Herb Kohl 

U.S. SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN 

TRIBUTES 

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Tributes 

Delivered in Congress 

Herb Kohl 

United States Senator 

1989–2013 

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CONTENTS 

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

Farewell Address ...................................................................................... ix 

Proceedings in the Senate: 

Tributes by Senators: 

Cardin, Benjamin L., of Maryland ............................................ 16 

Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota ................................................. 8 

Coons, Christopher A., of Delaware ......................................... 12 

Durbin, Richard J., of Illinois ................................................... 20 

Harkin, Tom, of Iowa ................................................................. 7 

Johnson, Ron, of Wisconsin ....................................................... 10 

Klobuchar, Amy, of Minnesota .................................................. 19 

Leahy, Patrick J., of Vermont ................................................... 15 

Levin, Carl, of Michigan ............................................................ 9, 14 

Mikulski, Barbara A., of Maryland .......................................... 3 

Murkowski, Lisa, of Alaska ....................................................... 18 

Reed, Jack, of Rhode Island ...................................................... 12 

Reid, Harry, of Nevada ............................................................ 3, 4, 21 

Sessions, Jeff, of Alabama ......................................................... 21 

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BIOGRAPHY 

HERB KOHL was born in Milwaukee, WI, on February 7, 

1935. He attended Milwaukee public schools and graduated 

from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a bachelor’s 

degree in 1956. He received an MBA degree from Harvard 

School of Business Administration in 1958. Mr. KOHL served 

in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1958 to 1964. 

Before joining the Senate, he was a businessman and 

helped build his family-owned business, Kohl’s grocery and 

department stores. He served as president of the Kohl Corporation from 1970 through the sale of the corporation in 

1979. In 1985 he bought the Milwaukee Bucks to ensure the 

basketball team remained in Milwaukee, and he is recognized as an avid sportsman. 

From 1975 to 1977 he served as Wisconsin State Democratic Party chairman. He was elected to the Senate in 1988 

and reelected in 1994, 2000, and 2006. He served on the Senate Appropriations Committee, Judiciary Committee, Banking Committee, and the Special Committee on Aging, which 

he chaired. He was chairman of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over the budgets 

of the USDA, the FDA, and other agencies, which include 

many programs important to farmers and consumers. He 

also served as the chairman of the Judiciary’s Subcommittee 

on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, 

where he looked out for consumers to make sure that a competitive free market results in the best products for the best 

prices. 

During his time in office Senator KOHL was recognized as 

a strong advocate for children’s issues. He was author of legislation to expand the school breakfast program and a strong 

supporter of child nutrition programs. In 2003 he received 

the Distinguished Service Award from the Food Research 

and Action Center, a leading organization that works to 

eradicate domestic hunger. He sponsored legislation to increase child support enforcement, a bill based on Wisconsin’s 

system to ensure that more child support payments go to the 

families they are designed to help. Senator KOHL also sponsored the Child Care Infrastructure Act, a law encouraging 

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private companies and institutions to build on-site or nearsite daycare centers to meet the rapidly growing demand for 

child care. The bill was featured in Working Mother and Parents magazines. He was awarded the 2010 Best of Congress 

Award from Working Mother magazine and Corporate Voices 

for Working Families. 

He also received acclaim as a strong defender of Wisconsin’s farming tradition. He led the effort to extend the Milk 

Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program, which has provided 

millions of dollars in funding to Wisconsin dairy farmers 

struggling with plummeting milk prices. He helped establish 

the MILC Program as part of the 2002 farm bill to end regional fighting over milk pricing policies. The Wisconsin 

Farm Bureau Federation awarded Senator KOHL the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award, the highest individual 

honor given by the Bureau Federation, for his continued representation of Wisconsin farmers. The Council on Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching, a national organization of agricultural colleges and extension programs, has 

recognized him for leadership in support of U.S. agricultural 

research programs. He was also awarded the Congressional 

Workhorse Award from the Association of Public and Land 

Grant Universities for his support of agricultural research 

and education as well as the Golden Triangle Award from 

the National Farmers Union for his work on behalf of family 

farms and rural communities. 

