Hillary Rodham Clinton 

U.S. SENATOR FROM NEW YORK 

TRIBUTES

IN THE CONGRESS OF 

THE UNITED STATES 

UNUM

E PLURIBUS

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Hillary Rodham Clinton 

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 2012

S. DOC. 111–28 

Tributes

Delivered in Congress 

Hillary Rodham Clinton 

United States Senator 

2001–2009

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Compiled under the direction 

of the 

Joint Committee on Printing 

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CONTENTS

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Biography .................................................................................................. v 

Letter of Resignation ................................................................................ vii 

Farewell to the Senate ............................................................................. ix 

Proceedings in the Senate: 

Tributes by Senators: 

Byrd, Robert C., of West Virginia ............................................. 7 

Durbin, Richard, of Illinois ........................................................ 13 

Feingold, Russell D., of Wisconsin ............................................ 10 

Hatch, Orrin G., of Utah ........................................................... 11 

McConnell, Mitch, of Kentucky ................................................. 6 

Mikulski, Barbara A., of Maryland .......................................... 5 

Reed, Jack, of Rhode Island ...................................................... 9 

Reid, Harry, of Nevada .............................................................. 8, 12 

Schumer, Charles E., of New York ........................................... 3 

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BIOGRAPHY

On January 21, 2009, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON was

sworn in as the 67th Secretary of State of the United States. 

Secretary CLINTON joined the State Department after nearly 

four decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First 

Lady, and Senator. 

HILLARY CLINTON was born in Chicago, IL, on October 26, 

1947, to Dorothy Rodham and the late Hugh Rodham. 

She attended local public schools before graduating from 

Wellesley College and Yale Law School, where she met Bill 

Clinton. In 1974, Secretary CLINTON moved to Arkansas, 

then a year later married Bill Clinton and became a successful attorney while also raising their daughter, Chelsea. She 

was an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas 

School of Law, and after working to strengthen the local 

legal aid office, she was appointed by President Jimmy 

Carter in 1977 to serve on the board of the Legal Services 

Corporation, which she later chaired. 

During her 12 years as First Lady of the State of Arkansas, she was chairwoman of the Arkansas Education Standards Committee, cofounded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, and served on the boards of the Arkansas 

Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Defense Fund. 

In 1992, Governor Clinton was elected President of the 

United States, and as First Lady, HILLARY CLINTON became

an advocate of health care reform and worked on many 

issues relating to children and families. She led successful 

bipartisan efforts to improve the adoption and foster care 

systems, reduce teen pregnancy, and provide health care to 

millions of children through the Children’s Health Insurance 

Program. She also traveled to more than 80 countries as a 

representative of the United States, winning respect as a 

champion of human rights, democracy, and civil society. Her 

famous speech in Beijing in 1995—when she declared that 

‘‘human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are 

human rights’’—inspired women worldwide and helped galvanize a global movement for women’s rights. 

With Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary 

CLINTON worked to launch the Government’s Vital Voices 

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Democracy Initiative. Today, Vital Voices is a nongovernmental organization that continues to train and organize 

women leaders across the globe. 

In 2000, HILLARY CLINTON made history as the first First 

Lady elected to the U.S. Senate, and the first woman elected 

statewide in New York. In the Senate, she served on the 

Armed Services Committee, the Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions Committee, the Environment and Public 

Works Committee, the Budget Committee, and the Select 

Committee on Aging. She was also a Commissioner on the 

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. 

As a Senator, HILLARY CLINTON worked across party lines 

to build support for causes important to her constituents and 

the country, including the expansion of economic opportunity 

and access to quality, affordable health care. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, she was a strong advocate for funding the rebuilding of New York and the health 

concerns of the first responders who risked their lives working at Ground Zero. She also championed the cause of our 

Nation’s military and fought for better health care and benefits for wounded servicemembers, veterans, and members of 

the National Guard and Reserves. She was also the only 

Senate member of the Transformation Advisory Group to the 

Department of Defense’s Joint Forces Command. 

In 2006, Secretary CLINTON won reelection to the Senate, 

and in 2007 she began her historic campaign for President. 

In 2008, she campaigned for the election of Barack Obama 

and Joe Biden, and in November, she was nominated by 

President-elect Obama to be Secretary of State. 

Secretary CLINTON is the author of best-selling books, including her memoir, Living History, and her groundbreaking 

book on children, It Takes A Village. She and President Clinton reside in New York. 

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Letter of Resignation 

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 

U.S. SENATE,

Washington, DC, January 21, 2009. 

Hon. JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR.,

President, U.S. Senate, 

U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. VICE PRESIDENT: This letter is to inform you that I resign my 

seat in the United States Senate effective immediately in order to assume 

my duties as Secretary of State of the United States. 

Sincerely yours, 

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON.

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Farewell to the Senate 

Thursday, January 15, 2009 

Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I am once again, and, if 

confirmed, for the last time, honored, privileged, and proud 

to address you as a Senator from the great State of New 

York; to stand in this Chamber; to be amongst my colleagues 

with whom I have won legislative victories, suffered defeats, 

and made lasting friendships; to serve my fellow New Yorkers; to speak amidst the echoes of historic and fiery debates 

which have shaped the destiny and promoted the progress of 

this great Nation for more than two centuries. 

I am gratified by the overwhelming support and vote of 

confidence from my colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and I look forward to working with them 

and continuing the conversation we began on Tuesday. And 

of course, I am eager to continue working closely with my 

friend, and the Vice President-elect, Joe Biden. 

I have loved being part of the Senate, working alongside 

public servants of both parties who bring to bear their expertise and enthusiasm to the difficult, painstaking, and occasionally contentious work of turning principle into policy and 

policy into law. I assure you I will be in frequent consultation and conversation with my colleagues here in the Senate. 

I also have been fortunate to have what is, objectively, the 

best Senate staff, both in Washington and in New York, that 

has ever been assembled, led and inspired by my chief of 

staff and friend, Tamera Luzzatto. 

In outlining the purpose of the world’s greatest deliberative body, the authors of the Federalist Papers wrote that in 

part the Senate’s role would be to avert the consequences of 

‘‘sudden and violent passions’’ and ‘‘intemperate and pernicious resolutions.’’ 

Well, I think each of us at times has wished that the Senate would be ever so slightly less ‘‘temperate.’’ But it is to 

the lasting credit and everlasting wisdom of our Founders 

that we come together, representatives of every State, members of both parties and neither party, in the hopes of finding common ground on which to build a stronger, safer, 

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smarter, fairer, and more prosperous country for our children 

and our grandchildren. 

As I look back on 8 years of service here, and as I have 

spoken with many of you in recent days about the challenges 

that lie ahead, I find myself reflecting on the work we have 

done as well as the work that remains at this moment of tumult and transformation. 

I asked the people of New York to take a chance on me. 

To grant me their trust and their votes. In the years since, 

as our economy has grown more interconnected and the 

world more interdependent, and as New York has faced challenges amongst the greatest in our State and Nation’s history, I have worked hard to keep faith with my fellow New 

Yorkers.

I remember when I first arrived in the Senate. There were 

a few skeptics. Many wondered what kind of Senator I would 

be. I wondered where the elevators were. But I believed my 

charge on behalf of the people of New York and the Nation 

was to devote myself fully to the task at hand. So I got to 

work.

No sooner had I taken office, 9 short months into my first 

term, the Nation was attacked on 9/11. The toll was devastating, and New York would bear the heaviest burden. 

Nearly 3,000 lives were lost. The World Trade Center lay in 

ruins. A toxic cloud of debris and poison rained down over 

first responders, building and construction trades workers, 

residents, students, and others. 

We all remember as citizens and Senators the sense of 

common purpose that arose as if to extinguish the hate and 

violence that took so many innocent lives. In particular, I 

want to point out the many kindnesses of my fellow Members who offered their words, and deeds, in support of the 

people of New York. 

In one moving gesture, Senators sent staff members to 

help answer the ringing phones in our office as New Yorkers 

struggled to track down family members and turned to our 

offices for help. I am also grateful to Senator Robert Byrd 

who said at my State’s hour of need, ‘‘Think of me as the 

third Senator of New York.’’ 

