Qaida’s No. 2 figure in the and the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and amendment to ensure that their re- world, second only to Osama bin marines in the theater for their perse- equipment is not deferred. The amend- Laden, was great news for freedom-lov- verance, competence, and for their ment directs the Secretary of Defense ing Iraqis and for the men and women honor; also, our Secretary of State and to place a priority on providing re- of the U.S. Armed Forces who have pa- our very capable Ambassador Khalilzad placement equipment to Guard units, tiently and methodically hunted this for their success and the way they have particularly in those States which are terrorist to his end, and most of all a assisted the formation of a new govern- prone and historically have been shown crucial step for us in winning the war ment. to be frequent victims of hurricanes. on terror. For U.S. special operations In relation to the continuing war on The first named storm of the season, forces, this was yet another impressive terror, there is one issue I am con- Tropical Storm Alberto, just visited victory in removing an enormous ob- cerned with, and that is the process by the State of Florida. NOAA has told us stacle to peace in Iraq and victory of which our National Guard units are that we are in for an active hurricane our Armed Forces. By capturing Sad- currently being reequipped. Today, we cycle that could last for a decade or dam Hussein, tracking and killing his have a situation in our National Guard more. From New England to Texas to sons, Uday and Qusay, and now killing units from Florida—and I imagine Na- Louisiana to Florida, hurricane-prone Zarqawi, our special operations forces tional Guard units from many other States require National Guard units continue to effectively serve the cause States—which are sent to war with that will be able to meet important of freedom. Iraq is a better place for their own equipment; that is, the men missions abroad and at home. Meeting these actions, and America will be and women, the trucks, the tanks, the this mission requires prioritizing their safer as well. helicopters, the humvees, and all the reequipping. The President recently reminded us gear leave the State and go to protect So at the right time and in the right that the fight is far from over. As he Americans serving in Afghanistan and order, I intend to bring up such an has said from the beginning, this war Iraq. However, when the tour of duty is amendment, which I hope will have on terror will not be easy or short. over, the Guard returns home and the broad support in the Senate where I be- Blindly hoping for victory will not re- equipment stays behind. This is under- lieve all of us understand and appre- sult in victory. As Americans, we must standable, since in a war zone and in ciate the very vital and crucial role the be firm in our determination to the desert conditions, vital equipment National Guard continues to play, not task at hand. As the President said needs to be replaced sometimes more only in the crucial war on terror but, while talking to the troops in Baghdad quickly than new equipment can get to equally important, providing that irre- yesterday, the sooner Iraqis can take the region. As you might imagine, the placeable line of assistance at home up the fight, the sooner our soldiers National Guard then has a resulting during the times of hurricanes and can come home. deficit of equipment, which is a tem- other natural disasters.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:37 Mar 24, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\FDSYS\BOUNDRECORD\BR14JN06.DAT BR14JN06 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 14, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 152, Pt. 8 11141 Mr. President, I yield the floor. in reconstruction funding in the coun- tioning turns out to be payments to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- try of Iraq. That $18 billion in recon- four contractors, the fourth of which ator from Virginia. struction for the country of Iraq has puts a fan in a room. Yes, the Amer- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, is the gone out in various contracts and been ican taxpayer paid for an air-condi- pending amendment the Dorgan spent. What we are hearing now, as a tioner and, after the money goes amendment? result of a massive amount of money through four hands like ice cubes trav- The PRESIDING OFFICER. It is the being spent in a fairly short period of el around the room, there is a fan put pending amendment. time, is the most hair-raising tale of in a room in Iraq. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I move waste and fraud and abuse that I have I mentioned this morning that every to table the Dorgan amendment. I ask ever heard. time you talk about this you have to unanimous consent that the vote on I dare say that never in the history of talk about Halliburton. Every time you the motion to table occur at 3:45 this this country has so much money been talk about Halliburton, they say you afternoon; provided further that be- wasted so quickly. And, yes, there is are talking about Vice President CHE- tween now and 3:45, Senator DORGAN be fraud involved, there is abuse involved, NEY. Not true. He hasn’t run Halli- recognized to speak for up to 15 min- and it is the case that there is a dra- burton for many years, but this com- utes on the amendment. matic amount of taxpayers’ money pany received very large, no-bid, sole- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there that is now being wasted. source contracts worth billions of dol- objection? I went through this morning a de- lars and massive amounts of money Mr. LEVIN. No objection. scription of what is happening in some The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without have been wasted. areas. In our policy committee, we held Investigators and inspectors at the objection, it is so ordered. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I sug- hearings over 3 years about this issue. Department of Defense discovered this gest the absence of a quorum. This is a photograph which I showed contractor had overcharged. The con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The this morning of this man, the man with tracts were in some cases awarded clerk will call the roll. the brown belt. He was actually in his under questionable circumstances. The assistant legislative clerk pro- office in Iraq. These are $100 bills I described just a few of the examples ceeded to call the roll. wrapped in Saran Wrap. This rep- today, such as $85,000 new trucks that Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask resents $2 million, and it was to be paid had a plugged fuel pump and left by the unanimous consent the order for the to a company called Custer Battles, side of the road—brand new—to be quorum call be rescinded. named after Mr. Custer and Mr. Bat- burned; $85,000 brand new trucks with a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tles. They are two folks who went to flat tire, left beside the road to be objection, it is so ordered. Iraq to seek their fortune—one I be- torched. Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, my un- lieve a former Army Ranger. Neither It is pretty unbelievable, the stories derstanding is that there will be a mo- had experience as contractors, but they we have heard about what is going on tion, perhaps a motion to table—in any knew there was a lot of money to be with these contractors in Iraq. event, a vote on my amendment at 3:45. made. They went to Iraq to set up a The buyer for Kellogg, Brown & Root, I had asked that I be allowed time to company. They got there, and the first a subcontractor for Halliburton, came speak once again on the amendment. contract, I believe, which they received and testified. He was a purchaser sta- It is an obligatory statement to come was to provide security at the Baghdad tioned in Kuwait. His job was to pur- to the floor and congratulate the chair- Airport, which at that point wasn’t chase things that the Army needed in man and the ranking member, but in open. Iraq. He was told you should purchase this case I will always mean it. The As they provided security at the hand towels for the military. So he work of my friend and colleague from Baghdad Airport, whistleblowers came gets about the business of buying hand Virginia, as chairman of this com- forward who were working for them towels—tens of thousands of hand tow- mittee, is really excellent work. So, and said: What is going on here is real- els, except he was told by his bosses, too, is the work of Senator LEVIN from ly pretty awful. In fact, one of the KBR, don’t buy just the ordinary hand Michigan. I always say this is a big, big whistleblowers was threatened. Some- towels. We want to have them embroi- piece of legislation, a difficult piece of one threatened to kill him for speaking dered ‘‘KBR,’’ for Kellogg, Brown & legislation. The Defense authorization out. But they said it is wrong and Root, therefore doubling the price. Buy bill is a real piece of work to put to- awful. This company that had the con- the towels, doubling the price. It gether. It is made even more difficult tract for security at Baghdad Airport doesn’t matter. The taxpayer is paying during wartime to stretch for all of the took forklift trucks off the airport, for all of this, and it has cost-plus. needs—unlimited wants with limited which belonged to the airport, put Don’t worry, be happy. Charge as much resources. So I come here under- them in a warehouse, painted them as you can. standing that there are things in this blue, and sold them back to the Coali- And $7,500 a month to lease an SUV; legislation that are very important tion Provisional Authority. It is the $45 a case for Coca-Cola. It doesn’t that inure to the credit of the chair- sort of thing that was going on. matter. The taxpayer is paying the man and the ranking member. This picture of $100 bills wrapped in bill. Order 25 tons of nails, 50,000 I want to describe something that is Saran Wrap was $2 million that was pounds, the wrong size, doesn’t matter, not in the legislation, however, and the paid to this company called Custer lay them on the sand in Iraq. Nobody opportunity to offer it to this legisla- Battles. This fellow who was in charge will know. Just 25 tons of nails. tion at this time is very important. of that money said there was a base- The stories are pretty unbelievable. This bill will authorize the expenditure ment with a vault in this building in Frankly, one of the great surprises to of a great deal of money. That is not Iraq where he said he thought billions me is that the Pentagon has not been new. We have authorized the expendi- and billions of dollars in cash was very interested. ture of a lot of money for a lot of stored. A guy named Rory came over here. things, particularly with respect to the The message to the contractors in He was actually in Iraq. He was a food military expenditures in Iraq and Af- Iraq was: Bring bags because we pay in service supervisor at Kellogg, Brown & ghanistan in recent years—something cash. Bring a sack because we pay Root. He was a supervisor in the food close to $350 billion. That is with a ‘‘b,’’ cash. service kitchen. He said the convoys of $350 billion has been spent. That was Then there is the story about a con- trucks that were hauling food in would virtually all done as emergency appro- tract for air-conditioning a building in occasionally be attacked. There was priations, not paid for with anything, Baghdad. The contract goes to a sub- shrapnel in the back of the trucks. just added on top of the debt. contractor, which goes to another sub- They were told to go back and pick the Even as we have done that, we in the contractor, and a fourth-level subcon- shrapnel out of the food, save the bul- Congress have also voted for $18 billion tractor. And the payment for air-condi- lets as souvenirs for the supervisors,

