Scott P. Brown 

U.S. SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS 

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Tributes 

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Scott P. Brown 

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CONTENTS 

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

Farewell Address ...................................................................................... vii 

Proceedings in the Senate: 

Tributes by Senators: 

Cardin, Benjamin L., of Maryland ............................................ 13 

Collins, Susan M., of Maine ...................................................... 3 

Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota ................................................. 4 

Leahy, Patrick J., of Vermont ................................................... 12 

Levin, Carl, of Michigan ............................................................ 10, 11 

Lieberman, Joseph I., of Connecticut ....................................... 15 

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

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

Murkowski, Lisa, of Alaska ....................................................... 14 

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

Reid, Harry, of Nevada .............................................................. 17 

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BIOGRAPHY 

SCOTT P. BROWN was born on September 12, 1959, in 

Kittery, ME. He graduated from Wakefield High School, 

Wakefield, MA, in 1977 and went on to earn a BA from Tufts 

University in 1981 and a JD from Boston College Law School 

in 1985. He has served in the Massachusetts Army National 

Guard from 1979 to the present, attaining the rank of colonel 

and serving in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps. 

He began his career in public service as an assessor and 

then a selectman in the town of Wrentham. He was a member of the Massachusetts State house of representatives from 

1999 to 2004 and the Massachusetts State senate from 2004 

to 2010. As a State legislator he advocated for children’s and 

victims’ rights, never voted for a tax increase, and worked to 

promote environmental and good government initiatives. 

He was elected to the U.S. Senate in the January 19, 2010, 

special election for the seat previously held by Senator Ted 

Kennedy. He took the oath of office on February 4, 2010, and 

served until January 3, 2013. He served on the Committee 

on Armed Services, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, 

and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 

SCOTT BROWN is a free-market advocate who believes 

America’s strength as a nation derives from the ingenuity 

and hard work of its people. He believes in a culture of family, patriotism, and freedom. 

In the U.S. Senate he fought for lower taxes, less government spending, and pro-growth polices that will put people 

back to work. He approached each piece of legislation in an 

independent manner, always looking for ways to work across 

the aisle and get the country moving. 

He lives in Wrentham with his wife Gail. He has two 

daughters, Ayla and Arianna. 

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Farewell to the Senate 

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 

Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I rise to give my closing 

floor speech for this session of the Senate. 

From the date of my swearing in on February 4, 2010, 

until the last day I serve in this great Chamber, which is 1 

month shy of 3 years serving, I still say and believe that, 

aside from my marriage to my wife Gail of 26 years and the 

birth of my two children, Ayla and Arianna, serving in the 

greatest deliberative body for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the people’s seat, has been the greatest honor I 

ever had in my life. I thank the people of Massachusetts for 

that opportunity. To think that someone such as myself, 

whose parents were married and divorced 4 times each, who 

lived in 17 houses by the time he was 18 and was subjected 

to various forms of abuse growing up, still has the honor to 

serve in one of the greatest deliberative bodies, as I said, in 

the world, is something I will not soon forget. 

To the young people sitting here and who may be watching, take it from me that in this country, even when it seems 

that you are fighting against all odds, anything is possible 

for you. There are no obstacles that cannot be overcome so 

do not give up, and always follow your dreams. 

As I have said before, people have no business in politics 

unless they respect the judgment of the voters. If you run for 

office, you have to be able to take victory or defeat in a gracious manner. I do respect the judgment of the voters. I accept their decision in this election with the same attitude 

and sense of appreciation I held when I arrived in this 

Chamber almost 3 years ago. 

When I was sworn in, I was the 1,914th Senator accepting 

the oath of office by signing the book right up at the clerk’s 

table. There were many Senators who served before me and 

there will be many Senators who will serve after my service 

is over. That my name is listed among them is very humbling. 

To all the people of Massachusetts, I greatly appreciate the 

confidence you placed in me for the past 3 years in allowing 

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me to represent you in the Senate. To my colleagues, I thank 

you for the courtesy and friendship you afforded me during 

my time here. When I arrived, I promised I would read the 

bills, see how they affected Massachusetts, see how they affected our country, our debt, and our deficit, and I would 

vote in an independent manner based on the merits of that 

issue rather than political partisan politics. I am proud I 

kept that promise to be independent. I am proud my voting 

record has identified me as the second most bipartisan Senator in the Senate, as referenced by Congressional Quarterly, 

and that I was named as the least partisan Senator in the 

Senate by Washingtonian magazine. 