I remember visiting Ground Zero on September 12 with 

my colleague, Senator Schumer, to personally survey the 

devastation and to thank the first responders who were 

working night and day, in danger and difficulty, on what 

would become known as ‘‘the Pile.’’ 

The air was acrid. Thick smoke made it hard to breathe. 

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We knew then that there would be lasting health problems 

for first responders, volunteers, workers, and others who 

rushed to provide assistance following the attacks. 

Two days later, Senator Schumer and I went to the Oval 

Office and secured a commitment from President Bush for 

$20 billion in Federal aid for New York’s recovery. In the 

years that would follow, Senator Schumer and I would fight 

successfully to ensure that money was delivered as promised. 

In this and every instance, I have been grateful to have 

had Senator Charles Schumer as a partner and ally. New 

Yorkers could not ask for a more effective and determined 

Senator to fight for them. I feel fortunate that if I miss seeing my friend Chuck, I can turn on the television to catch 

his latest Sunday press conference. 

Over the past 7 years, in a fight that continues, we have 

worked to bring business back to downtown and to secure 

funding for programs to provide health screening, monitoring, and treatment for all those suffering health consequences as a result of the attacks. 

We have at times clashed with the administration while 

holding firm to our commitment to these efforts. 

I have developed close and lasting relationships with many 

of the families of the victims of 9/11 who in their grief have 

come together to fight for health monitoring and for smarter 

policies to prevent future attacks. 

Together, we advocated for the creation of the 9/11 Commission and for the successful implementation of its findings, 

including funding based on threat assessments and better resources for first responders. 

These efforts would become a model for finding common 

ground where possible, and standing your ground where necessary: for coordinating between Federal, State, and local 

governments; for forging new partnerships between government, academia, labor, and the private sector, and between 

members of both parties; a model for decisions based on 

sound evidence and solid facts, and for achieving results. 

This is how we approached many of the economic challenges facing New York. So many New Yorkers have lost 

jobs, or have seen their jobs paying less and their benefits 

covering less than before. 

I have met many who have lost health care or seen their 

premiums double; who are unable to afford a college education or find good work, or pay rising mortgage bills; who 

feel as though the hard-working middle class in this country 

experience the risk but not the reward of a global economy. 

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So I have worked hard to help make investments in New 

York’s economy, by coauthoring a law to expand renewal 

zone tax incentives for new jobs across upstate New York; 

helping to raise the minimum wage; working to extend unemployment insurance; securing $16.5 billion in transportation funding; and increasing funds for Amtrak and high 

speed rail. 

We passed legislation to create training programs for 

green-collar jobs that will help New York workers fill 21st 

century jobs that will in turn help end our dependence on 

foreign oil and fight climate change. 

We prevented the closure of military installations and facilities, including the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, 

Rome Labs, and the Defense Finances and Accounting Service in Rome, which keep our Nation safe and employ thousands in New York. 

Even when we have faced obstacles, we have never given 

up. We have often promoted what President Franklin Delano 

Roosevelt called ‘‘bold, persistent experimentation.’’ 

We helped expand broadband access across rural areas in 

the North Country. 

We secured into law funding to retrofit trucks, schoolbuses 

and other heavy vehicles with new clean diesel technologies 

developed in Corning and Jamestown. 

In the Finger Lakes and North Country we partnered with 

eBay and local universities and companies to create 21st century co-ops that help small businesses get the microloans 

and training to reach global, not just local, markets. 

In Rochester, we developed the first-ever Greenprint: a 

blueprint for how the city can harness its research institutions, innovative businesses, proactive local leaders, and talented workforce to become an even stronger clean energy 

leader.

We brought Artspace to Buffalo and secured funds for cultural centers like Proctors Theater in Schenectady, Stanley 

Theater in Syracuse, and the Strand Theater in Plattsburgh, 

creating a model for urban revitalization and economic development centered on cultural projects. 

I have worked to promote heritage tourism in places like 

Seneca Falls, home of the National Women’s Hall of Fame 

and the site of the landmark Women’s Rights Convention of 

1848.

New Jobs for New York brought together more than 2,600 

entrepreneurs, investors, and researchers across New York 

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to obtain capital, share ideas, and grow New York businesses.

Farm to Fork created new markets for New York’s agricultural producers in New York’s restaurants, schools, and colleges. And our annual Farm Day here in the Capitol showcased New York farmers and vintners. 

With investments in transportation to ease congestion and 

pollution on Long Island, in Westchester, and in the Hudson 

Valley, renewable energy and nanotechnology in the capital 

region’s ‘‘Tech Valley,’’ biomedical research in Buffalo, biotechnology in Syracuse, microcredit in the Finger Lakes, we 

have demonstrated to companies large and small that New 

York, with our talented workforce, world-class educational 

institutions, and affordable, safe communities, is a wonderful 

place to do business. In fact, as you know, I recently took a 

detour through many of my colleagues’ States where I had 

the opportunity to brag about New York and the kinds of innovative strategies we are putting into practice. 

Some 8 years ago, I first spoke on the Senate floor. The 

topic was, to no one’s surprise, health care. And in the years 

since, I have continued my commitment to achieving quality, 

affordable health care for all Americans, no exceptions, no 

excuses. I was proud to be part of the bipartisan coalition 

which passed the ‘‘Pediatric Rule’’ into law, ensuring that 

drugs are tested and labeled for safety and effectiveness in 

children.

We have expanded newborn screening. We were able to 

thwart the Bush administration’s attempt to undercut community health clinics and broker a compromise to keep tens 

of millions of dollars in HIV/AIDS funding in New York 

through the Ryan White CARE Act. 

Because of our work, groundbreaking legislation now provides respite care for family caregivers; safety measures to 

prevent tragic injuries to children in and around cars; new 

resources for grandparents and other kinship caregivers raising children; and more affordable college for students, particularly nontraditional students who are studying while 

working or raising a family. 

I have also been proud to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee, the first New York Senator to do so, and to 

be the only Member of the Senate asked to serve on the U.S. 

Joint Forces Command’s Transformation Advisory Group. 

With my fellow members of the committee, we have expanded access to TRICARE for all drilling members of the 

Guard and Reserve; improved health tracking for 

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servicemembers, especially important in treating complex, 

invisible injuries like post-traumatic stress disorder and 

traumatic brain injury; and we have passed the first-ever expansion of the Family and Medical Leave Act so loved ones 

can take 6 months of leave to care for family members injured in service. 

I have visited with members of the Armed Forces at military facilities across the State, including 10 visits to Fort 

Drum, and I have met with our troops serving in Iraq and 

Afghanistan, as well as those recovering at Walter Reed and 

at the military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. 

From the firefighters, police officers, and citizens who responded on September 11, to the men and women of the 10th 

Mountain Division, known as the most deployed division in 

the Army, New Yorkers have answered the call to serve. I 

have worked hard to honor the principle that we should 

serve those who serve us. 

I am proud of the progress we have made, often against 

tough obstacles and even tougher odds, under the leadership 

of Senator Harry Reid who has led with intelligence and grit. 

But of course there remains a long way to go. 

The House has passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act as 

well as the Paycheck Fairness Act on behalf of women and 

others seeking equal pay for equal work. I hope we can pass 

these bills into law. We have moved health IT ever closer to 

the finish line, which holds so much potential for reducing 

waste, errors, and costs while creating whole new data sets 

for research and avenues for innovation. 

I was dismayed when we were unable to expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program to millions of uninsured 

children under the current President, though I am hopeful 

we will do so under the leadership of President-elect Obama. 

Providing health care for every single child, as we work toward coverage for every single American, is our duty and in 

our reach. 

There are so many other works in progress that I hope will 

be pursued by my fellow Senators. I have spoken with many 

of you about taking on the mantle and continuing the work 

of legislation I have proposed over the past 8 years. 

Finally, to my fellow New Yorkers, I want to express my 

profound gratitude. Thank you. I love being your Senator. 

Serving you has been the opportunity of a lifetime to continue the work of my life; to advocate on behalf of every single child’s chance to live up to his or her God-given potential; 

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to fight so that no one feels as though they are facing life’s 

challenges alone, as if they were invisible. 