Senator KOHL was recognized as a leader for his work to 

help America’s manufacturers. He championed the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program, a publicprivate partnership that uses Federal, State, and private dollars to provide technical support and services to small- and 

medium-sized manufacturers. He and his colleagues saved 

the MEP Program when President Bush proposed eliminating it, and since then he has helped secure record funding 

levels for America’s small- and medium-sized manufacturers. 

His work earned him the Legislator of the Year Award from 

the American Small Manufacturers Coalition in 2006. 

Another focus has been anticrime legislation, especially 

crimes related to children. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, he helped fund an array of juvenile 

crime prevention and afterschool programs, including Boys 

and Girls Clubs and the Families and Schools Together 

(FAST) Program. He secured $7.9 million in funding for the 

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amine and clandestine laboratories in Wisconsin, as well as 

the creation and expansion of the Wisconsin High Intensity 

Drug Trafficking Area to coordinate law enforcement responses to fight the drug trade and related crimes. He 

helped reauthorize juvenile justice programs and pushed for 

the most effective and innovative programs to help prevent 

crime, strengthen communities, and rehabilitate young people. The Senate also enacted his bill to require that handguns be sold with separate child safety locks. The legislation 

is designed to protect children from some of the thousands 

of shootings each year that involve children and teenagers. 

As chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, Senator 

KOHL led efforts to reduce the cost of prescription drugs and 

increase access to affordable generics. He passed a law to improve the quality of care in America’s 16,000 nursing homes 

and created a nationwide grant program for the creation of 

a comprehensive system of background checks to ensure that 

people with abusive and criminal histories are not hired to 

work closely with elderly patients in long-term care settings. 

He also worked to increase retirement security for older 

Americans by improving the Nation’s 401(k) and pension systems, strengthening Social Security, and expanding opportunities for older Americans to work longer if they so choose. 

He made lowering health care costs a top priority. Noting 

how prescription drug costs are a drain on seniors, families, 

and businesses, he authored two bills to expand access to affordable generic drugs. His Preserve Access to Affordable 

Generics Act stops brand name drug manufacturers from 

using payoff agreements to keep cheaper generic equivalents 

off pharmacy shelves. His Citizen Petition Fairness and Accuracy Act prohibits brand name drug companies from abusing the Food and Drug Administration’s ‘‘Citizen Petition’’ 

review process to delay generic drugs from reaching the market. 

Senator KOHL remains active in Wisconsin charitable activities. In 1990 he established the Herb Kohl Educational 

Foundation Achievement Award Program, which provides 

annual grants totaling $400,000 to 200 graduating high 

school seniors, 100 Wisconsin teachers, and 100 schools 

throughout Wisconsin. In 1995 he donated $25 million to the 

University of Wisconsin for a new sports arena. 

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Farewell to the Senate 

Thursday, December 13, 2012 

Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise for one final time to address the Senate. My remarks will be brief. Actually, I just 

want to say one thing: Thank you. I wish I could say it with 

the eloquence of one of my first friends in the Senate, Senator Dale Bumpers, who told his stories and always made his 

case pacing these aisles like a lion tethered to a specially 

made, extra long microphone cord, or with the breadth of vision of the late Senator Robert C. Byrd, who sprinkled his 

classic Mother’s Day or Fourth of July speeches with memorized poetry and his vast command of history, or with the 

fire of my dear friend, the late Senator Ted Kennedy, who 

would bellow to the rafters his passion for the America that 

could be and then call on the Senate to make it so. 

What a privilege it has been to serve with such men and 

so many other men and women who have made up this body 

over the last 24 years. You have been my friends, advisers, 

sometimes adversaries, always worthy, and my inspiration. I 

thank you. My colleagues in this body are, to a man or a 

woman, thoughtful, hard-working patriots. We do not always 

agree, understandably. But every Senator I have met is pursuing a course he or she believes is best for the Nation and 

advocating policies he or she believes are best for their 

States. 