It was that independent and bipartisan approach that provided me with an opportunity to stand with the President at 

the White House on three separate occasions in the past 2 

years to see bills I had either sponsored or played a key role 

in securing their passage signed into law. I was honored to 

work with my colleagues—many who are here today and 

many who are listening—on both sides of the aisle on legislation that was signed into law to move our country forward, 

including the STOCK Act to ban insider trading by Members 

of Congress—I know the Presiding Officer [Mrs. Gillibrand] 

played a key role in that as well—the hire a hero veterans 

bill to help our veterans who are fighting for jobs actually 

have opportunities to be hired by employers who are looking 

for those heroes; the crowd funding legislation which will 

help young entrepreneurs get access to new capital and create jobs, something I hope the SEC will immediately come 

up with a rule on so these people can start creating jobs and 

raising money; legislation to reform Wall Street, where I was 

the deciding vote to strengthen our country’s financial system; legislation to eliminate an onerous 3-percent withholding tax; eliminating a stealth tax that would have affected government contractors—that is also gone; legislation 

to ensure our fallen heroes receive the dignity and respect 

they deserve at the Arlington National Cemetery, that is 

something new that is also fixed; and many other congressional actions that have made a difference not only in Massachusetts but in this great country. These are all shared 

successes, and I was proud to be part of each and every one 

of them. 

I have always said in order to do our business as our country’s leaders we must do our work in a bipartisan, bicameral 

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ical ideology. During my time here and now as I am leaving, 

I have been and still am deeply concerned about the lack of 

bipartisan efforts to solve our country’s most pressing economic challenges and in turn move our country forward. 

Many times political party and personal gain are put before 

the needs of our country. I know we can do it better. The 

American people expect us to do it better. As I leave, I challenge the leadership on both sides of the aisle to make the 

process more open and transparent. I challenge Members to 

work with each other in a more open and honest manner, 

and I challenge the President and the congressional leadership to also work together immediately to address the concerns and needs of our country because, after all, we are 

Americans first and our country deserves better. 

In closing, I see my staff here. Many of them were here 

from the beginning. They came from applicants, over 4,000, 

for a very select few jobs. I thank Vanessa Sinders, my chief 

of staff, and each and every one of the staff for the amazing 

work they have done in very interesting times. To come here 

as the 41st or the 60th Senator and have the media scrutiny 

and all the commentary from every special interest group 

around the country, in the middle of a Senate that was gridlocked—to come here and have an opportunity to make a difference and do it well without making any mistakes is something I think benefited Massachusetts but also benefited this 

great country. It allowed for the debate to resume once again 

to eliminate a supermajority so one side could ram through 

things in which the other side had no play or no involvement. 

That is not what our country is about. That is not what 

this Chamber is about. We deserve better. The people of 

Massachusetts and the people of this country deserve better. 

They deserve to have their voices heard. Every person in this 

Chamber has one vote. To think that one side or the other, 

depending on who is in charge, is going to stifle that one 

Senator, from whatever part of the country, not to let him 

or her have their moment to express their views on something that is important to them and their constituency, to 

shut that off and put your thumb on it is not the way we 

should be doing it. 

I am deeply concerned about any changes in the rules that 

are being proposed to eliminate the ability for both sides to 

do battle in a thoughtful, respectful manner. If you see the 

movie ‘‘Lincoln,’’ you see that even back then they were battling most of the time to convince each other to go one way 

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or the other. Since when has it been a problem to have vibrant debate in the Senate, in this great Chamber? Since 

when? What is everybody scared about? I don’t understand 

that. I am hopeful the leaders will come together and recognize we need to have that vibrant debate. That is what 

makes this Chamber unique among any other form of government around the world. To take that away and limit it 

I think is a big mistake. 

I wish to say thank you, obviously, to the people of Massachusetts for entrusting me to sit in the people’s seat for the 

past 3 years. I thank my colleagues who are here, with 

whom I have had some great friendships and opportunities 

to work together. As I said many times before, victory and 

defeat are temporary depending on what happens and where 

we go. All of us, obviously, may meet again, and I am looking 

forward to continuing on with those friendships, continuing 

on working with my staff. 

I thank you for this opportunity to speak. 

TRIBUTES 

TO 

SCOTT P. BROWN 

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Proceedings in the Senate 

MONDAY, December 10, 2012 

Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, last week I came to the floor 

and was honored to give tributes to some of our departing 

colleagues. Tonight I am going to take advantage of this time 

to pay tribute to two other outstanding Senators, colleagues 

and friends of mine whom I will miss greatly. They are Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Senator SCOTT BROWN. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine is 

recognized. 

Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, when SCOTT BROWN, a fellow New Englander, came to the Senate 2 years ago, I immediately saw in him those traits shared by the people of our 

two New England States: a strong work ethic, a determination to always do what he thought was right, and a spirit 

that was independent and dedicated to doing what was best 

for his constituents and for his country. 

My initial assessment was confirmed by our time working 

together on so many issues. SCOTT conducted his inspiring 

2010 campaign via his now legendary pickup truck. When he 

got to Washington, he kept his foot on the gas. His work in 

government at the State and local level in Massachusetts 

and his distinguished service in the Army National Guard 

prepared him with experience that made him a respected 

and effective legislator from day one. His intellect, energy, 

and character made him a valued colleague and a dear 

friend. 

SCOTT is a person one could always count on. I have had 

the opportunity to work closely with SCOTT on so many key 

issues. In each and every case he brought an informed, 

thoughtful, and open-minded approach to every issue. 

As the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security 

and Governmental Affairs Committee, I have gotten to know 

SCOTT very well and I appreciate his service on our committee. He placed his top priority on helping to keep our Nation safe from the continuing threat of terrorism. He also 

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worked hard to make our Federal Government more efficient 

and transparent. 

With SCOTT’s leadership, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation to help put the Postal Service back on a more sound 

financial footing and to ensure that this institution could endure. He also authored the STOCK Act, the new law that 

clearly prohibits insider trading by Members of Congress and 

their staff. 

SCOTT has long been an effective champion for our small 

business owners, working to ensure that entrepreneurs and 

innovators in Massachusetts and across the country have the 

ability to survive and thrive and, most of all, to create good 

jobs. He has advocated for our Nation’s veterans through the 

Hiring Our Heroes Act that he coauthored, which provides 

tax credits to small businesses that hire a returning veteran 

or member of the National Guard Reserve. 

SCOTT has been a devoted advocate in the Senate for fiscal 

responsibility and a balanced budget amendment. At the 

same time, he kept a firm commitment to helping those most 

in need. He fought hard for such vital programs as the Low 

Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which is so important to getting through those cold New England winters. 

Equally important to SCOTT’s hard work in the Senate has 

been the approach he has always taken in legislating. He 

studies the issues. He seeks areas where a consensus can be 

found. From the very first day in the Senate, he demonstrated his belief that compromise is not a dirty word but 

an absolute necessity if we are to meet the challenges facing 

America. SCOTT always looked at the issues before Congress 

not through the lens of a partisan politician but, rather, 

through the lens of a pragmatic problem solver. 

SCOTT’s tenure in the Senate has been far too brief but, 

perhaps more important, it has been characterized by a remarkable degree of success in transforming good ideas into 

public laws. Given his Maine roots and strong commitment 

to Massachusetts, I am sure we will remain good friends in 

the years to come. But, oh, how I will miss serving with my 

friend SCOTT BROWN. 

WEDNESDAY, December 12, 2012 

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I rise today to honor my colleague, Senator SCOTT BROWN, who will leave the Senate at 

the conclusion of the 112th Congress. Senator BROWN won a 

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special election in 2010 to fill the seat of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, but his service to the State of Massachusetts 

began many years ago. 

Senator BROWN began his career in public service in 1992, 

working as a real estate assessor for the town of Wrentham, 

MA. In 1998, he was elected to the Massachusetts House. Six 

years later, he was elected to the State senate, where he was 

known as a strong advocate for veterans issues. As a State 

senator, he championed legislation that created a check-off 

box on State income tax forms for veterans to indicate service in Iraq or Afghanistan so that they could be efficiently 

notified of benefits. 

His work on behalf of veterans is not surprising considering Senator BROWN has proudly served in the Army National Guard since enlisting at age 19 when he attended college at Tufts University. Once elected to the U.S. Senate, his 

commitment to military and veterans issues continued as he 

served on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 

Armed Services, and the Veterans’ Affairs Committees. 

Although his time in the Senate was short, Senator 

BROWN advanced several initiatives, including several that 

assist servicemembers and their families. He successfully included a provision in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which made certain that members of the National 

Guard and their families receive a fair housing allowance 

when deployed overseas. Senator BROWN also worked across 

the aisle on legislation that demonstrated his commitment to 

our troops. He fought to provide greater oversight at Arlington National Cemetery, ensuring proper burials of America’s 

fallen heroes and secured a provision to create the Office of 

Service Member Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to help returning servicemembers avoid financial fraud. 

The hard work and dedication that Senator BROWN has 

shown during his years of public service will surely bring 

him continued success in the future. I thank Senator BROWN

for his service in the Senate and wish him the best. 