And we have had fun—8 State fairs, 45 parades, 62 counties, and more than 4,600 events across the State. But who 

is counting? 

As I look back somewhat wistfully, and look forward hopefully, as I seek now to serve the country in a new role sustained by the same values that have motivated me for nearly 

four decades in public service, I am grateful to my colleagues 

in the Senate, to the superb Democratic staff, to my own 

staff here and across New York, to my supporters, and to the 

people of New York for this opportunity and responsibility 

that has meant the world to me. 

I may not have always been a New Yorker, but know that 

I will always be one. New York, its spirit and its people, will 

always be part of me and part of the work I do. 

I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues in 

the Senate, albeit if confirmed, in a new capacity, through 

this challenging time, at this defining moment, always with 

faith in my fellow Americans and optimism for all that we 

can achieve by working together. 

Mr. President, I am so honored to be here at the same 

time with my friend and colleague whom I admire so much 

and have such great affection for, the Vice President-elect, 

Joe Biden. 

I listened with enthusiasm and a lot of sentiment to the 

speech he delivered a few minutes ago. And the way he 

evoked the Senate and the relationships that are developed 

here and the work that is done on behalf of our country was 

as good as I have ever heard it. 

So I am deeply honored and privileged to be here with him 

and to address this Chamber as a Senator from the great 

State of New York, perhaps, if I am confirmed, for the very 

last time, and particularly amongst colleagues whom I have 

come to respect and like so much, and whose work I believe 

is always in the best interests of their States and their country, even when we are not in agreement. 

I am gratified by the support and vote of confidence I 

received earlier this morning from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. And I am eager, should I be confirmed, to 

get to work with the President-elect and with the Vice 

President-elect and with all of you. I have loved being in the 

Senate working alongside public servants of both parties who 

bring their expertise and enthusiasm to the difficult, pains7 2012 Jkt 064807 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6688 Sfmt 6688 H:\DOCS\BYEBYE\BYEBYE10\64807 TXT KAYNE
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taking, and occasionally contentious work of turning principles into policy and policy into law. 

I also have been fortunate during these past 8 years to 

have been served by what I objectively believe is the best 

Senate staff ever in Washington and throughout New York. 

This incredible group of people has been assembled, led, and 

inspired by my chief of staff and my friend, Tamera 

Luzzatto. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the 

Record at the conclusion of my remarks the names of all of 

those with whom I have worked over the last 8 years, because I could not be standing here speaking to you were it 

not for them. 

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, 

it is so ordered. 

(See Exhibit 1.) 

Mrs. CLINTON. I ask unanimous consent to have printed 

in the Record a catalog of the work and achievements which 

they have brought about. 

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, 

it is so ordered. 

(See Exhibit 2.) 

Mrs. CLINTON. In the Federalist Papers, we often hear 

the reference to the Senate’s role, to avert the consequences 

of ‘‘sudden and violent passions’’ and ‘‘intemperate and pernicious resolutions.’’ 

Well, to the everlasting credit and wisdom of our Founders, we do come together in an effort to find common ground. 

As I look back on my 8 years of service, I find myself reflecting on this tiny piece of Senate and American history. 

Some 10 years ago, I asked the people of New York to take 

a chance on me, to grant me their trust and their votes. In 

the years since, as our economy has grown more interconnected and the world more interdependent, I have worked 

to keep faith with my fellow New Yorkers. 

I well remember, when I first arrived in the Senate, there 

were a few skeptics wondering what I would do and how I 

would do it. There were stalwart supporters and people such 

as my friend, Senator Barbara Mikulski, who kind of read 

me the rules of the road and set me on my way. 

No sooner had I figured out the way around the Senate, 

actually had just moved into my office, which all of our new 

colleagues will eventually be able to enjoy, and had gone off 

on my first August recess. I never, when I was on the other 

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end of Pennsylvania Avenue, understood why the Senate 

went on recess all the time. But after the intensity of the 

workload and the extraordinary pressure of both the work 

here in Washington and the constituency work in our States, 

I was thrilled and relieved to see that August recess roll 

around.

Shortly after we returned in 2001, our Nation was attacked on 9/11. The toll was devastating and New York bore 

the heaviest burden. Here I was, a very new Senator, and 

my city and my State had been devastated. Nearly 3,000 

lives were lost, the World Trade Center in ruins, a toxic 

cloud of debris and poison raining down over our first responders and others. 

I well remember the rallying of support and sense of common purpose that all of my colleagues and the citizens of all 

of the States represented here showed toward me personally 

and toward New York. Many of you offered not only kind 

words but specific deeds. Senators sent staff members to 

help answer the ringing phones in our office as New Yorkers 

struggled to track down family members or to seek aid. 

I will never forget Senator Robert Byrd telling me at my 

State’s hour of need, ‘‘Think of me as the third Senator from 

New York.’’ 

On September 12, my colleague Chuck Schumer and I 

went to New York. As you recall, the roads were shut down, 

there was no way in or out of Manhattan other than by rail. 

The skies were clear. So Chuck and I, in a plane provided 

by FEMA, were the only ones in the sky that day other than 

the fighters who were circling overhead. 

We landed at La Guardia. We got into a helicopter to fly 

to the heliport on the west side of Manhattan, on the west 

side of the Hudson River. And then we proceeded, with the 

Governor, the mayor, and Federal officials to go toward the 

horror.

When we were circling in the helicopter above the World 

Trade Center site, we could see the smoke still coming up, 

because it was, of course, burning. And we could see the very 

fragile piles of scrap and steel teetering as firefighters, construction workers, tried to continue their search and rescue 

effort. That site was as close as I have ever seen to what 

Dante describes as hell. 

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hausted after having been on duty for 24 hours, dragging an 

ax, knowing already that friends and even family members 

had been lost. 

The air was acrid. The thick smoke made it hard to 

breathe. It burned your throat and your lungs. I knew then 

there would be lasting health problems for everyone who was 

exposed over any period of time to that air that carried so 

much death and destruction. 

Two days later, Senator Schumer and I went to the Oval 

Office and secured a commitment from President Bush for 

$20 billion in national aid for New York’s recovery. In the 

years that would follow, he and I have stood side by side to 

fight for the successful delivery of that money as promised. 

In this and every instance, I am grateful to have had Senator Schumer as my partner and my ally. No one fights 

harder or is more determined, and even though I am leaving 

the Senate and we will no longer serve together, I know that 

whenever I am missing Chuck, all I have to do is turn on 

the television, especially on Sunday in New York. 

Over the past 7 years, thanks to so many of you, Senator 

Inouye, Senator Cochran, and others on the Appropriations 

Committee—I see Senator Harkin and Senator Murray—you 

have been there with us as we have worked to recover. 

I am very proud of the progress that has been made bringing New York back and securing funding for the essential 

programs to provide health screening and monitoring and 

treatment for all of those who still are suffering. 

I have developed close and lasting relationships with many 

of the victims and the families of the victims of 9/11. I applaud and thank them for their courage and their fortitude 

in not only fighting for the health benefits that were so desperately needed but for the creation of the 9/11 Commission, 

for trying to do better on threat assessments, more resources 

for first responders, committed, despite their grief, to smarter policies to prevent future attacks on our Nation. 

I see what we did together, and then quickly followed by 

that the anthrax attacks, and I remember with such incredible gratitude how we all came together. We should not only 

come together with that level of connection and commitment 

in time of disaster. This is an opportunity for us to pull together, with the new administration, to make a real difference, a lasting difference for our Nation. That is what I 

have tried to do as a Senator from New York. 

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member a short conversation one day with Kent Conrad, 

Byron Dorgan, Tom Harkin, and Max Baucus early after my 

arrival about how I wanted to help agriculture in New York. 

They looked at me so quizzically and said, ‘‘You have farmers in New York?’’ I said, ‘‘Yes, in fact we do, about 30,000 

to 40,000 family farms.’’ 