When I have come to any of you with my ideas about what 

is best for the Nation or my State, you have listened respectfully, counseled wisely, and helped whenever you could, and 

so I thank you. 

The Senate is often referred to as a family, and that is certainly how I feel about my staff, many of whom are gathering today to say our goodbyes. Perhaps what I will miss 

the most on leaving the Senate is coming to work every day 

in Washington and in Wisconsin with such a bright, creative, 

and dedicated group of people constantly focused on what is 

best for our Nation and my State, challenging and pushing 

me to be the best Senator I could be. You cannot be a cynic 

about the future of this country when you work in an office 

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such as mine and have the privilege of interacting with generations of intelligent, civic-minded, and loyal staffers. 

I thank them all for making a hard job not just easy but 

enjoyable and for serving the people of Wisconsin tirelessly 

and exceedingly well. 

My final thanks go to the extraordinary people of Wisconsin. Thank you for letting me pay back, in part, the great 

debt my family owes to the State that took in my immigrant 

mother and father and allowed our family, including my 

brothers, Sidney and Allen, and our sister Dolores, to grow 

and thrive. Thank you for taking a chance on me in that first 

election 24 years ago and renewing my contract three more 

times. Thank you for trusting me with your problems and 

concerns, your hopes and dreams. 

Please know we have listened to you carefully and fought 

for you always. Every Wisconsinite who wanted it, Democrat 

or Republican, rich or poor, farmer or city dweller, got full 

consideration in my office. Whether it was arranging a Capitol tour, finding a lost Social Security check, pushing for legislation to reform the Federal dairy program, or reviving the 

shipbuilding industry in Marinette, WI, every Wisconsinite 

had an ally and an advocate in us. 

It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve these 24 

years in this hallowed institution, alongside my fellow Senators and my staff and as the voice for the people of Wisconsin. For that, I thank you all one last time. 

TRIBUTES 

TO 

HERB KOHL 

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Proceedings in the Senate 

THURSDAY, November 29, 2012 

Mr. REID. . . . I would now yield to my friend, the senior 

Senator from the State of Wisconsin. I will have more of an 

opportunity at a later time to say things about Senator 

KOHL, but I have had a wonderful experience in getting to 

know this quiet, very productive man. I have enjoyed his innate skills. He is one of the best businesspeople we have in 

America today, one of the best Senators we have in America 

today. 

WEDNESDAY, December 12, 2012 

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, 

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. . . . 

A comment about HERB KOHL, another brother appropriator, the very essence of civility. He brought a businessman’s 

savvy with a deep compassion and commitment to the people 

of Wisconsin. Now we all know the Kohl family. They own 

basketball teams, they own department stores. I tell you, 

that HERB, he understood retail, whether it was in politics 

fighting for the people and their day-to-day needs or the national policy of looking out for working families as they build 

their lives. He stood up for Wisconsin cheese, the Green Bay 

Packers, his basketball team. But most of all, he stood up for 

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shake was always good. You could count on him. It was a 

binding contract. . . . 

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. REID. Mr. President, we on the Democratic side are 

going to recognize that seven of our Senators are retiring, 

and that is unfortunate, but that is the decision they have 

made. As I have indicated on more than one occasion, parting is sweet sorrow. We had a celebration last week and 

talked about those seven Senators and it was truly a wonderful evening. 

I have come to the Senate floor to talk about these individual Senators, and today I am going to talk about Senator 

HERB KOHL. HERB KOHL, as has happened to other Members 

of this body, has had to overcome adversity to become a Senator. 

The history of HERB KOHL and his family touches me. He 

is a very humble man. He doesn’t talk very much, and even 

though we have served together for 24 years, I was stunned 

last week when we had a guest rabbi, Rabbi Kohl, from Canada. Hearing the name didn’t mean much to me because it 

is a fairly common name. But after the rabbi finished, HERB

KOHL, this man of humility, stood on the floor and gave us 

all a little bit of his background, which we had never heard 

before. 

