E 134 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 19, 1995 Ives, Kenneth Keating, Jacob Javits, Robert there was Nixon a few days later, quoting the Among contemporary politicians, it is Kennedy, Charles Goodell, James Buckley, Watertown Daily Times. Cuomo, who Emory landed as the speaker for Alfonse D’Amato and Moynihan. Emory spends much of his time chronicling the 1988 Gridiron show, who is his favorite. Emory has reported on the administrations the Watertown-area congressman, John Cuomo sent him a note a couple of years of Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John McHugh (R-Pierrepont Manor). McHugh was back for his 70th birthday. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, three years old when Emory first went to Had Cuomo run for president, he might Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan Washington. have been the chief executive accompanying and George Bush. ‘‘I took my first lessons about politics Emory to the Gridiron dinner next March. Come March, he’ll be dining with Bill Clin- from Alan Emory’s column,’’ McHugh says. But Emory says he’s not surprised Cuomo ton. ‘‘I’ve read about his experiences and his ob- never went for the White House. ‘‘It’s a very exciting prospect,’’ Emory servations. I finally had a chance to meet ‘‘I was never totally convinced that he says. with him face-to-face and work with him. It wanted to undergo the battle,’’ Emory says. In December, Emory was elected president was a thrill for me. To most people in the ‘‘He would have loved to be president but he of the Gridiron Club, an association of pow- North Country, Alan Emory is our window would have hated to be a candidate.’’ on the Capitol.’’ erful Washington journalists. Some of his f predecessors include David Broder, Helen Many regional reporters in Washington move onto greener pastures. They land jobs Thomas, Carl Rowan and Jack Germond. BONILLA-EDWARDS ESA Emory says he can’t remember another re- at larger papers or enter the government. Emory says he has never tired of his job or MORATORIUM AMENDMENTS porter from a small newspaper being elected the Watertown paper. He once had a shot at club president. a bigger paper, but it fell through. Other- Each March, the Gridiron Club holds an wise, he says, he’s never wanted to leave. HON. HENRY BONILLA ultra-exclusive white-tie dinner featuring ‘‘Watertown treats me like a member of OF TEXAS the president, his cabinet, and most of Wash- the family,’’ he says. He goes on vacation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ington’s top public officials and politicians. when he wants. He has the time to do Thursday, January 19, 1995 Like the Legislative Correspondents Asso- projects like Gridiron. The paper was very ciation’s annual show in Albany, the Wash- supportive when he underwent cancer treat- Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, today, Con- ington reporters write parodies poking fun at ment a few years back. gressman CHET EDWARDS and I are introduc- Republicans and Democrats alike. As club One of Emory’s friends, Allan Cromley of president, Emory gets to dine with Clinton ing the Endangered Species Act moratorium the Daily Oklahoman, walks by. ‘‘Don’t be- amendments. This bipartisan legislation will and must keep an eye on him throughout the lieve a word he says,’’ Cromley says. Emory show, the better to report back to the mem- smiles and goes on. help put a stop to the current abuses of the bership on how he reacted to the skits. ‘‘When people play up to the big metropoli- Endangered Species Act [ESA]. In its current Clinton gets to deliver a rebuttal following tan papers, there’s that frustration,’’ Emory form the Endangered Species ActÐthough the show. Next year’s speakers also include says. ‘‘But there’s a counterweight that well intentionedÐworks contrary to, and often Moynihan and former Education Secretary comes if you luck into somebody from your against, one particular speciesÐthe human Bill Bennett. neck of the woods who gets way up there.’’ It’s been a long journey between dinner being. Eisenhower’s press secretary, Jim Many hardworking ranchers, farmers, and with the president and Watertown, where Haggerty, used to work for Dewey. Nixon’s Emory first was hired in 1947 after graduat- secretary of state, William Rogers, was a na- homeowners in Texas have a greater fear of ing from Columbia University with a mas- tive of St. Lawrence County. Former Central the golden cheeked warbler than they do of ter’s degree in journalism. (He attended Har- Intelligence Agency chief Allan Dulles was a tax hikes and tornadoes. In my own hometown vard University as a undergraduate.) Watertown native. All became sources for of San Antonio, TX, the entire source of water Emory was covering the Dewey adminis- Emory. has been held hostage by Federal agencies tration in Albany when his publisher, John Others from the North Country have and courts over a small fish called the fountain Johnson, called him in August 1951. passed through. Former state Sen. Douglas darter. This bill is an important first step to ‘‘We’re going to raise the price of the Barclay of Pulaski chaired President Bush’s paper. We owe the readers something,’’ upstate campaign in 1988 and was named to allay some of those fears and bring common Emory recalls Johnson telling him, ‘‘How the Overseas Private Investment Corpora- sense to the ESA process. We in Congress would you like to go to Washington?’’ tion. Former North Country Rep. Robert must act and ensure that human beings no Emory jumped at the chance. He and his McEwen was appointed by President Reagan longer play second fiddle to spiders and wife, Nancy, packed up and moved south. to one of the joint U.S.-Canadian commis- snakes. Shortly after arriving in Washington, they sions. Former Assistant Education Secretary Specifically, this legislation will suspend the found a house on a lake in a Virginia suburb. Donald Laidlaw was an Ogdensburg native. further listing of endangered or threatened They’ve been there ever since, raising three Another official, former Republican Na- children. They now have four grandchildren tional Committee Executive Director Albert species and the designation of new critical as well. (Ab) Herman, had played professional base- habitat until the Endangered Species Act is re- He’s traveled with presidents, covered the ball in Watertown. Emory wrote a story authorized by Congress. The ESA's authoriza- White House, and written on foreign affairs. about him, and Herman began hearing from tion expired in 1992. This bill is a realistic ve- But his bread-and-butter is the local, day-to- old friends long forgotten. ‘‘He was a fabu- hicle toward reforming the ESA. Passage of day coverage of New York affairs in Wash- lous political source from then on,’’ Emory this bill compels Congress to consider human ington. The congressional delegation. The recalls. factors and bring balance to the ESA when it St. Lawrence Seaway. The state lobbying of- In the 1950s, the federal government used considers the reauthorization. ESA must be fice. Politics. Federal decisions as they af- to publish a book listing the home congres- fect the Empire State. sional district of numerous federal workers. reconstructed with amendments which not The New York connection has served Anyone hailing from the North Country’s only protect the environment, but respect Emory well. At the 1960 Republican National congressional district could expect a call property rights. Convention, Emory got there a few days from Emory. Protecting property rights does not mean early and hung out with aides to then-New ‘‘I would leaf through that book, call them that threatened species cannot be protected. It York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. They told him up and do interviews,’’ Emory says. ‘‘These simply means that human costs should be that Rockefeller was not going to be nomi- were people nobody had ever been in touch considered when the ESA is imposed. It also nated for president against Richard Nixon. A with before. They started getting mail from means that Government agencies, such as the national scoop. old neighbors who saw their write-ups in the ‘‘I got the story long, long before anyone Watertown Daily Times. Also, it gave me all Fish and Wildlife Service, should be creative else even came close to it,’’ Emory says. kinds of contacts. If the individual didn’t in finding ways to balance these goals, rather Likewise, at the 1968 Republican conven- have the answer, he could lead me to some- than slamming the heavy fist of the Federal tion, while waiting to interview with Wil- one who did.’’ bureaucracy down on landowners. The Fed- liam Miller, the former upstate New York A U.S. senator named Hubert Horatio eral Government should work in concert with congressman who was Barry Goldwater’s Humphrey became a source as well. Hum- the true stewards of the land, instead of running mate four years earlier, Emory phrey and Emory’s mother, Ethel Epstein, threatening them with fines without warning. found a poll that showed Nixon being more served together on the board of the liberal Please join me in cosponsoring this impor- popular than Rockefeller in New York. The Americans for Democratic Action. two men were competing for the 1968 Repub- Emory lists Humphrey and former Michi- tant legislation. It is long since past the time lican presidential nomination. Emory gave gan U.S. Sen. Philip Hart as his two favorite that we brought sanity and common sense to his story to the Nixon folks with the stipula- politicians. He came to know Hart after an the ESA process. This legislation will stop cur- tion that they agree to credit his newspaper aide to New York U.S. Sen. Herbert Lehman rent abuses and make possible real reform of if they used the information. Sure enough, joined the Michigan senator’s staff. the ESA. Thank you.