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We were running Iraq be- Just feed it to the troops. relating to the contracts awarded to Kellogg, fore they created their new govern- I am surprised that Secretary Rums- Brown & Root represents the most blatant ment. Here is what the Baghdad air- feld, for example, didn’t become apo- and improper contract abuse that I have wit- port director of security said: nessed during the course of my professional plectic about that. You would think he Custer Battles have shown themselves to career. would have a seizure when they were be unresponsive, uncooperative, incom- paying contractors to feed the troops A career, I might add, was judged— petent, deceitful, manipulative and war prof- and to feed them outdated food and no- not by the Department of Defense—to iteers. Other than that, they are swell fel- body seems to care very much; or feed- be outstanding by people outside of the lows. ing 42,000 people, according to the bill- Department of Defense who worked Isn’t that unbelievable? Does any- ing record, and only 14,000 people were with her. For that, she paid with her body dare say now that we didn’t know eating. job. And nobody seems to care. what was going on over there? They I come from really small town of 300 By the way, this job is now being knew. people. We have one little restaurant. filled by someone who is unqualified. What is still now going on over there You could miss a cheeseburger, or two The general who made the decision to is unbelievable. or three. But to miss 28,000 meals when fill this job with someone unqualified What we need at this point on behalf you say you fed the troops that you said it is true the person they put in of the American taxpayers and on be- didn’t feed? In my hometown, we have that job to replace Bunnatine Green- half of the troops who put on the uni- a word for that sort of thing. house doesn’t have the necessary expe- form and serve this country, and with- It is unbelievable what is going on rience, but she is now being trained. out question put their lives on the line, and the stories. These aren’t stories That is really helpful. I assume that what we need on their behalf is an un- that we have heard second or third- is what they were doing down at FEMA derstanding that we are doing the right hand. Rory, for example, worked there, when they put something like seven of thing here. lived there, served food there in the the top FEMA officials in place who This piece of legislation, this author- cafeteria. He was told this. were cronies who had no experience in ization bill, is a good bill. It will be a He said this on the record: When the disaster preparedness or relief. I guess better bill with this amendment be- auditors come around to your base in they were being trained too. The prob- cause this amendment plugs a very big Iraq and come to your food service op- lem is Hurricane Katrina hit and that hole that exists with respect to con- eration, you dare not talk to them. If agency was a mess. tracting and profiteering. you talk to Government auditors, you We don’t need cronyism. We need I mentioned earlier today that I have are going to be in some real trouble. good, strong professional people who previously offered and will again offer One of two things will happen. You will have the courage to speak out when an amendment that establishes a Tru- either be fired or you are going to be they see something wrong. man Committee here in U.S. Senate. I sent to an area that has intense fight- The amendment that I have offered is wasn’t around, of course, during the ing. It turns out that Rory was sent to very simple. The amendment that I Truman Committee. The Truman Com- Fallujah in the middle of hostilities have offered deals with war profit- mittee was established in the early there because he had the gall to talk to eering. Nobody in this Chamber be- 1940s at a time when a Democratic Sen- Government auditors who were asking lieves that anybody ought to be justi- ator with a Democratic President in questions about what was happening in fied in profiteering from war. If there the White House said we have to inves- the food service operation. are people profiteering from war, there tigate waste, fraud, and abuse. And he No one in this Chamber believes this ought to be strong sanctions. did on a bipartisan basis. They put to- sort of stuff ought to go on. It This amendment includes a number gether a special committee, and they shouldn’t happen. Yet, I think there is of different pieces of legislation. The sunk their teeth into this issue of so much money being spent with big, war profiteering amendment is one waste, fraud, and abuse. It was unbe- sole-source, no-bid contracts being let. which Senator LEAHY constructed in lievable what they discovered. The I described this woman this morning. the last Congress and brought forward. country was better and stronger as a I am going to do it again because I That is a portion of this amendment. result of it. have met her several times now. I The amendment deals with contract I bet sometimes FDR gritted his think what has happened to her is a abuse, requiring competition in con- teeth over the investigations. But it crying shame. Bunnatine Greenhouse, tracting. was not about the White House at all; the highest civilian official in the Also, the amendment has protections it was about making sure the tax- Corps of Engineers, rose to become the for whistleblowers. We ought to care payers were getting their money’s highest civilian official to serve in the about that. worth, making sure we were doing the Corps of Engineers. Well-educated, There are about six or eight provi- right things for the troops. The same is smart, with a great career that every sions of this amendment that I de- true now. supervisor said was excellent by every scribed earlier today. But I want to I don’t offer this with any political evaluation, this woman knows what conclude with this. intent at all. It is just that I sat hour she is doing. She is an outstanding pub- I mentioned earlier the Custer Bat- after hour after hour and listened to lic servant. But she ran into some trou- tles company. They are the subject at stories—yes, some of them about Cus- ble. this point of criminal prosecution. ter Battles, some about KRB, some The trouble was she saw contracts The Custer Battles folks are the two about Halliburton, and some about being let that violated contract provi- men named Custer and Battles. ‘‘60 other companies—and I have seen un- sions. She saw meetings being held in Minutes’’ just did a program on them believable stories and heard unbeliev- which big companies were part of the on CBS. We held hearings about Custer able stories about waste, fraud, and meetings, talking about the new con- Battles. They went to Iraq, as I said abuse. I see very little desire at the tracts that were going to be let. She earlier, and got a contract for security Pentagon to sink their teeth into it began to complain, saying: You are vio- at the airport. They eventually ended and fix the problems. lating the rules of contracting. The up being paid more than $100 million in The woman who had the courage to old-boy network didn’t like that at all. contracts. These are people without ex- stand up and blow the whistle has lost

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When The two performance ratings at issue cov- ble regulatory requirements. Accordingly, on you see something bad, you stop it. We ered the rating periods from October 1, 2001 July 14, 2005, the Army determined that a need more people like her. through September 30, 2002 and from October sufficient record existed to determine that This amendment is not about her; it 1, 2002 through December 31, 2003. The second Ms. Greenhouse’s removal from the SES was is about protecting people who have rating period was extended for three months grounded in a documented record of less than the courage to stand up for our inter- to ensure that Ms. Greenhouse was afforded fully successful performance, and not be- cause of any allegations she made of con- ests and who care about what is being a minimum of 120 days working under a set of approved performance standards and to tracting irregularities or her decision to tes- spent, what is being done, who care give her additional time to demonstrate suc- tify before Congress. about when we are being defrauded and cessful performance. Further, because Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, we are when people are war-profiteering. USACE officials had proposed Ms. Green- awaiting the arrival of Senator I ask consent that Senator KENNEDY house’s removal from the SES, both of these MCCAIN. I ask unanimous consent that and Senator CLINTON be added as co- ratings were reviewed by the Assistant Sec- retary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics the Senate recognize Senator MCCAIN sponsors of the amendment. upon his arrival at the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MAR- and Technology (ASA–AL&T), who has func- tional responsibility for all Army acquisi- The Senator may wish to ask unani- TINEZ). Without objection, it is so or- tion activities, and the Assistant Secretary mous consent to place further material dered. of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Af- into the RECORD after he has had an op- Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, let me fairs, who has responsibility for management portunity to examine that paper. There conclude by saying that this amend- of the SES. may be some material the Senator be- ment is not aimed at the White House. On October 5, 2004, Lieutenant General lieves should be added. It is not aimed at some political objec- (LTG) Carl Strock, Commanding General, Mr. DORGAN. If I might just respond tive. It is certainly not aimed at the USACE, advised Ms. Greenhouse that she briefly, I don’t think this is a sub- would be removed from the SES and placed chairman and ranking member of this stantive answer to the very serious al- bill. This is aimed at trying to find in a GS–15 position effective November 13, 2004, based on her receipt of two final ratings legations raised by Ms. Greenhouse— common sense in the way we deal with of ‘‘less than fully successful’’ performance not just in her statements, but in other these issues, especially in wartime. within three consecutive years. By letter of documentation about improper meet- I mentioned this morning that com- October 21, 2004, to then Acting Secretary of ings, about improper actions by the mon sense is sometimes described as the Army, R.L. Brownlee, Mr. Michael Kohn, Corps of Engineers, in violation of genius in work clothes. Common sense an attorney representing Ms. Greenhouse, re- their own regulations. Nowhere do I see could take us a long way if we just ap- quested an investigation into alleged pro- the Pentagon officials or General curement irregularities within USACE and plied it in these circumstances. We un- Strock willing to address those in their derstand what happens when a com- implied that Ms. Greenhouse faced removal from the SES because of her disclosure of specifics. I will await their response to pany gets a special deal—by the way, these irregularities. Acting Secretary that, as I have waited now for 2 years, you get a big old contract worth bil- Brownlee directed suspension of the removal but that answer is not yet forthcoming. lions of dollars, you do not have to bid action until a sufficient record was available It is perfectly fine to have this print- on it, and we will negotiate the terms to address the matters raised in Mr. Kohn’s ed in the RECORD. I will, during this de- later. I understand what happens