Senator KOHL’s cousin, Rabbi Baruch Kohl, served as 

guest chaplain and offered the invocation to convene the 

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Senate. After the benediction, HERB KOHL, the senior Senator from Wisconsin, shared the family history. 

HERB KOHL’s father Max and Rabbi Kohl’s father Jack 

were brothers. During World War I, when Max and Jack 

were teenagers, the brothers were captured by the Russian 

military, jailed, and forced to march more than 150 miles, 

with little food, no proper clothing, and the constant threat 

of physical violence. On occasion, they didn’t have shoes, and 

they were walking basically to Siberia, which is where they 

were headed. The boys’ parents didn’t know where they were 

for more than 2 years. 

Max and Jack were then convicted by a czarist army as 

spies and sent on an epoch 5-month journey by rail across 

Siberia. In 1916, the brothers were dumped off in a remote 

corner of that wintry waste. Exile was frequently a death 

sentence. Fortunately, in this instance, it was not. The 

brothers survived relying on the kindness of strangers, and 

21⁄2 years later Max, HERB’s father, made his way back to his 

hometown. 

During their exile, young Jack looked after the even 

younger Max. Max eventually—this would be HERB KOHL’s 

father—immigrated to the United States. He sent for his 

older brother after he had earned a few dollars here in 

America. So the Rabbi’s dad was brought to America by his 

brother—HERB KOHL’s dad. 

The brothers’ bond passed through the generations to their 

sons. Senator KOHL and Rabbi Kohl are first cousins, and it 

was very dramatic to see the connection they shared on the 

Senate floor. The success enjoyed by Max Kohl, a Polish immigrant, and later by his son, a Senator for 24 years, is a 

testament to the American dream. 

Despite a rough start in life, Max founded a chain of Wisconsin grocery stores. HERB eventually became president of 

the Kohl’s chain, with one little store, but he was a successful businessman before he took over his dad’s chain of stores. 

He became the CEO of that chain started by his dad. 

Initially, after getting his bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin and his MBA at Harvard, HERB founded a 

successful real estate and stock investment firm. At the time 

he also served as an Army Reservist. He took over as president of Kohl’s grocery and department store in 1970. He successfully grew the company for a decade. 

As strong as his passion for business is, Senator KOHL was 

an even greater athletic fan. He had a passion for sports. In 

1985, he bought the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks to keep the 

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team from leaving Wisconsin. He couldn’t stand the thought 

of an outsider buying the team and moving the team from 

Milwaukee, and that was the talk everybody had heard. 

Everyone said HERB KOHL made a bad deal. Why did he 

pay so much money for that basketball team? But his decision to buy the Milwaukee Bucks, which at the time some 

said was crazy, proves doing the right thing and doing the 

profitable thing are often one and the same. Today, the 

Bucks are worth ten times what HERB paid for the team, and 

they are an important pillar of that vibrant Milwaukee community. 

HERB was also one of the original investors in the Milwaukee Brewers, owned by his childhood friend Bud Selig. 

Senator KOHL and Major League Baseball commissioner Bud 

Selig were roommates at a fraternity at the University of 

Wisconsin, but they knew each other when they were little 

boys. They lived in the same neighborhood. HERB and Bud 

still have lunch at Jake’s Deli whenever HERB is back in Milwaukee, which is almost every week. They do this on Saturday. 

Senator KOHL is also passionate about education. He 

founded the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Achievement 

Award Program, which awards grants and scholarships to 

graduating seniors, teachers, and schools all across Wisconsin. He donated $25 million to the University of Wisconsin to build a state-of-the-art, new athletic facility—the 

Kohl Center. 

Since he was elected in 1988, HERB KOHL has been a 

champion of public education, fighting to give students the 

tools they need to succeed in a modern workforce. He has 

also made fighting crime in Wisconsin and across the Nation 

a priority, advancing investments in antidrug and antigang 

programs. He has worked to reduce juvenile crime and ensure proper funding of State and local public safety agencies, 

and he has been a strong voice for Wisconsin dairy farmers. 