Ms. MIKULSKI. Madam President, I rise to comment 

about some wonderful men in the Senate who are retiring on 

both sides of the aisle. Earlier today I spoke about my deep 

affection and sorry-to-see-go friends Olympia Snowe and Kay 

Bailey Hutchison, but I want to rise as the dean of the 

women in the Senate to say some very special words about 

very special men on both sides of the aisle. Because when I 

came to the Senate, it was only Nancy Kassebaum and me, 

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and yet we worked on so many issues together. There are 

really wonderful men here who supported me, supported our 

issues, but really stood up for those States and their communities. . . . 

I wish to say a word about Senator SCOTT BROWN. Many 

of you know that I was a social worker and a child abuse 

worker. I want to say personally, I so admire Senator 

BROWN’s candor and being forthcoming when he shared with 

the world his own child abuse experience in his book, 

Against All Odds. He not only experienced the terrible thing 

that happened to him, but he went on to talk about how he 

handled this terrible tragedy. I must say, I compliment him. 

It was a model, that as a young boy this terrible event would 

not hold him back. I am sure his powerful words helped 

many others come into the light. As a former child abuse social worker, I want to thank him publicly for what he has 

done not only in this institution but to help other boys—and 

even girls—who also faced a terrible tragedy and refused to 

be a victim but went on to do well. I wish him well. . . . 

I wanted to be sure that the day would not end without 

my acknowledging these wonderful people who have given a 

big part of their lives to making this country a better place. 

I want to, in the most heartfelt way—I am so sorry we did 

not have a bipartisan dinner or party to be able to express 

this. I would have liked to have been in the same room, 

breaking bread with them, in order to be able to tell them 

how much we appreciate them, across party lines, across 

those lines that ordinarily divide us. They came from different parts of the country, they arrived in the Senate with 

different objectives, they will leave under different circumstances. But I want to again let them know that each 

and every one of them had a positive impact on me and I 

think a wonderful impact on the future of this country. So 

I wish them well. God bless and Godspeed. 

THURSDAY, December 13, 2012 

Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, I would like to continue the difficult task of saying goodbye to Senators who 

will not be with us in the next Congress. Sadly, that includes 

Senator SCOTT BROWN of Massachusetts. 

Senator BROWN came to us already something of a political 

legend. In just a few short years, he leaves behind an outsized legacy. We all remember how SCOTT rose to national 

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prominence in the election literally heard about around the 

world. After the death of Senator Kennedy, there was an 

open seat in Massachusetts and a special election to fill it. 

Few people even entertained the thought of a Republican 

winning. And for good reason. Few States are as synonymous 

with political liberalism. 

Democrats outnumber Republicans in the State 3 to 1, and 

the entire congressional delegation is composed of Democrats. But supported by his wife Gail and their daughters, 

along with some key early allies, including our own Senator 

McCain, SCOTT appealed to the State’s political independents, ran a flawless campaign, and won. As he put it on election night, he beat the odds and the experts, and the people 

became the machine. I think the 2006 GMC Canyon that 

SCOTT drove around during the election should actually go to 

the Smithsonian. 

We all remember that night, and, in particular, SCOTT’s 

acceptance speech. Most people focus on what he said about 

his daughters, but the speech itself was a masterpiece. It 

perfectly summed up the political moment, and it captured 

something essential about SCOTT’s success; that is, the notion that no politician has a right to his or her seat; that we 

are all here to serve our constituents. 

SCOTT said: 

Every day I hold this office, I will give all that is in me to serve you well 

and to make you proud . . . [and] most of all, I will remember that while the 

honor is mine, this Senate seat belongs to no one person and to no political 

party, and as I have said before, and you said loud and clear today, it is 

the people’s seat. 

SCOTT lived up to his promise. He captured the imagination of the entire country when he corrected David Gergen 

by telling him the so-called Kennedy seat was, in fact, the 

people’s seat. He carried that message straight to Washington. 

I remember SCOTT telling me in our very first meeting 

that I could not count on his vote, that I would have to earn 

it. I told him he could do whatever he pleased. While he has 

not been here long, he has certainly made his mark. I have 

seen a lot of politicians in my day, but few have been as talented as SCOTT BROWN. He is a unique talent. I have no 

doubt we will see him back in Washington someday in the 

not too distant future. 

The truth is, SCOTT’s victory was not the first time he had 

done what others thought impossible. As a young man, he 

knew poverty first hand, and a broken home, and even took 

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to shoplifting to feed himself and his sister. Yet SCOTT overcame these early challenges. As is often the case, he owes a 

lot of it to an adult who saw his potential early on. 