then. letter. Concurrently, Mr. Brownlee directed bate, evaluate it and also respond to it, That is like leaving the till open. The the forwarding of Ms. Greenhouse’s allega- but even with this, we have never got- stories that come from it are unbeliev- tions of contracting irregularities to the In- ten a straight answer from the Pen- able. On behalf of the American tax- spector General, Department of Defense (IG, DoD) for action as appropriate. There is no tagon about these issues. They are very payer, we ought to do something about record that these allegations are, or have anxious and interested in making sure it. been, the subject of USACE Inspector Gen- there are no waves around this on con- Perhaps my colleague wishes to re- eral inquiry, as set forth in your letter; as tracting because they have their own spond. detailed below, however, we believe that the way of doing things, and if it does not Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I have IG, DoD is continuing its criminal investiga- work out, that is tough, they do not listened very carefully to my col- tion into procurement matters of interest to want news coverage. league. I spoke earlier about what our Ms. Greenhouse. Mr. WARNER. I got unanimous con- On June 3, 2005, LTG Strock forwarded a committee had done. The organization sent to have this printed in the RECORD is now in place to try to monitor the memorandum through the Department of the Army Inspector General (DAIG) to the Sec- but as a courtesy gave the Senator a situations the Senator has enumerated. retary of the Army, requesting authorization copy thinking the Senator may wish to We will proceed to a vote at 3:45. I to proceed with the removal of Ms. Green- supplement it. will at that time seek to be recognized house from the SES and placement in a GS– Mr. DORGAN. I appreciate the cour- for the purpose of tabling the amend- 15 position within Headquarters, USACE. In tesy of Senator WARNER, and I may do ment. support of his request, LTG Strock enclosed so at an appropriate time. I ask unanimous consent to have an analysis prepared by his staff that dem- Mr. WARNER. I yield the floor. printed in the RECORD at this juncture onstrated that Ms. Greenhouse’s removal Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, these days a paper provided by the Department of from the SES was based solely on her ‘‘less it seems rare that we debate a non- than fully successful’’ performance. This partisan issue. Too many of the items Defense, a copy of which I hand to my record was reviewed by the Department of distinguished colleague, which recites the Army Inspector General who forwarded that Congress considers have more to the Department’s understanding with it to the Director, Investigations of Senior do with spin than substance, are based regard to the career of this woman to Officials, Office of the DoD Inspector General more on politics than policy. It is a dis- whom the Senator has referred. (IG, DoD). On June 13, 2005, the Director ad- turbing trend and that is why I am There being no objection, the mate- vised that ‘‘The criminal investigation into proud to rise as a cosponsor of the rial was ordered to be printed in the procurement matters of interest to Ms. amendment introduced by my col- Greenhouse is continuing. However, there is RECORD, as follows: league from North Dakota, Senator no basis to delay actions concerning Ms. INFORMATION PAPER DORGAN. Greenhouse pending the outcome of that in- The issue addressed by the Senator’s Effective August 27, 2005, Ms. Greenhouse vestigation.’’ Further, the Director found no was removed from her position in the Senior basis to delay the proposed removal because amendment—the fleecing of American Executive Service (SES) as the Principal As- of a possible reprisal allegation. taxpayers by war profiteers and cor- sistant Responsible for Contracting at the Because of the ongoing IG, DoD criminal rupt contractors—should disturb every U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and investigation, it would have been inappro- American. My colleague from North

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Sen- those hearings, witnesses presented ex- On page 2, strike lines 1 through 3, and in- ator Warner concludes his service as chair- ample upon example of blatant misuse sert the following: man at the end of the 109th Congress, but of taxpayer dollars. Witnesses testified SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. will remain a member of the committee. about abuse ranging from the towels (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as (9) This Act is the twenty-eighth annual given to our troops to the meals they the ‘‘John Warner National Defense Author- authorization act for the Department of De- were served. At every opportunity, no- ization Act for Fiscal Year 2007’’. fense for which Senator Warner has taken a bid contract winners took advantage of (b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- major responsibility as a member of the the fact that we are at war to fill their lowing findings: Committee on Armed Services of the United own coffers. That is not a partisan (1) Senator John Warner of Virginia was States Senate, and the fourteenth for which elected a member of the United States Sen- he has exercised a leadership role as chair- issue—that is a crime. ate on November 7, 1978, for a full term be- man or ranking minority member of the It is a crime that requires punish- ginning on January 3, 1979. He was subse- committee. ment, and it is a crime that we could quently appointed by the Governor of Vir- (10) Senator Warner, as seaman, Marine of- prevent with greater transparency and ginia to fill a vacancy on January 2, 1979, and ficer, Under Secretary and Secretary of the accountability. That is what this has served continuously since that date. He Navy, and member, ranking minority mem- amendment would do. The amendment was appointed a member of the Committee ber, and chairman of the Committee on establishes penalties of up to 20 years on Armed Services in January 1979, and has Armed Services, has made unique and lasting in prison and at least $1 million in served continuously on the Committee since contributions to the national security of the fines for war profiteering. It also pro- that date, a period of nearly 28 years. Sen- United States. hibits the award of Federal contracts ator Warner’s service on the Committee rep- (11) It is altogether fitting and proper that resents nearly half of its existence since it his Act, the last annual authorization Act to companies that have a history of was established after World War II. for the national defense that Senator Warner failing to comply with the law. Finally, (2) Senator Warner came to the Senate and manages in and for the United States Senate the amendment requires real competi- the Committee on Armed Services after a as chairman of the Committee on Armed tion: For any contract worth more distinguished record of service to the Nation, Services, be named in his honor, as provided than $10 million, contractors would be including combat service in the Armed in subsection (a). allowed to compete, rather than have Forces and high civilian office. Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, this all the work automatically go to a sin- (3) Senator Warner enlisted in the United amendment would name the National States Navy upon graduation from high gle contractor. Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal This is a commonsense approach to school in 1945, and served until the summer of 1946, when he was discharged as a Petty Year 2007 after the chairman of the an appalling problem. When we ask our Officer 3rd Class. He then attended Wash- Committee on Armed Services, our dis- troops and their families to make the ington and Lee University on the G.I. Bill. tinguished friend and colleague from ultimate sacrifice, it is repugnant to He graduated in 1949 and entered the Univer- Virginia, JOHN WARNER. I am pleased think that there are those who seek to sity of Virginia Law School. to be joined in this effort by Senators profit off that sacrifice. Contract fraud (4) Upon the outbreak of the Korean War in FRIST, LEVIN, INHOFE, KENNEDY, ROB- 1950, Senator Warner volunteered for active does more than cost the taxpayers ERTS, BYRD, SESSIONS, LIEBERMAN, COL- money—it abuses their confidence. We duty, interrupting his education to accept a commission in the United States Marine LINS, JACK REED, ENSIGN, AKAKA, TAL- owe it to our troops, and to the Amer- ENT, BILL NELSON, CHAMBLISS, BEN ican public, to do all we can to protect Corps. He served in combat in Korea as a ground officer in the First Marine Air Wing. NELSON, GRAHAM, DAYTON, DOLE, BAYH, ORGAN such abuses. Senator D ’s amend- Following his active service, he remained in CORNYN, CLINTON, THUNE, ALLARD, and ment is a step in that direction, and I the Marine Corps Reserve for several years, ALLEN. urge my colleagues to support the attaining the rank of captain. I am certain that there is not a Sen- amendment. (5) Senator Warner resumed his legal edu- ator in this Senate who would not AMENDMENT NO. 4241 cation upon returning from the Korean War agree that Senator WARNER, with his The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- and graduated from the University of Vir- ginia Law School in 1953. He was selected by grace, courtliness, bipartisan attitude, ator from Arizona. and kindness to all, represents the fin- Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask the the late Chief Judge E. Barrett Prettyman of est traditions of the Senate. All Sen- indulgence of my friend from Virginia the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as his law clerk. ators know that the defense authoriza- for a very brief two amendments, one After his service to Judge Prettyman, Sen- tion bill occupies a major place in the which will be very brief—I do not be- ator Warner became an Assistant United annual legislative calendar and takes lieve he will object too strenuously— States Attorney in the District of Columbia, substantial time to complete. Those and that is to name this act after the and later entered private law practice. Senators who do not have the privilege distinguished senior Senator from Vir- (6) In 1969, the Senate gave its advice and of serving on the Committee on Armed ginia. consent to the appointment of Senator War- I ask unanimous consent for its im- ner as Under Secretary of the Navy. He Services may not realize the tremen- mediate consideration. served in this position until 1972, when he dous amount of work that goes into The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without was confirmed and appointed as the 61st Sec- hearings, formulation of legislative objection, it is so ordered. retary of the Navy since the office was estab- proposals, preparation for markup, and The clerk will report. lished in 1798. As Secretary, Senator Warner actual markup of this bill—the largest The legislative clerk read as follows: was the principal United States negotiator annually recurring piece of legislation and signatory of the Incidents at Sea Execu- in Congress. When one adds to this the The Senator from Arizona [Mr. MCCAIN], tive Agreement with the Soviet Union, proposes an amendment numbered 4241 for which was signed in 1972 and remains in ef- oversight of the largest department in himself, Mr. FRIST, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. INHOFE, fect today. It has served as the model for the Government, and the processing of Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. BYRD, Mr. similar agreements between states covering thousands of military and civilian SESSIONS, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. the operation of naval ships and aircraft in nominations each year, the demands on REED, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. TALENT, international sea lanes throughout the the chairman of the committee and the Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. world. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. DAY- need for leadership are obvious. For 6 (7) Senator Warner left the Department of TON, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. BAYH, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs. years, JOHN WARNER has provided that the Navy in 1974. His next public service was CLINTON, Mr. THUNE, Mr. ALLARD, and Mr. leadership, and done it in a manner as Director of the American Revolution Bi- ALLEN. centennial Commission. In this capacity, he that has gained him universal respect. Mr. MCCAIN. I ask unanimous con- coordinated the celebration of the Nation’s JOHN WARNER is, first and foremost a sent that the reading of the amend- founding, directing the Federal role in all 50 Virginian—a lifetime resident of that ment be dispensed with. States and in over 20 foreign nations. Old Dominion that has stood at the