HERB has also been a valued member of the Appropriations Committee, the Banking and Judiciary Committees, as 

well as a strong chairman of the Special Committee on 

Aging. He has done so much for the aging populations we 

have in America today. 

He has been a leader on many different legislative initiatives. HERB KOHL is a fine man, a wonderful human being, 

and I so admire and appreciate him. He is a distinguished 

Senator, a devoted representative of the people of Wisconsin, 

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and his presence will be missed in the Senate. I wish him 

the very best in his retirement. 

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, with the close of the 112th 

Congress, our good friend and colleague Senator HERB KOHL

is retiring after four terms of dedicated service to this body, 

the people of Wisconsin and the United States. As a Senator, 

HERB KOHL has shown the same dedication and work ethic 

that previously allowed him to build his family-owned business into a nationally known brand name. Indeed, during his 

24 years in this body, he has been a classic workhorse Senator, as opposed to a show horse Senator. Few Senators have 

been more willing to shun the limelight and share the credit 

in order to get important things done for the people of this 

country. 

Senator KOHL is also a proud and principled progressive. 

His work in the Senate brings to mind the great words of the 

late Senator Hubert Humphrey: 

The moral test of government is how its government treats those who are 

in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the 

elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and 

the handicapped. 

Senator KOHL has been respected as a leading advocate on 

children’s issues. For instance, he authored legislation to expand the school breakfast program and has been a strong 

supporter of child nutrition programs. He also authored legislation requiring that handguns be sold with separate child 

safety locks. 

Of course, as chair of the Special Committee on Aging, he 

has led the charge in the Senate on issues affecting older 

Americans, something especially important in my State of 

Iowa. 

In particular, I salute Senator KOHL for authoring the 

Physician Payment Sunshine Act, which was included in the 

Affordable Care Act. The Sunshine Act, which was the focus 

of a series of hearings chaired by Senator KOHL, will require 

transparency and disclosure on payments made to doctors 

and surgeons by drug and medical device companies. 

Senator KOHL has been our leader in improving the safety 

and quality of nursing homes, ensuring criminal background 

checks for employees in nursing homes, and working with 

CMS to institute new and meaningful quality ratings for 

nursing homes. 

Senator KOHL and I worked together in my capacity as 

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mittee, on legislative reform of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation and its outside board. 

Senator KOHL also deserves enormous credit for his committee’s indepth hearings and reports identifying financial 

scams and abuses targeting seniors and the elderly. 

HERB KOHL is a good friend, and he has been an outstanding Senator. He has accomplished many things during 

his four terms in the Senate. I can think of no greater accolade than to say, simply, that HERB KOHL is a good, decent, 

honorable person with a passion for social and economic justice and a determination to make life better for ordinary 

Americans. 

I join with the entire Senate family in wishing HERB the 

very best in the years ahead. 

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, today I honor my colleague, 

Senator HERB KOHL, who will be leaving the Senate at the 

end of this term. Senator KOHL has served the people of Wisconsin for 24 years since first being elected to the Senate in 

1988. Throughout his time in Congress, Senator KOHL has 

stayed above political partisanship, while remaining true to 

his Midwest roots. He has represented the people of Wisconsin well and answered to no one but the citizens of his 

State. When he announced his retirement from the Senate, 

he said ‘‘The office doesn’t belong to me. It belongs to the 

people of Wisconsin, and there is something to be said for 

not staying in office too long.’’ These words describe a humble man who truly believes that it is his duty to represent 

the ideals of his constituents, even in an era of political polarization. 

Born and raised in Wisconsin, Senator KOHL is known 

throughout the Senate as a philanthropist. He had a successful career in business, eventually purchasing the Milwaukee 

Bucks. Throughout his time in Congress, Senator KOHL has 

proven that he is as openminded as he is honest, while continually holding on to his core principles. From expanding 

the coverage of health care to promoting education advancements, Senator KOHL’s legislative history is truly impressive. 