In SCOTT’s case, that adult was Judge Samuel Zoll. When 

SCOTT showed up in his chambers one day, Judge Zoll saw 

a troubled but decent young man who needed a friendly 

nudge. 

‘‘We had a long talk about [the] talent I thought he had, 

and I didn’t want to see him squander it,’’ Judge Zoll later 

recalled. 

SCOTT, of course, remembers it a little differently, saying 

the judge ‘‘verbally kicked [his] butt.’’ 

The judge ordered SCOTT to write a 1,500-word essay 

about disappointing his family. After reading it, he told 

SCOTT he would give him a break this time, but if he ever 

stole anything again—anything—he would be sent to jail. 

Judge Zoll’s lesson stuck so deeply that the two men remained friends until Judge Zoll’s death last year. 

SCOTT went on to be a baseball star in high school and in 

college, earning the nickname ‘‘Downtown SCOTTY BROWN.’’ 

That was for his accuracy with a 3-point shot. Then he went 

to law school, the Army National Guard, held city and State 

political office, where he was 1 of just 5 Republicans in a 

body of 40 in the State senate and then the U.S. Senate. 

Senator BROWN also famously found time to do a little 

modeling in his youth, and it was through this work that he 

met his wife Gail. I have had the pleasure to get to know 

SCOTT and Gail well over the last 3 years. They have two 

daughters and make an absolutely wonderful family. I am 

sure Gail, Ayla, and Arianna are very proud of SCOTT and 

just as sad as I am to see his tenure cut short. But they 

should be proud of the fact that SCOTT has accomplished a 

lot in 3 short years in the Senate. 

He led the charge to repeal a burdensome withholding tax 

that hurt small businesses. He crafted legislation for crowd 

funding, which allowed job creators to raise startup funds for 

their businesses over the Internet with less red tape, and he 

introduced legislation to ensure that children’s hospitals 

have access to discounts on orphan drugs that are used to 

treat rare diseases. All of these bills are now law. 

As a 32-year member of the National Guard, Senator 

BROWN takes a special interest in our men and women in 

uniform and their families. He introduced legislation to give 

businesses incentives to hire veterans, who, sadly, have 

higher unemployment rates than the national average. He 

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introduced and saw to passage legislation creating the Office 

of Service Member Affairs to protect troops who are often 

targeted by financial fraud and scams. He saw to the passage of legislation making it easier to void government contracts with businesses found to be funneling taxpayer resources to terrorist groups. He fought for National Guard 

members and their families to receive their fair housing allowance when deployed overseas. 

Although his work in the Senate has come to an end, I am 

sure SCOTT BROWN’s work in public service, in whatever capacity, will not. He is still a young man with a bright future 

ahead of him. I, for one, am very much looking forward to 

seeing how he uses his talents next. 

From the statehouse to the Senate, from the modeling 

shoot to the basketball court, Senator SCOTT BROWN has always made his own success. I do not think he knows any 

other way. 

SCOTT, it has been an honor serving with you. You not 

only made history, you made a difference. You should be 

proud. 

THURSDAY, December 20, 2012 

Mr. REED. Madam President, at this time, I wish to take 

a few minutes to salute my colleagues who are retiring at 

the end of this year with the conclusion of the 112th Congress: Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, SCOTT BROWN of Massachusetts, Kent Conrad of North 

Dakota, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Kay Bailey 

Hutchison of Texas, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, Jon Kyl of Arizona, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Richard Lugar of Indiana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Olympia Snowe of Maine, 

and Jim Webb of Virginia. They have all worked ceaselessly 

to give their constituents the best representation and give 

the country the benefit of their views, their wisdom, and 

their experience. They are men and women who are committed to the Nation, and they have every day in different 

ways contributed to this Senate and to our great country. 

I wish to thank them personally for their service, and, in 

so many cases, their personal kindness to me; for listening 

to my points and for, together, hopefully, serving this Senate 

and this Nation in a more positive and progressive way. 

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In particular, let me say a few words about some of the 

Members with whom I have had the privilege to work more 

closely. . . . 

SCOTT BROWN has drawn from his over 30 years of experience in the National Guard to advocate for our 

servicemembers. I am particularly pleased we were able to 

work together to create the new Office of Service Member Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. . . . 

I could go on with all of my colleagues, just thanking them 

for their friendship, for their camaraderie, and for their commitment to the Nation and the Senate. As they depart, they 

have left an extraordinary legacy. Now it is our responsibility to carry on in so many different ways, and I hope we 

measure up to what they have done. If we do, then we can 

go forward confidently. 