Kent Conrad looked at me and he said, you know, ‘‘I do not 

believe that at all.’’ So I gave a speech one day with a picture 

of a cow and said that this is a cow that lives on a farm, and 

the farm is in New York. We had a lot of fun kidding each 

other but working hard together. 

I am grateful for the incredible efforts we made to support 

the people who do the hard work in New York and America, 

who get up every day and do the very best they can. 

In the Finger Lakes region in the North Country, we 

helped to expand broadband access and partnered with eBay 

to create a way for people to have a global marketplace, 

when before the market was limited to a very small region 

of our State. 

We looked for ways to retrofit trucks and schoolbuses and 

other heavy vehicles with new clean diesel technologies developed by two great companies in New York, in Corning and 

Jamestown, to clean up our environment. 

We created the first-ever greenprint for Rochester—a blueprint, really, for how the city can harness its extraordinary 

research institutions and their business leadership and others to come up with a way to be a clean energy leader. 

We worked across the State to target investments from 

Bioinformatics in Buffalo to cultural icons such as the Stanley Theater in Utica. I took special pleasure in working with 

tourism because New York is such a great place of historic 

culture that I believed it needed to be given more support. 

For me, going to Seneca Falls, the home of the National 

Women’s Hall of Fame and site of the landmark Women’s 

Rights Convention, the first in the world in 1848, was a 

labor of love. 

There is a lot to look back on with great nostalgia and a 

lot of excitement, but I want to look forward now because we 

are at a turning point. I know that very well, as all of you 

do. Our challenge will be to come together, putting aside partisan differences and even, insofar as we can, geographic differences to meet the challenges of our time. I know our two 

leaders are struggling to do that as we speak. But I think 

this could be one of the golden eras of the history of the Senate. This could be a time when people will look back and say, 

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‘‘You know, you never can count America out.’’ Whenever the 

chips are down, we always rise to the occasion. We figure out 

a way forward and then we make life better for our people. 

We extend peace and prosperity and progress throughout the 

world. I am very excited about what can happen in the next 

4 years. There is a lot of work ahead of us, but I know the 

people in this Chamber are more than up to it. 

Finally, to my fellow New Yorkers, I wish to express my 

profound gratitude. I loved being your Senator. Serving you 

has been the opportunity of a lifetime. It gave me the chance 

to continue the work of my life, to advocate on behalf of 

every single child’s chance to live up to his or her God-given 

potential, to fight hard for those who too often do feel invisible, to remedy wrongs, as I hope we will do either today or 

in the next few days to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act 

as well as the Paycheck Fairness Act, to do what we know 

will give our fellow Americans a better shot at the kind of 

future that is within their grasp. 

I have had a lot of fun: 8 State fairs, 45 parades, 62 counties, more than 4,600 events across the State. I look back 

wistfully, and I look forward hopefully. I now, if confirmed, 

will have the high honor of serving our country in a new 

role, but I will be sustained and directed by the same values 

that have motivated me for nearly four decades in public 

service.

So to my colleagues in the Senate, thank you. You have 

been wonderful teachers and mentors and very good friends. 

To the superb Democratic staff and their Republican counterparts who keep this Chamber going day in and day out 

no matter how late we are here and how long the workload 

turns out to be and to my own staff here and across New 

York, to my supporters, and, most of all, to the people of the 

great Empire State, I may not have always been a New 

Yorker, but I know I always will be one. New York, its spirit, 

and its people, will always be part of me and of the work I 

do.

I look forward to continuing my association with this body. 

We have much to do over in Foggy Bottom. We need your 

help to kind of clear up the fog, to give us a chance to operate on all cylinders with the direction and the resources and 

the improved management techniques I hope to bring to the 

job.

This is a challenging and defining moment, but I will always keep faith in this body and in my fellow Americans. I 

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remain an optimist, that America’s best days are still ahead 

of us. 

(Applause, Members rising.) 

EXHIBIT 1 

LIST OF SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON’S STAFF, PAST AND PRESENT

Huma Abedin, Barbara Adair, Joshua Albert, Amanda Alcott, David Alexander, Lily Alpert, Karl Alvarez, Erin Ashwell, Kris Balderston, Brendan 

Ballard, Mary Catherine Beach, Kathleen Beale, Eric Bederman, Yael 

Belkind, Suzanne Bennett Johnson, John Biba, Nina Blackwell, Swathi 

Bojedla, Amy Bonitatibus Crowley, Victoria Brescoll. 

M. Tracey Brooks, Catherine Brown, Colleen Burns, Daniel Burton, W. 

Case Button, Wendy Button, Gloria Cadavid, Emily Cain, Cathleen Calhoun, Jonathan Cardinal, Brian Carter, Joseph Caruso, Robin Chappelle, 

Dana Chasin, Bradford Cheney, Pamela Cicetti, James Clancy, Sarah Clark, 

Jennell Cofer Lynch, Elizabeth Condon. 

Sean Conway, Sam Cooper, Theresia Cooper, Julie Dade Howard, Heather 

Davis, Jenny Davis, Samuel Davis, Trevor Dean, James Delapp, Amitabh 

Desai, Allison DiRienzo, Paula Domenici, Karen Dunn, Eleanore Edson, 

Cleon Edwards, Diane Elmore, Sarah England, Leecia Eve, Christine Falvo, 

Rebecca Fertig. 

David Garten, Ann Gavaghan, Sarah Gegenheimer, Gigi Georges, Kate 

Geyer, Dayna Gibbons, Robyn Golden, Rebecca Goldenberg, Stacey Gordon, 

Jennifer Hanley, Monica Hanley, Beth Harkavy, Jennifer Harper, Jennifer 

Heater, David Helfenbein, Luis Hernandez, Eric Hersey, Christina Ho, Melissa Ho, Joe Householder. 

Kara Hughes, Jehmal Hudson, Lucy Walker Irving, Lindsey Katherine 

Jack, Kelly James, Tiffany JeanBaptiste, Irene Jefferson, Lauren Jiloty, 

Keren Johnson, LaToya Johnson, Michael Kanick, Jody Kaplan, Wendy 

Katz, Peter Kauffmann, Jim Keane, Elizabeth Kelley, Michelle Kessler, 

Yekyu Kim, Heather King, Joshua Kirshner. 

Danielle Kline, Kathleen Klink, Benjamin Kobren, Justin Krebs, Jennifer 

Kritz, Michelle Krohn-Friedson, Laura Krolczyk, Grant Kevin Lane, Elizabeth Lee, Joyce Lenard, Alexandra Lewin, Andrew Lewis, Rachel Alice 

Lewis, Susan Lisagor, Eric Lovecchio, Jonathan Lovett, Frank Luk, Tamera 

Luzzatto, Ken Mackintosh, Sharyn Magarian. 

Mickie Mailey, Jamie Mannina, Jaime Martinez, Ramon Martinez, Shalini 

Matani, Chelsea Maughan, Corinne McGown, Lorraine McHugh-Wytkind, 

Michelle Dianne McIntyre, Luz Mendez, Sheila Menz, Susan Merrell, Noah 

Messing, Lauren Montes, Gillian Mueller, Timothy Mulvey, David Mustra, 

Matthew Nelson, Ray Ocasio, Ellen Ochs. 

Ann O’Leary, Alexis O’Brien, Kevin O’Neal, Sean O’Shea, Mildred Otero, 

Erica Pagel, Andrea Palm, Costas Panagopolous, Paul Paolozzi, Kathryn 

Parker, Mira Patel, Charles Perham, Karen Persichilli Keogh, Joshua Picker, Kyla Pollack, Tyson Pratcher, Alice Pushkar, Murali Raju, Jeffrey 

Ratner, Kathy Read. 

Philippe Reines, Robyn Rimmer, Brenda Ritson, Joleen Rivera, Melissa 

Rochester, Miguel Rodriguez, Rose Rodriguez, William Rom, Tracey Ross, 

Laurie Rubiner, Courtenay Ruddy, Mark Saavedra, Susie Saavedra, Joshua 

Schank, Daniel Schwerin, Kelly Severance Nelson, Ruby Shamir, Andrew 

Shapiro, Geraldine Shapiro, Jessica Shapiro. 