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For 14 years of Amer- prescribed by the rules of our caucus, I decorated Army physician in World ican history, years that saw the end of will have the privilege to nominate you War I, JOHN WARNER left high school to the cold war, the first gulf war, the at- to become the next chairman of the enlist in the Navy late in World War II. tacks on September 11, 2001, and the Armed Services Committee. And I am He served until 1946, when he was dis- global war on terror, JOHN WARNER has confident that will be confirmed in our charged as a petty officer 3rd class. served in a leadership role on the com- caucus and eventually by the full Sen- Like millions of other young Ameri- mittee. ate and that you will lead this com- cans, he then attended college on the No Member of this body has done mittee to greater levels and higher G.I. bill, graduating from Washington more for our national security than achievements, as has been the case of and Lee University in 1949. He then en- JOHN WARNER. As sailor, Marine offi- almost every step of your career. tered the University of Virginia Law cer, Under Secretary and Secretary of I wish you well and also your family, School. He interrupted his education to the Navy, and United States Senator, dear friend. serve in the Korean war, volunteering he has always answered his country’s Now, Mr. President, I believe we are for active duty and accepting a com- call. The dignified and evenhanded way going to turn to another amendment by the distinguished Senator from Ari- mission in the Marine Corps. He served in which he has presided over the busi- zona, and I am privileged to be a co- in the combat zone as a ground officer ness of the committee has enabled it to continue its noble tradition of being an sponsor of that amendment. in the First Marine Air Wing, and re- I commend the Senator. This is a island of bipartisanship in an increas- mained in the Marine Corps Reserve for very important step that you are initi- ingly unpleasant political era. I submit several years. Upon returning from the ating with regard to the future of how that it is exceedingly appropriate that Korean war, he resumed his legal edu- financing the Department of Defense is this year’s defense authorization act, cation, graduating from the University handled in the Congress of the United the last which JOHN WARNER will man- of Virginia Law School in 1953. States. Upon graduation, JOHN WARNER’s age as chairman of the Committee on I yield the floor. outstanding qualities were recognized Armed Services, be named in his honor. Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I am when he was selected to serve as the If my colleagues will indulge me for honored to join my colleague from Ari- law clerk to the late Judge E. Barrett just another moment, I would like to zona and to cosponsor his amendment Prettyman of the U.S. Court of Appeals relate a personal story, and that has to to name this year’s Defense authoriza- for the District of Columbia Circuit, do with when I returned from prison in tion bill after our good friend, Senator one of the most outstanding jurists of Vietnam. JOHN WARNER was then serv- JOHN WARNER, the chairman of the the period. Many years later, Senator ing as Secretary of the Navy. Secretary Armed Services Committee. WARNER would be instrumental in nam- Warner greeted us all with the greatest This tribute is eminently well de- ing the U.S. Court House in Wash- warmth and affection, but very impor- served. Senator WARNER has had a long ington, DC, for his old mentor. After tantly in my case I had requested to and distinguished career of outstanding his clerkship, JOHN WARNER became an attend the National War College as the service to our Nation. He enlisted in Assistant United States Attorney in next tour of duty. That meant objec- the Navy at the end of World War II the District of Columbia, and later was tions for several very good reasons, and and served with distinction. He then engaged in the private practice of law. yet then-Secretary Warner made sure I attended Washington and Lee Univer- In 1969, President Nixon nominated was allowed to attend that institution sity on the GI bill. He volunteered for JOHN WARNER to serve as Under Sec- of higher learning. He and I have re- active duty during the Korean war and retary of the Navy. The Senate con- mained friends and comrades since the served as an officer in the Marine firmed the nomination, and he served day I returned home in March of 1973, Corps, interrupting his studies at the as Under Secretary until he was con- now some 33 years. University of Virginia Law School. firmed and appointed as the 61st Sec- It has been a privilege and an honor After graduation, he had an impres- retary of the Navy in 1972. During his to hold my dear friend, JOHN WARNER, sive legal career. He clerked for Chief tenure as Secretary, the United States in my highest esteem and affection. Judge Barrett Prettyman of the U.S. and the Soviet Union signed the Inci- This is a very small token for the es- Court of Appeals for the District of Co- dents at Sea Executive Agreement, for teem in which all of us hold JOHN WAR- lumbia Circuit and became a Federal which he was the principal United NER as a great and wonderful leader of prosecutor in the District of Columbia States negotiator and signatory. This this Senate. I could go on for many before entering private practice. agreement remains in effect today, and hours recounting the many wonderful He then returned to Government has served as a model for similar agree- achievements he has made for the peo- service as Under Secretary of the Navy ments governing naval vessels and air- ple of Virginia and for the people of in the Nixon administration, and I was craft around the world. this Nation, but I will refrain from honored to support his promotion to be After leaving the Department of the doing so as I know many of my col- the 61st Secretary of the Navy in 1972. Navy in 1974, JOHN WARNER’s next pub- leagues will want to add their voices He was elected to the Senate in 1978 lic service was as chairman of the and sponsorship of this amendment to and was a natural for the Armed Serv- American Revolution Bicentennial name the Defense authorization bill for ices Committee. I joined the com- Commission. He oversaw the celebra- 2007 in his name. mittee in 1983, and it has been a very tion of the Nation’s founding, directing I ask the vote to be held at the ap- great privilege to serve with him and the Federal Government’s role in a propriate time, and whether the yeas learn from him for the past two dec- commemoration that enbraced all 50 and nays are called for would be up to ades. No one cares more about our na- States and over 20 foreign nations. my colleagues. tional defense or our men and women In 1978, the voters of Virginia elected Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I am in uniform. As chairman of the com- JOHN WARNER to a full term in the deeply moved by the thoughtful re- mittee, he has the immense respect of United States Senate. Upon beginning marks of my longtime friend. I express all of us. His leadership ability, elo- his service in 1979, he was elected a my everlasting gratitude first and fore- quence, and dedication have served the member of the Committee on Armed most for that friendship and, indeed, Senate, our Armed Forces, and the Na- Services. Upon leaving the chairman- the friendship of your father, com- tion brilliantly. ship next year, he will have served on mander and chief of the U.S. Forces in These annual Defense authorization the committee for 28 years, almost half the Pacific, who helped guide me in acts demonstrate our chairman at his

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Mr. President, I thank eting for the war. We know the war is almost a routine series of supplemental my friend again for his kind words. If I going to cost more than the $420 billion requests to fund this ongoing war. A am so fortunate as to succeed him, I to date, and we know the war is not Senate-passed bill provided $108.9 bil- would obviously rely on him for his going to end as quickly as most of us lion in spending—$14.4 billion above the continued guidance and stewardship. would prefer. In fact, many of us see level the President has indicated he is AMENDMENT NO. 4242 ongoing operations in Afghanistan for willing to sign. Despite the efforts of Mr. President, I send an amendment an extended period of time, hopefully several of us to trim that bill of to the desk and ask for its immediate at a low level, hopefully taken over by unrequested earmarks and question- consideration. The amendment is on NATO, hopefully Americans not in a able spending, the Senate did not have behalf of myself, Senator WARNER, Sen- major role. But certainly as long as the will to do so prior to the bill’s pas- ator LEVIN, Senator GRAHAM, Senator NATO is involved, we will continue to sage. It wasn’t until conference, with BYRD, Senator GREGG, Senator HAGEL, see American participation. But we the looming threat of a sustainable Senator CHAMBLISS, Senator COLLINS, need to continue, and we need to con- veto, that the bill was trimmed. But Senator COBURN, Senator CONRAD, and tinue our military operations until the the fact remains that the funding pro- Senator REID. job is done. Withdrawing our military vided for in that bill is enormous, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The presence prematurely is not an option it would be more fiscally responsible to clerk will report. in my view, the view of many of my be dealt with in the annual authoriza- The legislative clerk read as follows: colleagues, nor the view of the Presi- tion and appropriations bills. Of course, that supplemental is only The Senator from Arizona [Mr. MCCAIN], dent or his advisers. We are in it to for himself, Mr. WARNER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. win. the most recent example of why this GRAHAM, Mr. BYRD, Mr. GREGG, Mr. HAGEL, Unfortunately, the administration’s amendment is necessary. Since 2001, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COBURN, unwillingness to budget for the war the administration and Congress have Mr. CONRAD, and Mr. REID, proposes an through the regular process means that routinely funded our ongoing oper- amendment numbered 4242. neither the White House nor the Con- ations in Afghanistan and Iraq through Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask gress is making the tough decisions emergency supplemental appropria- unanimous consent that reading of the about how we are going to pay for the tions bills. In addition, many defense- amendment be dispensed with. ongoing wars. If we continue down this related activities that should