With that, I yield the floor. 

FRIDAY, December 21, 2012 

Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I want to give my thanks to 

Senator SCOTT BROWN, who leaves the Senate at the end of 

this session. I have not had the privilege of working with 

Senator BROWN for as long as I have worked with many of 

the other Senators who are concluding their service here. I 

am grateful for his work as a member of the Armed Services 

Committee, and for his support for some of the important reforms that helped put a cop back on the beat on Wall Street. 

SCOTT’s road to the Senate was not easy. Like all too many 

American children, he was the victim of abuse by those who 

were obligated to care for him. Senator BROWN overcame 

great odds to become a U.S. Senator—odds that had little to 

do with politics. He is an example of our power to achieve 

despite great challenges, and we can all learn from that example. 

Senator BROWN was one of a handful of Members who 

crossed party lines to support the Dodd-Frank Act, which 

provided vital reforms of the financial sector in order to help 

prevent a repeat of the financial crisis that crippled our 

economy. He and I disagreed on several important provisions 

of the act, and we disagree in many ways on how it can best 

be implemented. But his vote was very important to its passage. 

As a servicemember for more than three decades, including 

a deployment to Afghanistan, Senator BROWN has brought a 

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valuable perspective to the Armed Services Committee. He 

has spoken eloquently of the need to honor our Nation’s solemn obligation to our troops, our veterans, and our families. 

He has advocated for the National Guard and supported significant policy changes that are important for our 

servicemembers, such as supporting victims of rape or incest 

and repeal of ‘‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’’ I thank him for his contributions to the committee’s important work in fulfilling its 

obligation to servicemembers and their families. 

Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, now that the 112th Congress 

is coming to a close, the Senate will have an opportunity to 

acknowledge the efforts of those Senators who will be returning home at the end of this session of the Senate. One Senator I know I will miss in the days to come is Senator SCOTT

BROWN. 

Looking back it is hard to believe that SCOTT has only 

been a Member of the Senate for about 3 years. He has had 

an impact on our day-to-day deliberations over those years 

that far outweighs the time he has been a Member of the 

Senate. That speaks volumes about his ability to make the 

best use of his resources so that he could have an impact on 

those issues that concern the people of his home State. 

When SCOTT was elected to the Senate he became the first 

Republican Senator from Massachusetts to have made it 

here in more than 30 years. For me, that is proof of the kind 

of candidate SCOTT was and the effectiveness of the campaign he ran. 

His success in what was a very difficult race proved that 

SCOTT is a natural politician. He has a remarkable ability to 

grasp the core of the issues before the Senate and determine 

their possible impact on the people back home. He understands the people back home and he knows how they think 

and how they feel about the issues before the Senate. Equally important, SCOTT is able to explain those issues in simple, 

easily understood statements that stick in the minds of the 

people who hear him. He has a way with words that helps 

to win people over. 

When SCOTT came to the Senate people were not sure 

what to expect. Was he going to tend to follow one party or 

the other exclusively? No. SCOTT took up each issue individually, measuring them all with the yardstick of his principles 

and his determination to be an effective representative of the 

people of Massachusetts who sent him to Washington. It was 

not going to be easy, but SCOTT proved himself to be well up 

to the task. 

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As soon as he arrived, SCOTT found himself in the thick of 

a number of legislative battles. He took on each issue carefully and thoughtfully, which thoroughly confused all those 

who thought they had SCOTT all figured out. SCOTT proved 

to be an independent individual who was determined to do 

everything he could to make a difference in Massachusetts 

and in Washington. He soon proved he was able to do all of 

that and so much more. 

For 3 years, SCOTT has been an important addition to the 

day-to-day life of the Senate. I have no doubt we have not 

heard the last from him. He only needs to take a moment 

to see what he is interested in taking on in the next chapter 

of his life. He has a wealth of talent and ability and more 

important, he genuinely cares about the future of our Nation 

and all of the people who make up his home State and our 

Nation. There is a lot of opportunity out there for SCOTT and 

I know he will take full advantage of it. 

Thanks, SCOTT, for your service. Thanks for working so 

hard to get here, and once you did, thank you for never 

doubting in your ability to make a difference. You have 

helped to make changes both here and back home in more 

ways than you will ever know. Thank you, too, for your 

friendship. For 3 years you have been a strong and powerful 

advocate for the future of Massachusetts and you can be very 

proud of all you have achieved during your time in the Senate. 