Jyoti Sharma, Debra Simpson, Basil Smikle, Jake Smiles, Sarah Smith, 

Benjamin Souede, Phillip Spector, Joanna Spilker, Aprill Springfield, Dileep 

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Srihari, Anjuli Srivastava, Warren Stern, Deborah Swacker, Elise Sweeney, 

Sean Sweeney, Michael Szymanski, Neera Tanden, Lee Telega, Gabrielle 

Tenzer, Megan Thompson. 

Carrie Torres, Tam Tran-Viet, Leo Trasande, Lacey Tucker, Dan Utech, 

Lona Valmoro, James Vigil, Lorraine Voles, Kristen Walsh, Greg Walton, 

Enid Weishaus, Nicole Wilett, Joshua Williams, Jeanne Wilson, Erica 

Woodard, Yajaira Yepez, Maryana Zubok. 

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EXHIBIT 2 

SENATOR CLINTON: CHAMPION FOR NEW YORK

For 8 years in the U.S. Senate, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON has been a 

champion for the people of New York, achieving results often in the face of 

tough challenges and tougher odds. That has been the hallmark of her tenure: Senator CLINTON has fought to solve problems, working with Democrats 

and Republicans, forging new State and local partnerships, proposing creative and commonsense legislative solutions, and drawing national attention 

to challenges and opportunities in New York State. 

Senator CLINTON has fought for New York when New York has needed 

a fighter most. These past 8 years, New Yorkers have faced challenges 

among the toughest in our State’s history and tragedy among the most devastating in our Nation’s history. 

From the time of her election in 2000, and following her landslide reelection in 2006, Senator CLINTON continued the work she’s pursued for more 

than 35 years in public service as an advocate for children and families, a 

champion for women’s rights and human rights, a leader on health care, and 

a voice on behalf of all those who have felt invisible. 

STANDING UP FOR NEW YORK AFTER 9/11

In the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001, Senator CLINTON

worked tirelessly on behalf of the victims and their families and New Yorkers who needed a strong voice in Washington. 

Just 3 days after the attacks, Senator CLINTON and Senator Charles Schumer went to the Oval Office and secured a commitment from President 

Bush for $20 billion in Federal aid for New York’s recovery. In the years 

that followed, they fought successfully to make sure that all of the funding 

promised to New York was delivered. 

Senator CLINTON’s first visit to Ground Zero was on September 12, 2001, 

and she quickly recognized that there would be lasting health problems for 

first responders and others who rushed to provide assistance after the 

World Trade Center attacks as well as for workers, residents, students, and 

others exposed to the toxic cloud of debris and chemicals around Ground 

Zero. She fought for the establishment of, and secured $335 million in funding for, programs to provide health screening, monitoring and treatment for 

first responders, building and construction trades workers, volunteers, residents, office workers, and students suffering health effects and stood up 

again and again to stop the Bush administration’s efforts to slash funding 

for this critical care. 

The attacks of September 11 also underscored serious gaps in our homeland security, and Senator CLINTON worked with the families who were 

tragically affected by 9/11 to demand the creation of the 9/11 Commission 

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and then to implement its findings, including making sure our first responders have the resources and support they need to meet our crucial homeland 

security demands and pressing for threat-based homeland security funding. 

CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Senator CLINTON worked across the aisle to address the economic downturn facing New York and harness the State’s talent and resources. To help 

struggling New York workers, she successfully extended unemployment insurance. She was a driving force behind raising the minimum wage and 

helped secure in law the first increase in a decade. 

Senator CLINTON coauthored a law that expanded renewal zones with incentives for job creation across Upstate New York. When efforts to push additional legislative change hit roadblocks in the Republican-controlled Congress, Senator CLINTON rolled up her sleeves and developed creative strategies to stimulate economic development, expand markets for New York businesses and producers and create jobs. 

In the Finger Lakes and the North Country, she partnered with eBay, 

local universities and local companies to organize public-private trading cooperatives which provide small businesses with technological support, 

microloans, and training programs to sell goods online and improve their 

sales.

Senator CLINTON saw that New York City’s restaurants were buying 

produce out of State at the same time that upstate farmers and producers 

were struggling, so she launched Farm-to-Fork, an initiative that has helped 

New York farmers and producers sell their products to New York’s restaurants, schools, colleges, and universities. 

She brought Artspace to Buffalo, creating a thriving model for urban revitalization and economic development centered on cultural projects, and secured funds to renovate downtown cultural centers like Proctors Theater in 

Schenectady, the Stanley Theater in Utica and the Strand Theater in Plattsburgh.

She helped secure the funds needed to expand broadband access to rural 

and underserved areas in the North Country and championed an agenda 

that would create new investments in broadband infrastructure throughout 

the State. 

Senator CLINTON also saw the need to better showcase Upstate innovation 

to potential investors. She helped launch New Jobs for New York, a nonprofit organization that brought together more than 2,600 entrepreneurs, investors, and researchers across New York and shined a spotlight on over 

200 companies across New York, helping them to obtain the investment capital, strategic partnerships, and joint ventures they need to grow their businesses and create jobs. 

She has also intervened to prevent jobs from leaving New York and was 

instrumental in several large employers maintaining their presence and 

their workforce in the State. 

Senator CLINTON advocated for New York businesses and research institutions, securing more than $837 million in funding for cutting edge defense 

projects throughout the State and millions more for alternative energy, 

nanotechnology and other innovation. She championed creating a business 

environment that encourages investments in research and development and 

has been instrumental in the renewal of the R&D tax credit that supports 

thousands of high-skill jobs in New York. 

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MEETING OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS

As New York’s first Senator to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee and as the only Member of the Senate to serve on the U.S. Joint 

Forces Command’s Transformation Advisory Group, Senator CLINTON served

as a leading advocate for our men and women in uniform, military families, 

and veterans. 

When the Bush administration targeted several New York military bases 

for closure, Senator CLINTON fought back, working with base communities 

to prevent all of the proposed closures. Together, they ensured that Niagara 

Falls Air Reserve Station, Rome Laboratories, and the Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service (DFAS) in Rome remained open and that the C–130 mission remained at Stratton Air National Guard Base. Her efforts actually 

turned a potential loss of thousands of jobs into a gain of hundreds of new 

jobs and helped to preserve and strengthen New York’s vital role in our national security. 

Senator CLINTON was one of the first to recognize and address troubling 

gaps in health care and health monitoring for our servicemembers. Continuing work she began as First Lady, she secured in law health tracking 

for all servicemembers after it was revealed that there was no baseline 

health history to evaluate them, ensuring that all active duty personnel and 

reservists receive regular health screenings. 

Senator CLINTON worked across the aisle to secure in law access to 

TRICARE military health care benefits for all drilling members of the 

Guard and Reserve. 

Senator CLINTON also secured in law the first-ever expansion of the Family and Medical Leave Act to enable military family members to take up to 

6 months of leave to care for their injured loved ones, often suffering from 

serious injuries affecting their bodies and minds that require care from family who work full time. 

Senator CLINTON fought to make sure our government lives up to its responsibility to our veterans after they leave service. She successfully 

changed the law to streamline the VA disability benefits claim system to cut 

redtape and help wounded servicemembers receive the benefits they have 

earned. She also secured in law assistance for family members caring for 

loved ones suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI), the signature wound 

of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and established a Department of Defense Task Force to assess the mental health challenges facing wounded 

warriors, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She also fought 

and succeeded in stopping the VA’s plan to close the Canandaigua VA hospital.

DRIVING CHANGE IN HEALTH CARE

Senator CLINTON distinguished herself in the Senate as a leading advocate for fixing our broken health care system and ensuring that all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care. 

She worked with Members on both sides of the aisle and with health providers across New York to press for needed change to improve quality, reduce costs, and expand access. 

Senator CLINTON saw that all too often family caregivers are the ones who 

struggle, largely unnoticed and unaided by our health care system, to provide care to chronically ill loved ones with Alzheimer’s and other debilitating conditions. She became their champion, authoring and successfully 

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passing a groundbreaking law to expand access to desperately needed respite care. 

