E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 111 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION SENATE—Monday, March 22, 2010 (Legislative day of Friday, March 19, 2010) The Senate met at 2:01 p.m., on the Aviation Administration legislation. nificantly good basketball player at expiration of the recess, and was called At 5:30 p.m., the Senate will proceed to the University of Arizona. He was an to order by the Honorable MARK WAR- a series of up to three rollcall votes in All-Conference guard. He taught stu- NER, a Senator from the Common- relation to the FAA bill. Senators will dents at Yale and wrote books that wealth of Virginia. be notified when we know exactly how have been read by millions. many rollcall votes will be necessary He reached the summits of Mount PRAYER before we complete action on the bill Kilimanjaro and Japan’s Mount Fuji. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- tonight. At 84, he was still rafting the Colorado fered the following prayer: f River and hiking in the Grand Canyon. Let us pray. Before he was Secretary Udall, he Almighty God, Father of mercies, we TRIBUTE TO STEWART UDALL was Arizona’s Congressman Udall. Dec- praise You for Your goodness and kind- Mr. REID. Mr. President, our country ades later, as I indicated, I served with ness to us and humanity. Give strength has lost a friend, a patriot, and an en- his famous brother, Mo Udall. Now we to the Members of this body as they vironmental pioneer, Stewart Udall. are all privileged, we Senators, to serve toil in these fields of time. Cleanse and Stewart Udall did more to preserve and with Secretary Udall’s son and his correct their vision so that they can protect the American landscape than nephew, TOM and MARK. What a great see the transient in the light of the ev- probably anyone else. He died this legacy—two cousins now serving in the erlasting. Lord, infuse them with a se- weekend. Our thoughts are with his Senate. A lot of people do not know renity to meet a sometimes agitated family and many friends. their first cousin is Gordon Smith, a environment with unruffled kindness, On my last trip to New Mexico, I had former Senator from Oregon. It is an thereby reflecting Your image and the good fortune of being able to sit accomplished family. character. May they be more interested and talk with Stewart Udall for about As a dedicated steward of our envi- to know the truth about themselves an hour. It was a wonderful experience ronment, Stewart Udall’s guiding prin- than about others. Keep them ever for me. I had never met him. I had ciple was that our resources are not near to You. served with his brother in the House of limitless. They are scarce, he reminded We pray in Your great Name. Amen. Representatives, but this was the first us, and they should be sincerely treas- f conversation I ever had with him. It ured, always protected, and never PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was wonderful. He was physically a lit- taken for granted. The same can be tle impaired, but his mind was sharp as said of Stewart Udall. The Honorable MARK WARNER led the a tack. We talked about things that f Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: had happened or things that were hap- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the pening. He was in great spirits and HEALTH CARE United States of America, and to the Repub- good humor. That is how I will always Mr. REID. Mr. President, the House lic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. remember him. of Representatives deserves the appre- The last surviving member of Presi- ciation of the entire Nation for what it f dent Kennedy’s original Cabinet, Stew- did last night. A clear majority of Con- RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY art Udall served as Secretary of the In- gressmen and Congresswomen voted in LEADER terior for nearly the entire 1960s. In favor of the bill that a supermajority The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- that position for both Presidents Ken- of Senators passed on Christmas Eve a pore. The majority leader is recog- nedy and Johnson, the man who asked few months ago. Tomorrow the Senate nized. us to not spoil our natural sur- will begin to put the final touches on f roundings left an indelible imprint on this enormous effort. our land. Last night’s vote took both courage SCHEDULE His legacy as Secretary of the Inte- and common sense. Their votes were Mr. REID. Mr. President, following rior includes four national parks, six momentous. They were historic. They leader remarks, the Senate will be in a national monuments, eight national were right. period for the transaction of morning seashores, nine national recreational After a century of working and wait- business until 3 p.m., with Senators areas, 20 historic sites, and 50 wildlife ing, going back to the days of Theodore permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes refuges. That is hard to comprehend. Roosevelt, real reform will become the each, with the time equally divided and He was a versatile, talented, and very law of the land, not in a matter of controlled between the two leaders or accomplished man. He served our Na- years or months or weeks but in a mat- their designees. tion in the Army Air Corps, later to be- ter of hours. In the very near future, At 3 p.m., the Senate will resume come the Air Force. He served in Eu- various parts of this bill will take ef- consideration of H.R. 1586, the Federal rope during World War II. He was a sig- fect and improve the life of millions. ● This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a member of the Senate on the floor. 4473 VerDate Mar 15 2010 11:09 May 13, 2013 Jkt 089102 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0685 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR10\S22MR0.000 S22MR0 erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD 4474 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 156, Pt. 4 March 22, 2010 Soon insurance companies will no work he has done to make college more Jersey and Virginia and Massachusetts longer be able to refuse to cover chil- affordable. Chairman CONRAD, who is simply did not happen. They want to dren with preexisting conditions. They head of the Budget Committee, will pretend the views of the people who will no longer be able to drop your cov- continue to guide us through the budg- sent us here do not matter. They want erage just because you get sick. et reconciliation process—a fiscally re- to pretend we can afford a $2.5 trillion Small businesses that today cannot sponsible final piece that will further entitlement in the middle of a reces- afford to cover their employees will reduce the deficit, ensure more Ameri- sion, when we cannot even meet the ob- soon get tax credits to help them right cans can afford more health insurance, ligations we already have. They want that wrong. Tens of thousands of small and fully close the doughnut hole. to pretend future generations will not businesses will benefit in Nevada I know the other side watched the have to bear the burden of their ac- alone—24,000 to be exact. House vote last night, as we did. As tions. They want to pretend our ac- Reform means that if you have a pre- they did, I hope they finally learned tions today will not affect the Amer- existing condition and no health insur- that a strategy of delay, myths, and ican dream tomorrow. ance, you soon will be able to finally fear might slow progress, but it cannot They are living in a fantasy, and afford the care you need to get and stop it. I hope this week, when we take today that fantasy becomes even more stay healthy. up the final revisions of what will soon absurd. As if the bill they voted on yes- If you are stuck in the prescription be the long overdue law, our Repub- terday was not bad enough, now they drug doughnut hole, you will soon get a lican friends will finally act in the in- want to make it even worse. That is check to help pay for your medicine. terests of their constituents and not what is going to happen in the Senate. That will help seniors stay healthy just in the interests of the insurance That is what is going to happen in the while we completely close that loop- industry or their political party. Senate this week. hole, once and for all, for nearly 60,000 The other side has made it clear they Nevada seniors and millions more will try to stop progress based on a Democratic leaders now want us to across the country. technicality. But without substance, take the bill that passed the Senate Also, starting this year, no insurance they are powerless. What this budget back in December and that the House company will be able to impose a life- process is all about is simply making a voted on last night and make the tax time limit on your benefits. good law that we passed on Christmas hikes even higher and the Medicare Those changes are just a tip of the Eve even better. cuts even deeper. They want us to en- iceberg.