S28 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 6, 2009 the members of the Senate Appropria- While it is always a joy to see this tion places on how political power is tions Committee. In a time of con- moment—to see the pride visible in not exercised have ensured our freedom for tinual wrangling over the appropria- only the Members’ faces, but their fam- more than two centuries.’’ tions process, tight budgets, veto ilies’ as well—this year’s is especially Each of these men taught me, in dif- threats, and differences between the poignant for me. ferent ways, that we cannot defend and House and Senate, Chuck has been a Each of the men and women who protect the vision of the Framers if we steady leader and a working dynamo. have taken this oath during my time in are ignorant of the Constitution’s his- We have been extremely fortunate to this institution has made an impres- tory and the rule of law. have the right man as staff director in sion on me—influencing my life, my And so today, as we look forward to very difficult times. work—in one way or another. the 111th Congress and all that we hope Chuck also serves as the chief clerk But 50 years ago this week, two Mem- to achieve, may we also remember this of the Homeland Security Sub- bers were sworn in—one who is here gift that was given to all of us in the committee which funds the agencies today and another who remains here in 86th Congress all those years ago. May that merged to form this cabinet level spirit—each of whom had a singularly it continue to shine for many, many department. In the aftermath of Sep- important impact on me: more. tember 11, Chuck provided key advice My father, Thomas Dodd, who rep- f and direction about the wisest ways to resented my State of Connecticut, and IDAHOANS SPEAK OUT ON HIGH protect against future terrorist attacks our esteemed colleague and friend from ENERGY PRICES and address the staggering destruction West Virginia, ROBERT C. BYRD. in New York State and at the Pen- I was only a boy then, but I remem- Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, in mid- tagon. He has worn the two hats of ber that moment as if it were yester- June, I asked Idahoans to share with staff director of the full Appropriations day, seated with my family in the gal- me how high energy prices are affect- Committee and clerk of the Homeland lery above, as we looked down on my ing their lives, and they responded by Security Subcommittee, which I con- father, as he began what would turn the hundreds. The stories, numbering tinue to chair, with grace and with out to be the final chapter in a public well over 1,200, are heartbreaking and ease. life—a life that had already taken him touching. While energy prices have This really should come as no sur- from Norwich, CT, to Washington, DC, dropped in recent weeks, the concerns prise. Despite his youth and unassum- as an FBI agent and lawyer at the De- expressed remain very relevant, par- ing demeanor, Chuck has served five partment of Justice; to Germany where ticularly in light of our economic Presidents, beginning with President he served as a prosecutor at the famous times. To respect the efforts of those Carter. Nuremberg Trials, before returning to who took the opportunity to share Before he joined my Appropriations our Nation’s Capital to serve in the their thoughts, I am submitting every staff, Chuck worked at the Office of U.S. House of Representatives. e-mail sent to me through an address Management and Budget during the Fifty years later, I take no small set up specifically for this purpose to Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, amount of pride in noting that in each the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. This is not and George W. Bush administrations. of these endeavors, my father proved to an issue that will be easily resolved, In 1978 Chuck began his government be ahead of his time—an advocate for but it is one that deserves immediate service as a Presidential management universal health care, a proponent of and serious attention, and Idahoans de- intern at the Department of Health, sensible gun safety laws, an early voice serve to be heard. Their stories not Education, and Welfare. From 1978–1985 warning of the effects of violence on only detail their struggles to meet ev- he served as a budget analyst for the TV and the dangers of drug addiction; eryday expenses, but also have sugges- Department of Health and Human and an insistent defender of those tions and recommendations as to what Services. From 1985–1990 Mr. Kieffer whose human rights were being denied. Congress can do now to tackle this was special assistant to the Director of Indeed, it would not take long before problem and find solutions that last be- the Office of Management and Budget. a fellow freshman made his own mark, yond today. I ask unanimous consent From 1990–1995, he served as chief ap- becoming not only this body’s Presi- to have today’s letters printed in the propriations analyst for the Office of dent pro tempore and the longest-serv- RECORD. Management and Budget, and from ing Member in its history, but the un- There being no objection, the mate- 1995–2001 he was acting associate direc- disputed master of this body’s arcane rial was ordered to be printed in the tor of legislative affairs at the OMB parliamentary procedures, an award- RECORD, as follows: until he joined my staff as deputy staff winning author and historian and the My wife and I are retired with fixed retire- director of the Appropriations Com- foremost champion of sunlight in gov- ment incomes and our IRAs and annuities. mittee in 2001. In 2001, Chuck Kieffer ernment. We live about six miles from Moscow. We are won the Robert G. Damas Public Serv- Today, as the whole world watches now limiting our trips to town and will re- ice Award. these historic moments, we should note duce/eliminate the travel we had planned As I step aside as chairman of the that it was ROBERT BYRD who staved this summer. We use our Ford 500 that gets off the threat that the Senate might about 29MPG instead of our pickup as much Appropriations Committee in the com- as possible. Our home is heated with wood ing days, I am thankful that Chuck has become ‘‘the invisible branch of gov- pellets, but we wonder if wood pellets will be agreed to stay by my side as the chief ernment’’ by ensuring that our pro- available next fall because of the failing tim- clerk of the subcommittee on Home- ceedings be televised. ber industry. land Security. We can all sleep a little Some two-and-half decades ago, when We have little hope that gas prices will de- more soundly knowing that such a tal- I was sworn in myself, it was my col- crease. Both of the Presidential candidates ented person as Chuck Kieffer is help- league from West Virginia who handed have bought into the global warming hoax ing to adequately and effectively fund me a small book—a pocket-sized Con- and do not want to develop our oil resources. stitution. For all I know, he did this We expected it of the Democrat candidate the Department charged with keeping but are very disappointed in John McCain’s Americans safe from harm here at for every freshman Senator. position. It is difficult to believe that he home. His message was simple: as a Member thinks the liberal environmental industry f of the Senate, you are a temporary cus- will vote for him because he claims to be an todian of this document. ‘‘environmentalist’’. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SENATOR And so, I kept that book. For 28 We feel that [the candidates] should visit BYRD’S SWEARING IN years, I have carried it with me in my ANWR and see that it is not like the Grand Mr. DODD. Mr. President, today we back pocket—Saturday, Sunday, every Canyon. It is a frozen desert where the oil re- begin the 111th Congress. As it is every day of the week to remind myself how source could be developed with little impact. two years, this is a moment for new be- important this document is, the values We encourage you to help change positions on oil development. [Our country] will miss ginnings, but also an opportunity to and the principles that are incor- a golden opportunity if they do not use the bid farewell to some dear friends of porated in it. ‘‘drill here, drill now, pay less’’ position. ours as they move on to the next chap- Senator BYRD has put it better than Thank you for asking for our opinion. ters in their remarkable lives. anyone: ‘‘The limits that the Constitu- NED and ARLEEN, Moscow.

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