She pushed to bring the delivery of health care into the 21st century, 

pressing for Congress to enact national standards for incorporating information technology into the practice of medicine to reduce medical errors, improve quality, and reduce costs. 

She was a driving force in efforts to expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program, an initiative she helped launch as First Lady and which has 

provided access to health care for thousands of children who otherwise 

would be uninsured, including nearly 400,000 children in New York. 

She used her unique public platform to spotlight the upside down incentives in our health care system, calling for an emphasis on wellness and prevention of chronic diseases that are driving up health care costs. And she 

was vigilant against Bush administration efforts to roll back health care for 

New York’s most vulnerable, stopping a shortsighted attempt to cut community health clinics that are the primary source of health care for many lowincome New Yorkers and brokering a compromise that prevented the loss 

of tens of millions of dollars in Ryan White CARE Act HIV/AIDS funding 

for New York. 

STANDING UP FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH

Senator CLINTON served as a steadfast defender of women’s health and a 

leading voice against the Bush administration’s efforts to put ideology before 

science. She successfully pressed the Bush administration for a decision on 

Plan B emergency contraception, after more than 3 years of delay. She 

spoke out against administration efforts to restrict access to contraception 

and family planning and raised the alarm against the administration’s last 

minute plan to undermine women’s health by putting in place new rules to 

allow any employee of a health provider to refuse to participate in any way 

in health care they find objectionable. 

ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Senator CLINTON has also continued her lifelong advocacy on behalf of 

children and families. 

She saw significant barriers facing grandparents and other family members raising children who would otherwise end up in foster care. So she 

fought for and secured in law landmark legislation to keep families together 

and remove obstacles facing grandparents, uncles, aunts, and other family 

members trying to enroll children in school, sign them up for health care 

or access other needed services, information, and referrals. 

Following the tragic death of Cameron Gulbransen of Long Island, Senator CLINTON joined with families and safety advocates to pass into law legislation requiring that all new vehicles produced in the United States include safety features to protect children against preventable injuries and 

death from non-traffic accidents in and around cars. Senator CLINTON

partnered with former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelley to secure in law 

expanded access to newborn screening and increase groundbreaking research at the National Institutes of Health. 

As chair of the Senate Superfund and Environmental Health Subcommittee, Senator CLINTON held hearings and fought to address environmental health hazards, like child lead poisoning and asthma, that disproportionately affect low-income and minority communities. 

When the Bush administration stopped enforcing the ‘‘Pediatric Rule,’’ a 

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dren be tested and labeled for safety and effectiveness specifically in children, Senator CLINTON forged a bipartisan coalition to restore the rule and 

secure it in law. And when President Bush nominated an opponent of basic 

safety regulations for children’s products to head the Consumer Products 

Safety Commission, Senator CLINTON led an alliance of consumer groups 

and safety advocates to successfully block the nomination. 

EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

Senator CLINTON pushed successfully for more funding for Head Start 

Programs that benefit nearly 50,000 low-income New York families and 

pushed for the expansion of Early Head Start, bringing national attention 

to the importance of a comprehensive zero to five early childhood system. 

She also secured in law legislation to place additional teachers and principals in the schools where they are most needed. 

Senator CLINTON fought for and succeeded in expanding access to affordable college loans and Pell grants, including year-round Pell for nontraditional students, so that more students who want to attend college will have 

that opportunity, regardless of their background or circumstances. Senator 

CLINTON also championed public service, securing the funding needed to 

maintain AmeriCorps and enable more Americans to serve our communities 

in exchange for assistance with college costs. 

LEADING THE WAY TO A NEW ENERGY FUTURE

From her first days in office, Senator CLINTON made it a priority to protect New York’s natural resources and develop New York’s potential as a 

leader in alternative energy. She secured in law environmental protection 

for Long Island Sound and the Great Lakes. 

Senator CLINTON also helped pass a new law to clean up polluted land 

known as brownfields, and worked to bring together developers, environmentalists, and local leaders from across New York to redevelop blighted 

properties.

Senator CLINTON was an early advocate for harnessing alternative energy 

as an engine of economic growth, working with public and private partners 

across New York to pioneer new green strategies. She secured in law major 

Federal funding for New York to retrofit trucks, schoolbuses, and other 

heavy vehicles with new clean diesel technologies developed in Corning and 

cleaner engines manufactured in Jamestown. In Rochester, Senator CLINTON worked with local leaders to develop the first in the Nation urban 

‘‘green print,’’ a plan for environmentally sustainable growth and alternative 

energy development. She also secured passage of laws to create ‘‘green jobs’’ 

training programs, and to push the Federal Government to install green 

building technologies. 

ADDRESSING INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES

As a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator 

CLINTON in 2005 helped craft major transportation legislation reauthorized 

every 5 years that sets the Nation’s investment in our highways and mass 

transit. In her role as a key negotiator, Senator CLINTON secured over $16.5 

billion in transportation funding for New York, a substantial increase of approximately $3 billion over the previous bill. She also succeeded in including 

in the law new pollution controls for construction equipment and creation 

of a commission to chart the Nation’s transportation future. 

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In the wake of the tragic Minnesota bridge collapse in 2007, which dramatically underscored the urgency of our infrastructure needs, Senator 

CLINTON helped secure in law legislation to address the deteriorating condition of our Nation’s roads, bridges, drinking water systems, dams and other 

public works. She also successfully pressed for increased funding for Amtrak 

and high speed rail and to reduce flight delays and ease congestion in New 

York’s crowded airspace. 

For nearly four decades, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON has dedicated herself 

to public service, as an attorney twice voted one of the most influential in 

America, a First Lady of Arkansas who helped transform the State’s health 

care and education systems, a First Lady of the United States who fought 

for families at home and women’s rights around the world, a renowned expert and advocate for quality affordable health care for all Americans, and 

as a twice-elected U.S. Senator who was a tireless champion for the people 

of New York and a voice for the voiceless everywhere. 

This document is a snapshot of Senator CLINTON’s efforts and accomplishments for New York in the Senate, but she has also worked across the Empire State to help communities tackle local challenges and capitalize on 

their unique opportunities. 

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HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 

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Proceedings in the Senate 

THURSDAY, January 15, 2009 

Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I thank the Chair for the 

opportunity to speak today about the wonderful record of our 

esteemed colleague, Senator HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON.

For 8 years, Senator CLINTON and I have served jointly as 

New York Senators, and I have seen, better than anyone, her 

unwavering commitment to her constituents and her country. Through all this time, HILLARY has demonstrated the 

equanimity, the prudence, and the fortitude that have made 

her an exceptional leader and a great public servant. 

HILLARY’s career has been defined by her unflagging desire 

to improve the lives of the least fortunate among us. Even 

before finishing school, she was working to protect children 

at the Children’s Defense Fund and the Carnegie Defense 

Fund on Children. Turning down a promising career in 

Washington, HILLARY moved to Arkansas and directed the 

legal aid clinic at the University of Arkansas Law School. 

During her tenure as First Lady, HILLARY made it her priority to fight for justice around the world, advocating for 

women’s rights and democracy worldwide. She made huge 

gains in protecting women and families. She helped create 

the Office of Violence Against Women at the Justice Department and was instrumental in the passage of the Foster 

Care Independence Act and the Adoption and Safe Families 

Act.

After serving her country 8 years as First Lady, when 

most people would retire, HILLARY stepped up and has 

served as a vital and powerful advocate on behalf of the people of New York. Going from the White House to White 

Plains, HILLARY has continued to show as much acumen in 

her dealings with national and global leaders as she shows 

empathy and interest in the needs of private individuals 

around New York. 

We are the only Federal position where two people serve 

the exact same job, so you get to know your colleague almost 

better than anyone else. I have seen first hand HILLARY’s

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dedication and tenacity. Let me tell you all, tell the people 

of New York, HILLARY looks great from far away, but the 

closer you get, the better she looks. 

I just want to say this, HILLARY: It is a day, as you said 

so well, of looking back wistfully but to the future with anticipation. That is how I feel. I look back wistfully at the 

many experiences we shared, working together, getting to 

know one another, and learning to work and respect and love 

one another. It has been an amazing part of my experience. 