have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without same path, that job will be left to fu- been financed through the normal ap- objection, it is so ordered. ture generations because the expendi- propriations process have been funded The amendment is as follows: tures are being made regardless, and through these emergency supple- (Purpose: To require regular budgeting for eventually their impact on our budget mentals. And in the process, more and ongoing military operations) will have to be addressed. The longer more nondefense-related spending has At the end of subtitle I of title X, insert we wait to make the tough decisions, also been creeping into these bills, the following: the bigger the problem will become, greatly undermining the budget proc- SEC. l. BUDGETING FOR ONGOING MILITARY OP- and the more difficult making those ess. ERATIONS. tough decisions will be. There are several criticisms of the The President’s budget submitted pursuant Our Nation’s future economic success supplemental appropriations process to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States rests in part on the decisions we make that I hope the Senate will agree are Code, for each fiscal year after fiscal year today—and the ones we put off. We are egregious enough to lend overwhelming 2007 shall include— facing some dire fiscal challenges in support for the adoption of the amend- (1) a request for funds for such fiscal year for ongoing military operations in Afghani- the days ahead. According to the Gov- ment. stan and Iraq; ernment Accountability Office, the un- First, unless we take action, ‘‘emer- (2) an estimate of all funds expected to be funded Federal financial burden—such gency’’ funds will continue to be em- required in that fiscal year for such oper- as public debt, future Social Security, ployed as a way to add spending above ations; and Medicare, and Medicaid payments—to- that contained under the budget caps. (3) a detailed justification of the funds re- tals more than $46 trillion, or $156,000 It has become all too routine for the quested. per man, woman, and child in America. administration to omit what should be Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, the According to David Walker, the head of normal spending items for the budget amendment would require regular the GAO, for a family, this burden is it sends to Congress in February. In- budgeting for ongoing military oper- ‘‘like having a $750,000 mortgage—and stead, the administration relies on ations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The no house.’’ supplementals to fund critical ‘‘must- war on terror has been going on for But instead of fixing the problem— pass items,’’ such as operations in Iraq nearly 5 years, since that tragic day in and fixing it will not be easy—we are and Afghanistan, as well as more rou- September 2001. Yet since that time only succeeding in making it bigger, tine defense spending. Congress then the administration has sought to fund more unstable, more complicated, and approves these requests and regularly the war operations almost entirely much more expensive. And adding hun- tries to augment them with non- through emergency supplemental ap- dreds of billions of dollars that are emergency, nondefense items. propriations measures instead of more conveniently designated as Second, supplemental appropriations through its annual budget submissions. ‘‘emergency’’ expenditures—so they do have diminished responsible budget de- The most recent supplemental meas- not have to be budgeted for along with cisions and proper oversight by Con- ure, which the Senate is expected to other national priorities—is only mak- gress. Put aside for a moment that au- pass soon, is the ninth supplemental ing our fiscal problems that much thorizing committees are not consulted bill since September 2001. With its en- greater. with regard to supplemental appropria- actment, we will have provided over Somehow the concept of true emer- tions in the same manner that occurs $420 billion to pay for ongoing military gency funding bills has gotten lost during the normal annual budget proc- operations, reconstruction, and train- along the way. Take the most recent ess. Emergency supplemental appro- ing of Iraqi security forces—defense supplemental appropriations bill. The priations requests are not forwarded to spending that I fully support. And all President requested a total of $94.5 bil- Congress with the same level of budget

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We could sit down now and figure out are unwilling to end programs that are They may be replacements for equip- probably most of the costs for oper- not effective, we will continue to have ment that was used in Iraq, but haven’t ations in the coming year, 2 years, in an ineffectual budget. we reached the point, in both Iraq and Afghanistan and Iraq. We have a good Third, budgeting annually through Afghanistan, where we can plan ahead idea as to what kind of budgeting we emergency supplemental appropria- in a normal budgetary process? are going to have to be involved in and tions bills encourages pork-barrel I wish to emphasize, again, if there is what the necessary authorization and spending. I think the 2-week debate on a genuine emergency, I will be the first appropriation will be. I want to empha- the most recent supplemental is fresh Member of the Senate to suggest and size: This amendment in no way im- in everyone’s mind, so I will not men- approve of a genuine emergency. This pairs the ability to enact another tion the many provisions that objec- in no way—this in no way—reduces the emergency supplemental if it is re- tions were raised against. But the fact executive branch’s or the legislative quired. What we are doing now is an is, unrequested add-ons which ulti- branch’s ability to approve emergency end run around the authorizing, appro- mately make it into the final supple- supplemental bills if they are genuine priating, and budgeting processes, and mental appropriations conference re- emergencies. we are lying to the American people ports are almost never the subject of a Now, if someone objects to this when we say we are only going to spend hearing in the authorization and appro- amendment, I wonder how we were able so many dollars on the various func- priations committees. They are sel- to need only one supplemental appro- tions of Government; in this case, on dom, if ever, subjected to a recorded priations bill during the entire Korean Defense and military expenditures. vote in a committee or on the floor of war or why during the entire 11-year I yield the floor and ask for the yeas the House or the Senate. These items Vietnam war there were only four. But and nays on this amendment. very often are not even included in leg- somehow, now we have had to have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a islation initially passed by the House nine emergency supplemental bills in 5 sufficient second? or Senate but are instead added by a years, and it now totals over $420 bil- There appears to be a sufficient sec- conference committee. lion in emergency supplemental fund- ond. Here is a very important aspect of ing. The yeas and nays were ordered. this which I hope all my colleagues will Now, in the interest of straight talk, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- pay attention to because unless we if I were a member of the executive ator from Virginia. look back in history, it is hard for us branch, I would find this a very con- Mr. WARNER. May I inquire of the to understand how egregious this proc- venient way. Isn’t it a lot easier to just distinguished Senator if he has any ess has become. ask for an emergency supplemental and way of estimating the amount of fur- For the Korean war, which lasted 3 write out the details of it and have it ther debate on this amendment because years, there was one supplemental ap- passed rather than going through the we could quite likely schedule it for a propriations bill. normal budgeting process, which I will vote this evening, subject to his con- During the 11-year Vietnam war, admit is somewhat cumbersome? But it currence. there were four supplemental appro- was intended to be because of Mr. MCCAIN. In response, I ask my priations bills. As soon as troop levels Congress’s responsibilities to oversight colleague from Michigan, I don’t know in Southeast Asia stopped climbing, the taxpayers’ dollars. of others who have asked to speak on the Johnson and Nixon administrations So this amendment is about fiscal re- it. requested funding for ongoing oper- sponsibility. Most of us have voted in Mr. WARNER. I understand Senator ations in the regular Defense author- recent years to support several sense- BYRD would like to. ization and appropriations bills. of-the-Senate amendments stating that Mr. LEVIN. My remarks in support Since 9/11, there have been nine sup- the war should be budgeted for in the of the McCain amendment will be fair- plemental appropriations bills, in 5 regular process. In fact, just this past ly brief, but Senator BYRD does wish to years, to fund the ongoing war on ter- April 27, the Senate voted 94 to 0 to ap- speak on the amendment. We are try- ror, including two in each of the years prove such an amendment. I have sup- ing to ascertain how much time he de- of 2002, 2004, and 2005. Over 90 percent of ported that proposition each time it sires. the funding for Iraq and Afghanistan has been offered. The amendment be- Mr. WARNER. Fine, then I ask unan- ongoing operations—ongoing oper- fore us would put real meaning into the imous consent that upon the conclu- ations—has been funded through one to positions we have previously voted to sion of the scheduled vote, the Chair two emergency supplemental appro- support. recognize the Senator from Arizona for priations bills each year for the past 5 Let me also be clear about what this such additional remarks as he may years. It now totals over $420 billion in amendment does not do. It does not wish to make. emergency supplemental funding. seek to prevent any future emergency The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without So we pass budgets, we put caps on funding requests for war operations. It objection, it is so ordered. budgets, and then we add $80 billion, does require budgeting for the ongoing Mr. MCCAIN. I ask unanimous con- $90 billion, $100 billion—in total, over expenses we know are going to occur. If sent that Senator STEVENS be added as the last 5 years, $420 billion—despite next year, after the budget is sub- a cosponsor to my amendment. the fact that during this time Congress mitted in February, a totally unfore- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without provided over $2.2 trillion for defense- seen expenditure arises that must be objection, it is so ordered. related expenditures in the regular an- urgently addressed, the administration Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, let me nual defense spending bills. would have the ability to submit a sup- congratulate Senator MCCAIN, not just We are blowing the budget process. plemental request. But simple cost-of- for his honesty in the budgeting We are carving gigantic holes in the doing business expenditures—costs amendment, but also for the previous system. And we are removing the au- that can be estimated and budgeted amendment which he brought up while thorizing committees and, to a degree, for—would not be allowed. I was absent from the floor and which the appropriating committees from the Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask I am proud and pleased to cosponsor, scrutiny and oversight that is our re- unanimous consent to extend the time which would name this bill after our sponsibility. It is not our privilege to for the vote by 5 minutes and that I be esteemed colleague, Senator WARNER.