Wisconsin and North Dakota have a lot in common. We 

share a similar culture and geography as well as an agriculture industry that is a crucial component of both our 

States’ economies. In 2011 the National Farmers Union recognized Senator KOHL as a champion of dairy and competition issues. That is only part of the story concerning Senator 

KOHL’s support for family farmers. Senator KOHL has served 

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culture. In that capacity, he has been instrumental in ensuring that the partnership between the Federal Government 

and rural communities contributes to economic development 

throughout rural America. He has enhanced the conservation 

of our natural resources and ensured the United States remains at the forefront in agricultural research and innovation. In addition, Senator KOHL has been a stalwart supporter of food assistance programs for those who are the 

least fortunate among us. 

On a personal note, Senator KOHL recommended my wife 

Lucy for a position with Major League Baseball. It has been 

my wife’s dream job, so I am personally indebted to him for 

that. 

Senator KOHL’s commitment to the people of Wisconsin 

has been unwavering. The Senate will miss his honesty and 

hard work. I thank Senator KOHL for his service in the Senate and wish him the best in his future endeavors. Wisconsin 

should be proud of Senator KOHL, he remained true to his 

1988 Senate campaign slogan, serving as ‘‘Nobody’s Senator 

But Yours.’’ 

WEDNESDAY, December 19, 2012 

Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, in his four terms representing 

the State of Wisconsin in this body, Senator HERB KOHL’s 

focus has been precisely where it should be: the welfare of 

the people of his State and of our Nation. Whether in supporting American manufacturers and the jobs they provide, 

in fighting for protection from crime and for adequate nutrition for our children, in protecting senior citizens from elder 

abuse, or in preserving the Great Lakes that our two States 

share, Senator KOHL has accomplished much on behalf of 

American families. 

I have been fortunate to work closely with Senator KOHL

on issues of vital importance to our States. He has long been 

a strong supporter of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, which helps U.S. manufacturers with technical support 

and services that make them more efficient and competitive 

in the global marketplace. His support for adequate MEP 

funding has made a significant difference for American companies and workers. 

Now, we in Michigan bow to no one in our love for the 

Great Lakes, but even I would admit that Wisconsin, second 

only to Michigan in its length of Great Lakes coastline, is a 

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close competitor. As a member of the Great Lakes Task 

Force, which I cochair, he has supported cleanup of toxic hot 

spots, the fight against invasive species, protecting Great 

Lakes water quality, and sufficient funding for the Great 

Lakes Restoration Initiative. 

We have also shared an interest in consumer protection. 

Senator KOHL chairs the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer 

Rights, and from that platform, he has battled those who 

would prey on American consumers, whether they are abusive credit card companies or oil-exporting cartel nations. 

Where Senator KOHL has left what may be his most lasting impression is in his hard work on behalf of our Nation’s 

most vulnerable citizens: children and seniors. He has long 

advocated solutions to help make college more affordable. He 

has helped expand the availability of nutritious breakfasts 

for school-age children and programs to help parents afford 

food on the table for their families. He has worked to 

strengthen afterschool programs. In 2007 and again in 2008, 

he introduced the Patient Safety and Abuse Protection Act, 

which allowed employers to perform background checks on 

nursing home employees to help prevent elder abuse. When 

this legislation was included in the Affordable Care Act in 

2009, it was a major step forward for patient safety. 

I will miss working with HERB KOHL on these and many 

other issues. I will miss the opportunity to give him a hard 

time whenever our Detroit Pistons beat his Milwaukee 

Bucks. I hope we can continue the important work he has 

helped move forward: protecting good jobs, our Great Lakes, 

our students, and our seniors. 

THURSDAY, December 20, 2012 

Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin. Madam President, I rise to 

pay tribute to a man who has been generous with his time, 

his treasure, and his heart, to his friends, his family, the 

State of Wisconsin, and to America, Senator HERB KOHL. 