I am so thankful for the 8 years we worked together for the 

people of New York and America. I know our friendship, as 

we have said to one another, will continue no matter what 

corner of the globe you are in. Maybe I will try to get some 

international presence on those Sunday press conferences so 

you can see them over there. They are mainly aimed at local 

New York stuff. 

Let me just say, as HILLARY said, we traveled the State together. We taught each other about agriculture and worked 

side by side on those horrible days after 9/11. We have 

worked for the benefit of aging nuclear weapons and helping 

the onion farmers in the Hudson Valley. What a great experience it has been. 

Of course, as my colleagues know, for all the time she focused and spent on the people of New York—and it was an 

enormous and successful effort—she also at the same time 

has been one of our most active and engaged colleagues in 

the Senate, working on issues of national policy and international importance, from national security to early childhood education. In all of her many roles as a public servant, 

HILLARY has always shown the insight to see the heart of a 

problem. She has had the courage to tackle it and the talent 

to solve it. That is the trademark of HILLARY CLINTON—insight, courage, talent, all applied for the betterment of the 

people of New York, the people of America, and now the people of the world. No matter how abstract the problem, no 

matter how esoteric the question, HILLARY has never once 

forgotten the people whose lives and happiness depend on 

her work. 

So HILLARY, yes, it is a bittersweet day, but I am so joyful 

about the excitement—it is palpable—that you exude going 

on to this new challenge. I am also—and I know every one 

of the people of New York is as well—grateful for the wonderful job you have done serving them and us. It has been 

a great ride. I am so grateful, again, for the opportunity to 

work alongside you. 

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I yield the floor. 

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from 

Maryland.

Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I join with the Senator 

from New York, Mr. Schumer, in giving a tribute to our dear 

friend, Senator HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. How special it is 

today that, as she gave her farewell speech, we are literally 

within minutes on the brink of a vote to proceed to the Lilly 

Ledbetter bill. Senator CLINTON has been a champion for 

women, a champion for the opportunity of women, and was 

the lead on introducing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. 

How terrific it is that as she gives her last speech on the 

Senate floor, we will be voting on something for which she 

has been a champion. 

She has been a champion for women both here and around 

the country, for their economic security, their health security, and also for women around the world, both in her work 

as First Lady and here in the Senate, whether it was to 

make sure to work with our current administration to have 

access to education for Afghan girls, but also as First Lady 

with the women of the world to make sure, through her 

project, Vital Voices, women had those voices. 

She has been a champion all of her career. Whether it was 

at the Legal Defense Fund, as First Lady, or now as a Senator of the United States, she has always made sure she has 

stood up for those who had no voice, and she has used her 

voice to speak for them. That is what we know she will continue to do. 

But I think what we also admire about Senator CLINTON

is, she is not only at home with world leaders with whom she 

will certainly work in her new job but with community leaders as well. 

She spoke eloquently about her challenge and Senator 

Schumer’s challenge on that despicable and horrible day of 

9/11. But I also want to talk just very quickly about September 10 because while we know Senator CLINTON is a 

woman of great integrity, keen intellect, and is a can-do person, many do not realize the wonderful bipartisanship in 

which she has tried to engage in this body. So let me tell you 

as one of the women of the Senate where we were on September 10. 

The night before that terrible day, we were at Senator 

CLINTON’s house, affectionately calling her HILLARY. All of 

the women, on a bipartisan basis, were there because, guess 

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what we were doing, Mr. President. We were throwing Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison a shower. Senator Kay Bailey 

Hutchison had just adopted a child. We were so enthusiastic, 

and we, the women of the Senate, do what women do all over 

America, we threw Senator Kay a shower, and we gathered 

at HILLARY’s house. We had great food, a couple of drinks 

that made us feel even better. We told stories. We teased 

Kay. I volunteered to be Aunt Barb, and she knew I had 

many talents, but babysitting would not be one. We had such 

a wonderful time. But that was not the only time, as she has 

worked with all of us. But it shows the warmth and the way 

she goes about that. 

We will always cherish where we were that night because 

it was special because the next day was so stunning. I could 

give many examples about it, but we know she has been a 

tenacious advocate for the people of New York, a leader on 

crucial issues, a respected colleague, and a dear friend. We 

are going to miss her, but we know as the Secretary of State 

she will be a new voice of America. And America does need 

a new voice. 

Senator CLINTON, we know you are going to get us back 

on track. You are going to work with President Obama to restore our national honor, to repair those friendships around 

the world which we desperately need. And as you have been 

in so many things, we know you will be unflinching on 

human rights and unflagging in strengthening America’s alliances abroad. We will work together on those issues, and 

we know you will be a great Secretary of State. You have 

been a spectacular Senator, and it is because you are just 

simply a wonderful human being. 

Mr. President, I yield the floor. 

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican 

leader is recognized. 

Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I say to my good friend 

from New York, through the Chair, I believe the new President could not have made a better selection for Secretary of 

State. Senator CLINTON has had a unique career in the Senate, actually having only been here 8 years, but nevertheless 

a candidate for President of the United States who came 

very close. She had fabulous public service before that as 

First Lady for 8 years. She has clearly made a difference 

throughout her life, and I expect she will do the same again. 

I told her on the floor privately, I am particularly enthusiastic about her selection as Secretary of State because I 

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think she will be the first Secretary of State in the history 

of the United States who has actually been to Hazard and 

Pikeville, KY. That should give her an extra edge in this new 

responsibility which she is about to assume. 

I say to the Senator from New York, we will be anxious 

to work with her on some of the issues for which we shared 

a passion during her years. I know she will do an outstanding job. She has been a credit to the Senate and will 

be one of the Nation’s outstanding Secretaries of State. 

Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, as I think about Senator CLINTON’s leaving the Senate to become Secretary of State, I am 

reminded of the words of the great English bard William 

Shakespeare, who wrote that ‘‘parting is such sweet sorrow.’’ 

Senator CLINTON’s departure from this Chamber is a time 

for joy as well as sorrow. HILLARY CLINTON has been an effective, hard-working Senator. 

When Senator CLINTON first came to the Senate in 2001, 

she asked my advice. Although Mrs. CLINTON had been an 

accomplished and graceful First Lady, she told me that she 

wanted to excel at working for the State of New York. 

I advised her to be a workhorse about her new role as a 

Senator and a workhorse she has been, and the people of her 

State have benefited. 

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, she 

and I worked with Senator Schumer to secure financial aid 

for New York City to help the city to recover from that terrible tragedy. For that, she has since referred to me as the 

‘‘third Senator from New York,’’ and I am very proud of that 

designation.

Senator CLINTON and I have worked together on legislation for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, served 

on the Budget Committee together, and worked on several 

important appropriations issues. 

Senator CLINTON has been an active and aggressive Senator, always mindful of the traditions of this great Chamber. 

She has won the respect and admiration of everyone. 

In her 2008 Presidential bid, HILLARY CLINTON broke

down barriers for women all across this country, and inspired many of them to pursue their own hopes and dreams 

of a future in politics. 

I will miss Senator CLINTON. This Chamber has been 

graced by her eloquence, intelligence, and her natural leadership.

Mrs. CLINTON’s 8 years as our country’s First Lady, and 

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ferent Senate committees, including the Senate Armed Services Committee, certainly qualify her for the high honor of 

being Secretary of State. She will shine in that office because 

of her sound judgment, keen intellect, sharp wit, infectious 

charm, and powerful commitment to making this world a 

better place. 

I congratulate Senator CLINTON on her new position and 

wish her the best of luck and success. These are troubled 

times, and she will have a most difficult job in the years 

ahead. Speaking at her graduation at Wellesley College, HILLARY CLINTON declared that, ‘‘the challenge now is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.’’ 

I say go to it Secretary of State-designate CLINTON. If anyone can make ‘‘what appears to be impossible, possible,’’ Secretary of State HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON can and will. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President. I have known HILLARY CLINTON

for many years, but for the past 8 years I have had the 

pleasure of working with her as a colleague in the U.S. Senate.

People on all points of the political spectrum agree that 

Senator CLINTON is one of the brightest, most highly accomplished U.S. Senators. 