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Mr. President, I ask of operations in Iraq has gone up by 80 I advise the Senate at this time we unanimous consent that the time until percent? will proceed to the vote. I will momen- 5 o’clock today be equally divided be- Part of the problem is that funding tarily make a tabling motion, and then tween myself and Senator MCCAIN and for the war is being hidden—yes, hid- upon conclusion of the vote, we will re- the Democratic leader or his designee, den. Where is it?—hidden from the nor- turn to the McCain amendment. It with 20 minutes of the Democratic mal budget authorization and appro- would be my fervent hope that we can leader time under the control of Sen- priations process. Instead of the Presi- have a vote on that amendment prior ator BYRD, and that at 5 o’clock a vote dent providing Congress with an esti- to the time the leadership desires that occur in relation to the McCain amend- mate of how much the wars in Iraq and floor activities be terminated. ment No. 4242, with no further inter- Afghanistan—there are two of them— AMENDMENT NO. 4230 vening action or debate, and no second- how much the wars in Iraq and Afghan- I move to table the Dorgan amend- degree amendments in order prior to istan will cost each year, the adminis- ment and ask for the yeas and nays. the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a tration has chosen to hide those costs. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Where? In emergency spending bills. sufficient second? objection? There appears to be a sufficient sec- Since the war in Iraq began in March Mr. LEVIN. Reserving the right to 2003, the Congress has enacted eight ond. object, and I will not, I wonder if the The question is on agreeing to the emergency supplemental appropria- Senator can make room in there for an motion. tions bills. None of these measures re- The clerk will call the roll. additional 3 minutes under our control ceived the full scrutiny—the full scru- The legislative clerk called the roll. so I can speak in favor. We can work tiny—that is so necessary for such Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the that out. massive expenditures. The President Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Mr. WARNER. I assure the Senator refuses to include the full cost of these KERRY) and the Senator from West Vir- he will have time. wars in his regular budget request. In- Mr. LEVIN. I have no objection. ginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) are nec- stead, the President sends to the Con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without essarily absent. gress emergency requests with little or objection, it is so ordered. I further announce that, if present no detailed justification. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wish and voting, the Senator from Massa- Five times I have offered amend- chusetts (Mr. KERRY) would vote to advise colleagues that it may be ments in the Senate urging the Presi- ‘‘nay.’’ that we can expedite the vote prior to dent to budget for the cost of the two The result was announced—yeas 55, 5 p.m. So it really, in a sense, is no nays 43, as follows: later than 5 o’clock. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five times. And five times those amend- [Rollcall Vote No. 169 Leg.] The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ments have been approved, most re- YEAS—55 ator from West Virginia. Mr. BYRD. I thank the Chair. cently on April 24, 2006, by a unani- Alexander DeWine McConnell mous vote—hear me, a unanimous Allard Dole Murkowski Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, may we Allen Domenici Roberts have order, please. vote—of 94 to 0. However, the White Bennett Ensign Santorum The PRESIDING OFFICER. There House has shown no sign that it will Bond Enzi Sessions will be order in the Senate. take the fiscally responsible course of Brownback Frist Shelby beginning to budget for the cost of the Bunning Graham Smith Mr. WARNER. The Senator is enti- Burns Grassley Snowe tled to be heard. wars. Burr Gregg Specter The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- There are two wars going on. One, I Chafee Hagel Stevens Chambliss Hatch ator from West Virginia. supported the war in Afghanistan. The Sununu Coburn Hutchison Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank other war in Iraq, I did not support our Cochran Inhofe Talent Thomas the very distinguished senior Senator invasion of Iraq for constitutional rea- Coleman Isakson sons. Collins Kyl Thune from West Virginia, the West Vir- Cornyn Lott Vitter ginian, the gentleman from West Vir- I am pleased to work with my col- Craig Lugar Voinovich ginia. league, Senator MCCAIN, to build on Crapo Martinez Warner my previous efforts to urge the admin- DeMint McCain AMENDMENT NO. 4242 Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, the Senate istration to budget for the war. We are NAYS—43 will soon vote on an emergency supple- there. We are in there. Our men and Akaka Feingold Mikulski mental appropriations bill that would women are there, and we are going to Baucus Feinstein Murray support them. I didn’t support the poli- Bayh Harkin Nelson (FL) bring the total amount of funds appro- Biden Inouye Nelson (NE) priated for the war in Iraq to $318 bil- cies that sent them there, but I support Bingaman Jeffords Obama lion. That is $318 for every minute— them, the men and women, our men Boxer Johnson Pryor and women who are over there. Byrd Kennedy every minute—since Jesus Christ was Reed The amendment before the Senate, of Cantwell Kohl Reid born. Think of it. That is a staggering Carper Landrieu Salazar amount of money. The total amount of which I am a proud cosponsor, would Clinton Lautenberg Sarbanes create a requirement in law to force Conrad Leahy funds appropriated for the war in Iraq Schumer Dayton Levin is $318 billion. But that is not the the administration to give a full year’s Dodd Lieberman Stabenow whole story. estimate of the cost of military oper- Wyden Dorgan Lincoln According to a recent report by the ations in Iraq and Afghanistan. What is Durbin Menendez Congressional Research Service, the wrong with that? The amendment be- NOT VOTING—2 monthly cost of the war in Iraq is fore the Senate, of which I am a proud Kerry Rockefeller going up, up, up, right into the strato- cosponsor, would create a requirement The motion was agreed to. sphere. in law—a requirement in law—to force Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider During the opening phases of the the administration to give a full year’s the vote, and I move to lay that mo- war, the cost of the war was estimated estimate of the cost of military oper- tion on the table. to be $4.4 billion per month. According ations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Feeling the need to establish a awesome, glorious sight, Francis Scott quest by each appropriations account symbol of national unity, on June 14, Key was inspired to write the immortal and detailed information about prior 1777, 229 years ago today, the Congress lyrics that Congress later adopted as years’ war spending. The very last resolved: our National Anthem. thing that Congress wants to see is a That the flag of the thirteen United States How we all love to recall the stirring gargantuan request of scores of billions be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; words from the second stanza. of dollars in the form of a slush fund or that the union be thirteen stars, white in a ’Tis the Star-Spangled Banner: O long may a no-strings-attached transfer account. blue field, representing a new constellation. it wave O’er the land of the free and the This is the people’s money. Do my Mr. President, I have always been im- home of the brave. colleagues know that? Think about it. pressed with the wisdom and the fore- In 1824 came that eventful day in Whose money is this that we are talk- sight of the Founders of our country, Salem, MA, when a group of women ing about? It is the people’s money, and here again, we can see their bril- presented a beautiful 12- by 24-foot flag those people out there who are watch- liance. The simplicity of that chosen to Sea Captain William Driver, who ing this Senate through those lenses. pattern, alternating stripes and crisp was about to embark upon a global That is their money, the people’s new stars, white stars on a field of voyage. After the flag was hoisted from money that we are talking about, and blue, allowed our flag to evolve along the ship’s masthead, Captain Driver the American public has the right to with the ever-changing map of Amer- looked at the flag waving so heroically demand accountability. ica. The flag they chose has become the in the wind, and he exclaimed, ‘‘Old, With this amendment, the Senate is most visible symbol of our Nation. The Glory! Old Glory!’’ Ever since that charging a fiscally responsible course flag they chose has become our most time, the name has been used to sym- which can generate a real debate on beloved and respected national icon. bolize our love and our respect for our the cost of these wars. That is a debate That flag symbolizes our Nation’s national emblem. that is long overdue—long overdue— strength, our Nation’s honor, our Na- There it is, Old Glory. In our dangerous and uncertain and I urge my colleagues to support tion’s ideals, and our national purpose. world, Old Glory has always been this important amendment. It recognizes our glorious past while it there. It was there before you were FLAG DAY celebrates a more glorious future. Legends abound regarding who actu- born, before I was born—yes. It was Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, ‘‘Hats off! there, always there, guiding us, inspir- Hats off! The flag is passing by. Hats ally created the first American flag. The American Naval hero John Paul ing us, giving us hope as well as direc- off! The flag is passing by.’’ tion. Jones and Francis Hopkinson, a signer Those are the powerful words of President Woodrow Wilson—I was of the Declaration of Independence, Henry Holcomb Bennett in his stirring born during his administration—Presi- poem, ‘‘The Flag Goes By.’’ have both been cited as possible cre- dent Woodrow Wilson once remarked, I recite those words because today, ators, as has John Hulbert of Long Is- ‘‘Though silent, it speaks to us.’’ How this day, is June 14, Flag Day. Yes, land, NY. Tradition, of course, gen- right he was. Its mere presence stirs Flag Day. There by the President’s erally attributes the first flag to Betsy emotions. Look at it there by the desk, that flag. This day is Flag Day, Ross. I like to believe in that version of President’s desk. Its mere presence— the day that Americans pause to cele- the story, because it appeals to my there it stands—its mere presence stirs brate and show our respect for our sense of the American spirit and to my emotions. great national emblem, the American belief that each and every citizen has a The flag embodies our ideals of free- flag. This, unfortunately, is not a Fed- responsibility to our Nation. It is a dom, justice, and brotherhood, values eral holiday but, in my opinion, is one story of the powerful father of our that are deeply rooted in the best of of the most important days of the year. country visiting a humble needle our political and spiritual emotions This is a day filled with so much mean- woman in her house and asking her to and traditions. The flag means home, ing, so much symbolism, so much his- undertake the monumental task of the safety and security of home, and tory. making the first American flag. tells us that freedom still lives in this It was on June 14, 1777, that the Con- Whoever created the first flag, within land we love. tinental Congress adopted the Flag Act a few months of its unveiling, the flag The flag symbolizes our values and that established the official flag of the was under fire for the first time in the ideals as well as our power, our eco- United States of America. The 13 Colo- battles of Bennington and Brandywine. nomic and military might. The flag nies assembled in the Continental Con- A few months later, on November 1, rallies the courage of American men gress took this action because they un- 1777, our national banner went to sea and women and children. derstood the need for a symbol of our for the first time when Captain John Our flag has been a guide and an in- national unity. Paul Jones set sail in his sloop, the spiration to our Armed Forces. It has During the early days of the Amer- ‘‘Ranger,’’ from Portsmouth, NH, for inspired our men and women to deeds ican Revolution, the Colonial Armies France. When the French fleet saluted of valor and sacrifice. Who can think of were fighting under the banners of his ship off the coast of that country the American flag without thinking of their individual Colonies or, in some on February 14, 1778, it marked the the marines heroically planting that cases, of their local militia units. The first time that foreign vessels had ac- flag on top of Iwo Jima during World banner of New England, for example, knowledged the American flag. With War II or American astronauts plant- was the Liberty Tree. Do you remem- the winning of independence in 1783, ing it on the moon or those New York ber the Liberty Tree? It showed a green the American flag was recognized as City firefighters hoisting the American pine tree on a field of white, with the the banner of the United States of flag in the rubble of the Trade Towers words ‘‘An Appeal To Heaven.’’ Oh, the America throughout the world. on September 11, 2001? Liberty Tree, which showed a green Twenty years later that flag was Flag Day was first officially observed pine tree on a field of white, with the under fire again, this time in the War in 1877 to celebrate the 100th anniver- words ‘‘An Appeal To Heaven.’’ The of 1812. On the night of September 13, sary of the selection of the American Minutemen from Culpepper County, VA 1814, British ships on their way to Bal- flag. For the next 70 years, people and waved a flag with a coiled rattlesnake timore, not far from here, bombarded movements across the country pro- which carried the motto ‘‘Liberty or Fort McHenry, which blocked their moted efforts to establish a national