THURSDAY, December 27, 2012 

Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, Senator SCOTT BROWN came to 

the Senate in an untraditional manner: winning a special 

election to fill the seat left by one of the giants of the Senate, 

Ted Kennedy. While his tenure has been just 3 years, I have 

appreciated Senator BROWN’s willingness to work across the 

aisle on two very important issues: reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, and working to end human trafficking. 

It happens that I have authored legislation to address 

these two very issues, and so it has been through the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act that I have 

seen Senator BROWN take a dedicated approach to protecting 

victims of violence. He is a cosponsor of both these bills, a 

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strong supporter of the goals behind them, and a vocal proponent of their enactment. 

Senator BROWN has also been a friend of the National 

Guard. Himself a Guardsman for over 30 years, he was one 

of 68 cosponsors of my Guard Empowerment Act, to give the 

head of the National Guard a seat with the Joint Chiefs of 

Staff, where decisions are made every day about our Nation’s 

military, including the National Guard and Reserve. As a 

Guardsman himself, he understands the strains placed on 

families here at home when the Guard, like any unit of the 

military, is deployed, as has happened so many times in the 

last decade. I appreciated Senator BROWN’s support on this 

important law. 

Senator BROWN has charted his own path in his short time 

here in the Senate, and I expect the ventures he undertook 

while serving here will continue. I wish him and his family 

the best. 

FRIDAY, December 28, 2012 

Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I would like to pay tribute to 

the Senators who will not be returning when the 113th Congress commences next month. I have already spoken about 

Senator Kyl and about Senator Inouye, one of the truly great 

Americans and giants of this institution. At the time of his 

death, Senator Inouye was just a few weeks short of celebrating 50 years of Senate service. Only Senator Byrd served 

in this institution longer. 

Turnover is a natural occurrence, but it’s important to 

acknowledge that the Senators who are departing have 

served in the Senate for a combined total of 237 years, or 

nearly 20 years per Senator, on average. Add Senator 

Inouye, and the total is close to 300 years. That service represents an enormous amount of expertise on issues ranging 

from national defense and foreign affairs to the Federal 

budget to energy policy. The departing Senators will also 

take with them vast institutional knowledge and bipartisan 

friendships and working relationships that will leave a void 

we will need to fill. . . . 

Mr. President, Senator BROWN shook the political establishment when he won a special election in 2010 to replace 

the late Senator Ted Kennedy. Senator BROWN was the first 

Republican to win a Senate race in Massachusetts since Senator Edward Brooke won reelection in 1972. Senator BROWN

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previously served in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004 and then in the State senate 

from 2004 to 2010. 

Senator BROWN has been here just a short time, but he 

has been in the thick of things, given his willingness to reach 

across the aisle. According to Congressional Quarterly, he 

has the second-most bipartisan voting record in the Senate, 

and helped the majority pass the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge, STOCK, Act, which he coauthored; the 

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

Act, which was passed with exactly 60 votes; the repeal of 

the Department of Defense’s ‘‘don’t ask, don’t tell’’ policy; the 

Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment, HIRE, Act, and 

the New START Treaty. In the wake of the horrific shootings 

at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, Senator BROWN was one of the first Republicans to express his 

support for reinstating the assault weapons ban. On a more 

parochial note, I would note that 9 months ago he started 

serving as an active member of the Maryland National 

Guard, and we are grateful for his service. . . . 

Mr. President, these men and women who will be leaving 

the Senate soon have made extraordinary sacrifices to serve 

our Nation. We are fortunate that they have chosen to spend 

significant parts of their lives in public service. All Americans owe them a debt of gratitude. Those of us who will be 

in the Senate next month when the 113th Congress convenes 

can best honor the legacy of our departing colleagues by 

reaching across the aisle as they have done so many times 

to forge bipartisan consensus and solutions to our Nation’s 

most vexing problems. The men and women who will be leaving the Senate at the end of this Congress understand that 

compromise isn’t a dirty word; it is the genius at the heart 

of our political system. We will miss them. 

SUNDAY, December 30, 2012 

Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I rise to recognize Senator SCOTT BROWN’s service to the Senate. While we have 

only had the opportunity to work together for 2 years, I have 

truly appreciated Senator BROWN’s insight, leadership, and 

friendship. 

Senator BROWN moved to Massachusetts as a young boy. 

He graduated from Wakefield High School, then joined the 

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tending Northwestern University and graduating from Tufts 

University and Boston College Law School, Senator BROWN

began serving the people of Massachusetts in 1992, first as 

a real estate assessor and then as a selectman in Wrentham. 

In 1998, he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and after three terms he was elected to the 

Massachusetts State Senate. In each of his State senate reelection bids, he ran unopposed. As a State legislator, he advocated for children’s and victims’ rights as well as veterans 

affairs and worked to promote good government initiatives. 