Born in the hometown of our President-elect—Chicago— 

HILLARY CLINTON graduated from Wellesley College, where 

she was the first student in the school’s history to deliver her 

own commencement address—not a Governor, a U.S. Senator, dean, or the university president. 

She then attended Yale Law School, where she met her future husband and our future President, Bill Clinton. 

After law school, she worked for the Children’s Defense 

Fund and served as a member of the Watergate inquiry staff 

in the House of Representatives. 

When the Clintons moved to Arkansas, HILLARY became a 

successful attorney in private practice and served as the 

State’s First Lady. 

We all know that she was a remarkable First Lady, leading the way on health care reform, helping create the State 

Children’s Health Insurance Program, as well as the Violence Against Women Act. 

We also know that she was not just a leader for domestic 

policy, but also became an admired and effective diplomat 

throughout the world, especially in her call for human rights. 

When Senator CLINTON came to the Senate 8 years ago, 

some expected her to have trouble fitting in. Those concerns 

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quickly disappeared—she was a natural. She has proven in 

her time here to be exceptionally adept at the give-and-take 

of the legislative process. 

As a result, in just 8 years, she has left an indelible mark, 

especially through her seats on the Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee, the Special Committee on Aging, and 

the Armed Services Committee. 

As with Senator Biden, the departure of Senator CLINTON

is bittersweet. She brought a wealth of knowledge, skill, and 

wisdom here, and she will be sorely missed. 

But after the last 8 years—with so much work ahead to repair our country’s once-lofty stature in the world, I can think 

of no one better suited for the challenges ahead than the 

Senator from New York, HILLARY CLINTON, our next Secretary of State. 

FRIDAY, January 16, 2009 

Mr. REED. Mr. President, I wish to say a few words about 

our colleague who is departing, Senator HILLARY CLINTON,

an extraordinarily gifted lady. I had the privilege of traveling 

with her to Afghanistan and Iraq in 2003. I was impressed 

with her knowledge of international affairs and her personal 

knowledge of so many leaders; it was a first-name basis. So 

I think we have, in the presence of HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, an extraordinary asset to the State Department. 

Senator Obama made a wise choice. She brings not only 

great experience with great recognition but a tenacious attitude toward work and service. She is one of the hardest 

working people I have ever met. All of these skills are going 

to be important at this moment in our history. We have to 

reform and transform, indeed, our national security posture 

away from the unilateral military force, which I think was 

the wrong approach of this administration, to a much more 

nuanced, broader embrace of diplomacy, backed up by a 

strong military force. HILLARY CLINTON can and will do that, 

working together with President-elect Barack Obama and 

Vice President-elect Joe Biden. 

She has been a friend to me; she has helped me; she has 

inspired me; and indeed, perhaps the true test, she has 

taught me a great deal about not only substantive issues but 

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lieve she will continue to maintain those standards as she 

goes forward. 

So we are losing several dear colleagues—Ken Salazar, Joe 

Biden, and HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. The good news is 

that America still has their extraordinarily valuable services. 

I yield the floor. 

WEDNESDAY, January 21, 2009 

Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I am pleased to join my 

colleagues in thanking Senator HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

for her outstanding service in the Senate, and wishing her 

our very best as she becomes our Secretary of State. One of 

the many reasons I strongly support her nomination for Secretary of State is because I have had the pleasure of working 

with Senator CLINTON, and I know what a skilled legislator 

and committed public servant she is. We have worked on a 

number of issues together over the years, including fighting 

for family farmers and especially the dairy farmers that are 

so important to both New York and Wisconsin. Finding common ground, we worked together to make sure dairy markets 

functioned properly, to improve the milk income loss contract 

or MILC Program, and pushing for country-of-origin labeling, 

or COOL, legislation for dairy products. I was also proud to 

support the Paycheck Fairness Act, which she authored, and 

to work with her on many other issues. 

I also had the opportunity to travel with Senator CLINTON

and a number of other Senators on an official trip to Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and Pakistan, where we listened to service men and women on the ground, as well as local leaders. 

On that trip, Senator CLINTON deeply impressed me with her 

depth of knowledge on foreign relations and national security 

issues. Later I was very pleased to have her support for my 

effort with Majority Leader Harry Reid to safely redeploy our 

troops from Iraq, and I look forward to continuing to work 

with her on these critically important issues as she becomes 

our next Secretary of State. Once again, I thank her for her 

service in this body, and I wish her all the best as she continues her service to the American people. 

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THURSDAY, January 22, 2009 

Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise to speak today regarding the departure of my esteemed colleague from New York, 

Senator HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. I have known Senator 

CLINTON for many years now, and I have worked closely with 

her since the time she served as First Lady of the United 

States and then as she so aptly served the people of New 

York in the Senate. Today, I am sure that I am joined by 

many of my colleagues in saying that her compassion, her 

skill, and her example in this institution will be missed. 

As a former First Lady of the United States, I was very 

impressed with the work Senator CLINTON did to increase 

the level of care for women and children from around the 

world. You may recall that her service in this capacity knew 

no boundaries or borders as millions of lives were touched 

both here in the United States and abroad by her care, by 

her understanding, and by her tenacity in helping people receive the level of care and attention they so justly deserved. 

Indeed, Senator CLINTON reminded us all that women’s 

rights are not to be separated from human rights and that 

through this empowerment we have the potential to improve 

relations, eradicate violence, and increase prosperity. This is 

the vision and compassion that served her so well as a 

former First Lady of the United States, and this is the same 

compassion that continued to highlight her time here in the 

Senate.

Although her time in this legislative body has been relatively brief, the accomplishments of Senator CLINTON have

been many. If I may, let me highlight just two contrasting 

examples. The first example comes from 2007 when I worked 

closely with Senator CLINTON on the Biologics Price and Protection Innovation Act. It was through these tough negotiations, numerous committee meetings, and candid discussions 

that I again was privileged to witness Senator CLINTON’s

skill in bringing large groups of affected parties together in 

the spirit of compromise. With so many competing interests 

and so much attention being drawn to this legislation, I was 

appreciative of Senator CLINTON’s skills in negotiation, in 

understanding competing interests, and in listening to all of 

the parties involved in passing this important legislation out 

of the Senate. 

The second example I would like to mention comes from 

2008 with little fanfare. It is a simple resolution and one 

that probably did not receive much attention, but it was a 

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resolution that meant something to me and it meant something to Senator CLINTON. I speak of a Senate resolution designating a week in May as National Substitute Teacher Recognition Week. For helping me to pass this simple resolution, 

I am grateful to Senator CLINTON. More important, however, 

I am grateful that Senator CLINTON was more interested in 

doing what was right for substitute teachers across our Nation. Even though this resolution probably never made a 

headline, Senator CLINTON was one of the first in line to sign 

on as a cosponsor because she knew it was the least we could 

do for men and women across our country who give so much 

to our children through their education. 

In closing, I share these two examples simply to illustrate 

the skill and compassion that defined Senator CLINTON’s

service while she was here in the Senate. From the large legislative issues to the small acts of kindness and recognition, 

I know that Senator CLINTON strived to do what she thought 

was right and what was best for our country. It is this example that we will all miss in the Senate as she begins the next 

chapter of her service at the State Department. Truly, their 

gain is our loss, yet it is without hesitation that I extend my 

deepest gratitude to Senator CLINTON for her countless hours 

of service, her incredible example of compassion, and the 

years of friendship that she has extended to me, my colleagues, and the people of the United States. I am excited for 

what the future holds for Senator CLINTON. I am certain that 

many great things still lie ahead in this next chapter of her 

life, and it is to Senator CLINTON that I extend my congratulations as she begins her journey at the State Department. 

WEDNESDAY, December 8, 2010 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 

there be printed as a Senate document a compilation of materials from the Congressional Record in tribute to retiring 

Members of the 111th Congress, and that Members have 

until Thursday, December 16, to submit such tributes. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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WEDNESDAY, December 15, 2010 

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent 

that the order for the printing of tributes be modified to provide that Members have until sine die of the 111th Congress, 

2d session, to submit tributes and that the order for printing 

remain in effect. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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