America and Wisconsin have always been defined by immigrants arriving in this country seeking freedom, opportunity, 

and a better life for themselves and their families. Such was 

the case for Senator KOHL’s father Max, an immigrant from 

Poland, and his mother Mary, an immigrant from Russia. 

Their family’s story was just one among the many millions 

of stories of fulfillment of the American dream. 

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Max and Mary’s son HERB attended Washington High 

School in the Sherman Park neighborhood of Milwaukee. He 

graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1956 

and went on to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School 

in 1958. 

Senator KOHL’s service to his country started at a young 

age. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve after receiving his 

MBA and served in the military for 6 years. After his military service, he began contributing to our Nation not in government but in the private sector. During the 1970s, he 

managed his family’s well-known retail businesses. The 

stores built by the Kohl family remain the legacy that all 

Wisconsin respects and appreciates. 

When Wisconsin’s NBA team, the Milwaukee Bucks, was 

considering moving out of the State for financial reasons, 

Citizen KOHL stepped in and purchased the franchise. He 

prevented the team from leaving and preserved professional 

basketball as an integral part of Wisconsin’s strong sports 

tradition. Suffice it to say, Citizen KOHL had established 

himself as a very successful member of this Nation’s business community. But he didn’t hoard his financial success; 

he shared it and he shared it generously. 

Senator KOHL’s philanthropy was widespread, but he particularly seemed to enjoy directing his generosity to helping 

Wisconsin students and educators. In 1990, he established 

the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Achievement Award 

Program. This program provides a total of $400,000 to hundreds of students, teachers, and schools throughout the State 

of Wisconsin each and every year. In 1995, Senator KOHL

continued his generosity to education and sports in our State 

by donating $25 million to the University of Wisconsin Madison for a new sports arena. The Kohl Center, as it is now 

known, is the home for the school’s basketball and hockey 

teams. 

Senator KOHL was first elected in 1988 and even though 

his duties required him to spend time in Washington, his 

heart has always been with the people of Wisconsin. For the 

past 24 years, he has maintained a strong passion for Wisconsin’s children, seniors, farmers, and manufacturers. 

As a man whose life has been distinguished by generosity, 

it is worth noting that his final speech on the floor of the 

Senate was not a long list of his many accomplishments; instead, it was a short heartfelt speech of gratitude to those 

who made him the generous man he is today, those he 

served with, and those he represented in the Senate for four 

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consecutive terms. Now it is our turn to thank Senator KOHL

for the honorable 24 years he has served his State and this 

Nation. 

During his first election, the slogan of Senator KOHL’s 

campaign was ‘‘Nobody’s Senator but Yours.’’ There can be 

no doubt in anyone’s mind that he has lived up to that promise each and every day. 

On behalf of all the citizens of Wisconsin, I wish to thank 

Senator HERB KOHL for his generous spirit and his many 

years of service to Wisconsin and America. 

With that, I yield the floor and note the absence of a 

quorum. 

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. . . . 

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. 

Mr. COONS. . . . There are so many other Senators I want 

to speak about today [besides Daniel Inouye], but let me turn 

to a few, if I might, and give some insight for the folks who 

only see Members of this Chamber on cable TV shows or in 

the give-and-take of election season or who only know them 

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as the cutout and caricatures that the public thinks of as 

Senators. If there is a common thread between them, it is 

that they share that loyalty, work ethic, and humility that 

so characterized Senator Inouye in his decades here. . . . 

I remember in my first few months here that Senator 

KOHL, my colleague on the Judiciary Committee, spoke so 

rarely that when I first heard him speak at an event on the 

manufacturing extension partnership—one of his passions, 

and mine—I was struck by the power and reach of his voice. 

It is because he uses it so sparingly, but his example speaks 

even louder. He never sought the spotlight here but worked 

tirelessly to make a difference fighting for the little guy on 

antitrust issues in the Judiciary Committee. 