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:37 Mar 24, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\FDSYS\BOUNDRECORD\BR14JN06.DAT BR14JN06 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE 11150 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 152, Pt. 8 June 14, 2006 Flag Day. In one of those attempts, So on this birthday of Old Glory, funding for ongoing military operations in Congressman Joseph Goulden of New Flag Day, 2006, I join with my col- regular appropriations bills as soon as more York, in 1914, introduced legislation to leagues and my fellow citizens in urg- accurate projections of costs can be made. make June 14 a national holiday, to ing that we protect the American flag Operations have stabilized to an ex- celebrate Flag Day. In testimony to as a force to unite us, not as a tool to tent that accurate estimates of future the House Judiciary Committee, Con- divide us. As Henry Holcomb Bennett years’ costs of the operations in Iraq gressman Goulden explained: says in his poem, ‘‘more than a flag is and Afghanistan may be made. And, it We would honor ourselves by making it a passing by.’’ is now time for the administration to holiday. I think the love and devotion we all Hats off! present these costs as part of the reg- have for the flag and what it represents will ular budgeting process. Along the street there comes Emergency supplemental appropria- tend to make us better citizens. A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, And so it was on August 3, 1949, that A flash of color beneath the sky: tion requests are not forwarded to Con- Congress approved a joint resolution Hats off! The flag is passing by! gress with the same level of budget jus- that designated June 14 as Flag Day, in Blue and crimson and white it shines, tification and details that are rou- commemoration of the adoption of the Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines. tinely sent to Congress when the Presi- flag of the United States by the Conti- Hats off! dent’s annual budget is forwarded in nental Congress. The colors before us fly; February each year. If the authorizing How glad I am that Congress took But more than the flag is passing by. and appropriation committees are not this action. The American flag sums up Sea-fights and land-fights, grim and great, allowed to scrutinize fully the effec- all the best of our Nation, all that is Fought to make and to save the State: tiveness of defense programs, we are Weary marches and sinking ships; not providing the taxpayer with the good and decent in America. Through- Cheers of victory on dying lips; out our history, it has transcended our full diligence due for scrutinizing the Days of plenty and years of peace; President’s budget request. While, I— differences. It has affirmed our com- March of a strong land’s swift increase; and I am sure all my colleagues—fully mon bond as a people and our solemn Equal justice, right and law, support our troops, and want to ensure unity as a Nation. Stately honor and reverend awe; they have all the resources they need, Unfortunately and tragically, some Sign of a nation, great and strong we must also provide strong budgetary people will always try to use this na- To ward her people from foreign wrong: oversight. tional icon to stir disunity. This is a Pride and glory and honor, all We have not always funded our war shame and a sham because, above ev- Live in the colors to stand or fall. efforts through routine supplemental erything else, our flag is representative Hats off! appropriations measures. It is worth of our national unity: Along the street there comes examining history to perceive how the A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums; One nation, under God, indivisible, with practice has been exploited beyond all liberty and justice for all. And loyal hearts are beating high: Hats off! reasonable defense, as Senator MCCAIN ‘‘Indivisible, with liberty and justice The flag is passing by! recently recounted, and it bears repeat- for all,’’ those words, of course, come Happy birthday, Old Glory. Long ing: from the Pledge of Allegiance to the may you wave. ‘‘O’er the land of the For the Korean war, which lasted 3 Flag, our oath to generations past and free, and the home of the brave.’’ years, there was only one supplemental future that we stand together as one The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- appropriations bill; great Nation. Think of how often ator from Virginia is recognized. During the 11-year Vietnam War, throughout the course of the history of Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, may I there were four supplemental appro- our country, our Nation, citizens have commend our distinguished senior col- priation bills. As soon as troop levels risen, hands over their hearts, and ut- league, former majority leader of the in Southeast Asia stopped climbing, tered those words together, knowing Senate, for that brilliant speech, most the Johnson and Nixon administrations that their destinies were interwoven. appropriate on this day. I am certain requested funding for ongoing oper- We are bound together like the threads that speech will be carried and viewed ations in the regular defense authoriza- that form the fabric of that flag. We by our troops wherever they are in the tion and appropriation bills; Since 9/11, there have been nine sup- should put our energies to strength- world. In well over 60-some nations our plemental appropriation bills in 5 years ening that bond, not unraveling it. men and women are standing guard to- to fund the ongoing war on terror, in- That pledge to our flag was origi- night, protecting our freedoms. nally written in 1892 by Francis Bel- I congratulate you, sir. Thank you cluding two in each of the years of 2002, lamy and was first used at the dedica- very much. 2004, and 2005. It now totals over $420 tion of the World Fair in Chicago. The Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I thank billion in emergency supplemental pledge initially read: the very distinguished—yes, very dis- funding. Most of us have voted in recent years I pledge allegiance to my flag and the Re- tinguished Senator from the great to support several Sense of the Senate public for which it stands, one nation indi- State of Virginia. visible—with liberty and justice for all. Mr. WARNER. I thank my colleague. amendments stating that the war The original wording was altered Mr. President, I fully support the should be budgeted for in the regular slightly in 1923 and 1924. In 1954—and I McCain amendment. process. Just this past April 27, the was there in the House of Representa- This amendment would require reg- Senate voted 94–0 to approve such an tives when Congress added the phrase ular budgeting for ongoing military op- amendment. I fully supported that ‘‘under God’’ to the pledge, which erations in Afghanistan and Iraq. proposition each time it has been of- President Eisenhower explained: Since 2001, the administration and fered. Now, this amendment before us Congress has funded our ongoing oper- would put real meaning into the posi- In this way we are reaffirming the tran- scendence of religious faith in America’s her- ations in Iraq and Afghanistan through tions we previously voted to support. itage and future; in this way we shall con- emergency supplemental appropriation Let me also be clear about what this stantly strengthen those spiritual weapons bills, as has been the case in previous amendment does not do. It does not which forever will be our country’s most times in our Nation’s history. As the seek to prevent any future emergency powerful resource in peace and in war. Congressional Research Service noted funding requests for war operations. That was Dwight Eisenhower. in a June 13, 2006 report, ‘‘Supple- But it does require budgeting for the As a result, the Pledge of Allegiance mentals have been the most frequent ongoing expenses we know are going to to the Flag now reads: means of financing the initial stages of occur. If next year, after the budget is I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United military operations.’’ submitted in February, a totally un- States of America and to the Republic for The report continues: foreseen expenditure arises that must which it stands, one Nation under God, indi- In general, however, past administrations be urgently addressed, the administra- visible, with liberty and justice for all. have requested, and Congress has provided, tion would have the ability to submit a

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Calling them emergencies does noth- Alexander Domenici McConnell I simply say that this amendment ing to reduce their impact on our federal def- Allard Dorgan Menendez Allen Durbin Mikulski goes a long way to restore the proper icit and debt. Furthermore, the Quadrennial Baucus Ensign Murkowski balance, as we lay down our Senate Defense Review released by the Department Bayh Enzi Murray procedures in committees, between the of Defense last month asserts that our mili- Bennett Feingold Nelson (FL) authorizing process and the appropri- tary is fighting a ‘‘long war’’ that ‘‘may last Biden Feinstein Nelson (NE) for some years to come’’. If this is so, all the Bingaman Frist Obama ators. I do not suggest in any way that Bond Graham the appropriators intentionally en- more reason to start recognizing the ongoing Pryor costs of this ‘‘long war’’ in our budget, so we Boxer Grassley Reed Brownback Gregg croached on the authorizing process. Reid can start paying for it. So far, these costs Bunning Hagel To the contrary. It was because of the Roberts have been financed entirely by deficit spend- Burns Harkin Salazar exigencies, the difficulty in predicting ing. That may be necessary for a short, un- Burr Hatch Santorum the expenditures associated with the Byrd Hutchison foreseen war, but if a ‘‘long war’’ is part of Sarbanes current military operations that neces- our national security reality, it must be- Cantwell Inhofe Carper Inouye Schumer sitated these large appropriations. But come part of our fiscal reality, and we must Sessions pay for it. Chafee Isakson this amendment will go a long way to Chambliss Jeffords Shelby restore that. There is an additional reason why these Clinton Johnson Smith I urge my colleagues to support the costs should be built into our regular budget Coburn Kennedy Snowe process. Supplementals are not subjected to Cochran Kohl Specter amendment. Stabenow I know my distinguished colleague the oversight of the authorizing committees. Coleman Kyl I believe it is time for that to change. The Collins Landrieu Stevens from Michigan has a few words, and costs of war are enormous, and these costs, Conrad Lautenberg Sununu Talent then we will go to the vote. starting with the $50 billion budget amend- Cornyn Leahy The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Craig Levin Thomas ment the administration intends to submit, Crapo Lieberman Thune ator from Michigan is recognized. should receive more oversight, and putting Dayton Lincoln Vitter Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I will be this funding through the normal budget DeMint Lott Voinovich brief. First, let me thank the Senator process will help Congress do its oversight DeWine Lugar Warner from West Virginia. He, as always, job better, which will better serve the Amer- Dodd Martinez Wyden speaks eloquently. If I can make the ican public. NOT VOTING—2 claim, he speaks for all of us when he As I also stated at our Armed Serv- Kerry Rockefeller ices Committee hearing with Secretary talked about our flag and what it The amendment (No. 4242) was agreed means to him. I think he reflected the Rumsfeld in February that: to. spirit of every Member of this body. I Reponsible budgeting means making AMENDMENT NO. 4236 choices and setting priorities. This budget thank him for it. Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I am sub- I also thank Senators BYRD and request fails that test. It understates the mitting an amendment today that ad- MCCAIN. The McCain-Byrd amendment, true cost of our defense program because it dresses the issue of military assistance which restores honesty and truthful- does not fully recognize or pay for the cost of to foreign countries. Senators WARNER ness to our budget process by reflecting ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007. Funds for those will apparently be and LEVIN have tried to be responsive the cost of war, is absolutely essential requested later this year on an emergency, to an administration request for in- if we are going to have a realistic budg- non-paid for, basis. That is not responsible creased funding and flexibility in pro- et. Regardless of whether one supports budgeting. Those costs should be planned on viding assistance to countries that are or doesn’t support our going to war or and paid for now. Honest budgeting requires partners with us in the war against ter- how the operations have taken place, it no less. rorism. I applaud their efforts and will is critically important that we pay the It is essential that our budget begin enumerate the problems that I do not cost and know what we are paying for to reflect reality and recognize the have with the overarching purpose of and that the budget reflect those costs. enormous cost of these ongoing mili- section 1206. The effort has been made year after tary operations. I congratulate Senator I agree that there should be a new year to do that but so far without suc- MCCAIN and Senator BYRD for this program that specifically addresses the cess because it was not put into law. amendment, and I urge my colleagues shortcomings that many of our part- This amendment of Senator MCCAIN to support it. ners in the war against terror face in and Senator BYRD will put this require- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask tracking and finding terrorists on their ment in law. It is essential. I commend unanimous consent that the following soil or in nearby seas. both of them for it. Senators be added as cosponsors to this I understand that current security I believe all Members of this body, amendment: Senators SNOWE, ENSIGN, assistance programs, the Foreign Mili- regardless of the differences we may LIEBERMAN, OBAMA, INOUYE, AKAKA, tary Financing program, for example, have about our policy on Iraq, should and SALAZAR. require a long lead time, sometimes 21⁄2 agree that we should budget for and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to 3 years from request to delivery of pay for these operations. This week objection, it is so ordered. equipment. There are urgent cases now Congress will send to the President the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The where we need to respond more quickly second FY2006 supplemental which in- question is on agreeing to amendment than we currently can. cludes another $70 billion on the oper- No. 4242. The yeas and nays have been Nor do I object to providing signifi- ations in Iraq and Afghanistan, on top ordered. The clerk will call the roll. cant funding for the program. The re- of the $50 billion provided in December. The assistant legislative clerk called quest of the administration for $750 That means in the current fiscal year the roll. million does not seem exorbitant given we will spend $120 billion, or $10 billion Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the the threats that we are trying to ad- a month, on these operations—and Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. dress. Nonetheless, I respect the opin- none of it was included in the Presi- KERRY) and the Senator from West Vir- ion of my fellow authorizers on the dent’s 2006 budget. I can think of no ginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) are nec- Armed Services Committee that there clearer evidence of the need for this essarily absent. is only $400 million that can be devoted amendment. I further announce that if present to the problem at this time from the In February, I included the following and voting, the Senator from Massa- Defense budget. statement in my letter to the Budget chusetts (Mr. KERRY) would vote While on the ground floor of orga- Committee: ‘‘aye.’’ nizing such a new activity, however,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:37 Mar 24, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\FDSYS\BOUNDRECORD\BR14JN06.DAT BR14JN06 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE 11152 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 152, Pt. 8 June 14, 2006 my concern is that we get the decision- count established in this amendment. At the State level, the amendment making mechanism right. We must We can expect decisions to be made would authorize Federal grants to im- make certain that the recipients cho- quickly and efficiently. Randy Tobias prove security at State courts, like the sen, the design of the programs, and is now double-hatted. He has been Reno Family Court where Judge Weller implementation are in the best foreign named as the Secretary’s foreign as- works. policy interests of the United States. sistance advisor in addition to his role These Federal grants might be used We are in this war on terror for the as the Administrator of USAID. Under by States to strengthen courthouse in- longterm. This is an important pro- his overall guidance, the Department frastructure, such as adding bullet- gram that will go through many can perform the necessary coordination proof windows, or it might be used to changes. Recipient countries will both with Ambassadors in the field and hire additional security personnel in change. Areas of the globe where it with regional bureaus to ensure that the courthouse. In the wake of Mon- must focus may change. The propen- such a program would be a construc- day’s shooting, I know the city of Reno sity of subsequent administrations tive addition to the bilateral relation- and the Washoe County Commission may change as they have to make their ship with the recipient country and are looking into both of these steps, own hard choices. would contribute to regional stability. and I also know they could use our We need to get the basics right now These are judgments that our Govern- help. so that we are not faced with a situa- ment must make about every foreign States such as Nevada should always tion some years down the road where assistance program and the President take the lead in protecting their own we have Cabinet Secretaries at odds, is best advised on these matters by the judicial officers, but we can and should struggling with decisions on which Secretary of State. make the Federal Government a bet- countries should receive the aid, when I hope that my fellow Senators will ter, stronger partner. it should be delivered, and how it take a serious look at this proposal and In our country, we have 32,000 State should be implemented. join me in offering it as an amendment and local court judges and approxi- Those are decisions that we must in- to the bill. While the current language mately 2,400 Federal judges. Our de- sist be overseen by the Secretary of of section 1206 requires Secretary of mocracy depends on these men and State on behalf of the President. For- State and ambassadorial involvement, women. They must be able to do their eign policy must drive foreign assist- it is difficult to legislate cooperation jobs and uphold the law without fear- ance decisions. We cannot have mili- between agencies. A blurring of roles is ing for their safety. tary aid decisions drive foreign policy. inevitable if section 1206 stands The time for us to act is now, not This amendment provides the fund- unamended, at a time when foreign pol- after another wake-up call. ing that the Senate Armed Services icy needs to be coherent, persuasive, The shooting of Chuck Weller is a Committee has authorized for the new and successful in the war against ter- terrible tragedy, but by passing this program while safeguarding the pri- ror. legislation, we can ensure at least macy of the State Department in guid- AMENDMENT NO. 4252 some small measure of good results. ing and overseeing the program. My Mr. REID. Mr. President, I spoke yes- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who amendment this year builds on an terday about the terrible courthouse seeks time? amendment offered by Senator INHOFE shooting that took place in Reno on The senior Senator from Oklahoma. last year on the same subject. That Monday, and what we can do in the f Senate to help prevent such incidents. amendment passed the Senate unani- MORNING BUSINESS In order to move that process forward, mously when it was accepted by Sen- Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask ators WARNER and LEVIN as the proper I will offer the text of Court Security Improvement Act of 2005 as an amend- unanimous consent that there now be a way to proceed. It, unfortunately, period of morning business, with Sen- emerged from conference altered to au- ment to the Defense authorization bill. First, however, I would like to take a ators to speak for up to 10 minutes thorize a Department of Defense pro- moment to update everyone on Judge each. gram that is ‘‘jointly formulated’’ with Chuck Weller’s condition. Judge The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the Secretary of State and requiring Weller, if you remember, was hit by a objection, it is so ordered. the Secretary of Defense to ‘‘coordi- sniper’s bullet while standing in the nate’’ with the Secretary of State in f window of his Reno office. REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE program implementation. My amend- According to the latest reports, the AUTHORIZATION ACT ment is more explicit. While the Inhofe judge is in ‘‘good spirits’’ and ‘‘out of amendment allowed a direct transfer of the woods.’’ The bullet seems to have Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask funds from the Defense Department to missed his vital organs, and for that, unanimous consent that the following the State Department, this amendment we all thank God. letter be printed in the RECORD. explicitly creates a new counterterror- Now that Judge Weller seems to be There being no objection, the mate- ism train-and-equip account that is de- stabilizing, it is incumbent on all of us rial was ordered to be printed in the signed for use by the Department of to do whatever it takes to prevent RECORD, as follows: Defense but is under the authority of similar violence—whether in Reno or U.S. SENATE, the State Department. The Depart- any other city. Judges like Chuck OFFICE OF THE MAJORITY LEADER, ment of Defense would be authorized to Weller, their clerks and jurors must be Washington, DC, June 14, 2006. contribute to and withdraw from the free to serve without threats to their Hon. TED STEVENS, fund and would implement the train- lives. President Pro Tempore, and-equip programs funded by the ac- Washington, DC. The amendment I will offer would DEAR TED: At the request of Senator John count. Proceeding this way would clar- improve protections for both Federal Warner, Chairman of the Committee on ify lines of authority and would safe- and State judges. I want to thank Sen- Armed Services, and Senator Carl Levin, guard the Secretary of State’s role as ators SPECTER and LEAHY for all the Ranking Member of the Committee, and pur- the President’s chief foreign policy ad- work they have done in putting this suant to section 3(b) of Senate Resolution 400 visor and manager of bilateral rela- legislation together, and for cospon- of the 94th Congress, as amended by Senate tionships. soring it today. Resolution 445 of the 108th Congress, I re- My amendment retains an important On the Federal level, the amendment quest an additional five session days, ending interagency study due at the end of allows for better cooperation between June 22, 2006, on their behalf, to enable the Committee on Armed Services to complete this year on the issue of military as- the judiciary and the U.S. Marshal its review of S. 3237, the Intelligence Author- sistance that was contained in last Service. It also puts in place strong ization Act for Fiscal Year 2007. year’s section 1206. measures to protect the personal infor- Sincerely yours, The Department of State is now bet- mation of those who sit on the Federal WILLIAM H. FRIST, M.D., ter organized to manage the new ac- bench. Majority Leader, U.S. Senate.

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