Senator BROWN came to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He 

quickly found his voice on the Armed Services and Veterans’ 

Affairs Committees thanks to more than 30 years of service 

in the National Guard. I was proud to join more than 30 of 

my colleagues in cosponsoring his Stolen Valor Act, which 

would make it a crime to knowingly misrepresent military 

service if a person wanted to profit from his or her lie. 

Senator BROWN also worked on good government initiatives in the Senate, leading bipartisan efforts to repeal a provision of law requiring Federal, State, and local governments 

to withhold 3 percent of payments due to contractors. I was 

proud to cosponsor his bill to avoid making infrastructure 

improvements more costly and business more challenging for 

health care professionals who accept Medicare payments. 

I have also been proud to work with Senator BROWN on 

another commonsense initiative in this Congress, the Prompt 

Notification of Short Sales Act. Our bill would improve the 

housing market by requiring banks to provide a written response to a short sale offer within 75 days of a request from 

a homeowner. There are neighborhoods across the country 

full of empty homes and owners who have legitimate offers, 

but unresponsive banks, and I commit to Senator BROWN

that I will continue to work on this issue in the coming year. 

Clearly Senator BROWN has served the people of Massachusetts and the people of the United States well, and he 

will be missed. I wish the best to him, his wife Gail, and 

their daughters Ayla and Arianna. 

MONDAY, December 31, 2012 

Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I rise to express my 

gratitude to SCOTT BROWN, with whom I have enjoyed the 

privilege of serving for the past 3 years. During that time, 

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curity and Government Services Committee, which I have 

chaired, as well as the Senate Armed Services Committee, 

where he and I have worked closely together as chairman 

and ranking member. 

Senator BROWN’s life story is a testament to our power to 

overcome any obstacle. His aptly titled memoir, Against All 

Odds, describes how despite suffering through a childhood in 

which he had to steal in order to help feed his sister and in 

which he was the victim of abuse, he rose to attend college 

and law school, serve in the Army National Guard, and eventually be elected to the U.S. Senate. Senator BROWN should 

be a role model to every young American who looks at themselves in the mirror and wonders whether they can overcome 

the obstacles in their path, because he has. 

Senator BROWN has been an invaluable Member of the 

Senate and the committees on which he has served, lending 

a voice of reason in an ever more partisan time. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator 

BROWN played a critical role in the debate on whether to repeal the military’s ‘‘don’t ask, don’t tell’’ policy, grilling witnesses at the committee’s hearings on the issue throughout 

the year. Senator BROWN was forthright in his view that the 

law should not be changed until Congress fully understood 

any possible risks associated with acting on the issue, but 

after he had studied the report issued by the Defense Department’s working group tasked with reviewing the issue, 

he lent his strong voice in support of repeal. For that, I am 

grateful, as are the tens of thousands of gay and lesbian 

servicemembers who no longer serve under the threat of separation because of who they are. 

In the 112th Congress, Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Airland, he and I were responsible for overseeing the tactical aviation and land power programs of the 

Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. It was a great 

pleasure working with SCOTT on these important matters, 

and I always benefited from his experience as a guardsman 

when reviewing these programs. 

As a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs Committee, Senator BROWN fought for and achieved 

passage of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge 

Act, STOCK Act, a bill that forbids Members of Congress 

and their staffs from profiting in any way from the information they obtain as part of the job that is not public. It is a 

testament to his service in the Senate that one of SCOTT

BROWN’s most notable accomplishments was a bill to uphold 

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the standards of the ethical behavior of Congress. It was an 

honor to work with Senator BROWN on this important effort. 

As ranking member on the Federal Financial Management 

Subcommittee, SCOTT BROWN joined his chairman, Tom Carper, along with full committee ranking member Susan Collins and me to introduce the bipartisan 21st Century Postal 

Service Act, which the full Senate endorsed on April 25, 

2012. This bill reflected many hours of tough negotiations in 

which SCOTT played a key role, and set out a balanced plan 

to get the Postal Service’s finances back in order. 

Senator SCOTT BROWN has enriched the work of the Senate and the lives of his colleagues over the past 3 years. He 

brought to the Senate not only his considerable talents but 

a great sense of humor, which was particularly helpful in the 

3 tough years he was here. I wish him and his family all the 

best as he opens a new chapter of his own life. I know that 

he will continue to serve our country in ways that really 

matter. 

THURSDAY, February 7, 2013 

ORDER FOR PRINTING OF TRIBUTES 

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 the retiring Members of the 112th Congress. 

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

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