He believes, as do I, if an American entrepreneur has a 

great idea, we should help protect that idea by preventing 

trade secret theft and other intellectual property threats. We 

also share a deep commitment to the idea that higher education should be more accessible and affordable to every student who wants to pursue it. I am honored to have the opportunity to take up from Senator KOHL’s work on these and 

other important issues. 

Outside this Chamber Senator KOHL has just as strong a 

voice and broad an impact with his philanthropy, but we 

would never hear him speak about it; that is just not his 

style. He has earned my abiding respect with his unassuming grace and his determined leadership. . . . 

So here we are, 5 days before my family celebrates Christmas and 12 days before the new year and the beginning of 

the so-called fiscal cliff. Our politics have paralyzed this 

Chamber and this town. But what the example of all of these 

remarkable Senators has shown us, what it has taught me, 

is that we can still be better than our politics. 

The humanity of this place, too often shoved aside by the 

politics of the moment, shows us that we can do better. One 

by one, these Senators, in delivering their farewell addresses 

to this Chamber, stood at their desks and each in turn urged 

us to find a way to return to the days when Senators knew 

each other and worked together. What will it take to get us 

to that point again—a horrific tragedy in an elementary 

school, a dangerous economic cliff, some devastating attack, 

a cyberassault on America? 

Our retiring colleagues are each telling us, each in turn, 

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cause we can do better. We must do better. In the spirit of 

each of these departing colleagues, I will do my level best. 

I hope we all can commit to doing the same. 

Thank you, and I yield the floor. 

FRIDAY, December 21, 2012 

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

is coming to a close, we have an opportunity to acknowledge 

and express our appreciation for the service of our fellow 

Senators who will be retiring at the end of the year. HERB

KOHL, one of those who will be returning home when the 

gavel brings to a close the current session of Congress, will 

be missed, for he has been very active and involved in the 

day-to-day work of the Senate for many years. 

My first contact with HERB came about when I found out 

that he had a ranch in Wyoming. I shouldn’t have been surprised. As I have had a chance to come to know him, it 

seemed pretty clear that he had a lot of Wyoming in him. He 

is a gentleman and a gentle man in every sense of those 

words. He says what he means and he means what he says. 

For him, those words aren’t cliches, they are an indication of 

the way he lives his life. 

I know I am not the only one who thought that about 

HERB. That is why he has a well-earned reputation for being 

a calm, thoughtful legislator. He has a knack for taking on 

a problem, giving it his full attention, and then working with 

Members on both sides of the aisle to develop a workable solution to solve it. That is why he has been so successful on 

a number of issues. 

HERB’s ability to patiently pursue an agenda, and then 

focus on a solution that would receive the support necessary 

to pass, has been a hallmark of his service. Never one to 

seek out public attention for his efforts, he has been rewarded with something far more important—the knowledge 

that he has done a good job. His commitment to the future 

of his home State and our Nation has made it possible for 

him to have an impact on several issues of great importance 

to people from every corner of the United States. 

HERB has been such a successful legislator in part because 

of his small business background. He understands better 

than most the important role our businesses play in our 

local, State, and national economies. He is a man of vision 

who put his great talents into action when he helped to take 

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the family business to the next level. His success in that effort helped to put him on a path that made it possible for 

him to do some things that a lot of us only dream about. 

One of those great dreams he was able to make come true 

was his ownership of a professional sports team, the Milwaukee Bucks. There had been some speculation that the 

team might be bought and moved out of Milwaukee. HERB

made sure that wouldn’t happen. He bought the team and 

kept them in Milwaukee, and the people of Wisconsin appreciated his efforts to keep the home team—at home. 

None of that would have been possible if not for HERB’s 

ability to organize his time so that he could make the best 

use of that precious commodity. That has been one of his 

greatest assets in the Senate, too. Back home, his constituents know that he is a thoughtful person who is interested 

in them and is always on the watch for those things he can 

do as their Senator to make their day-to-day lives better. 

His constituents have greatly appreciated his work in 

Washington on their behalf, and that is why they returned 

him time after time so he could keep doing such a good job 

of representing them. HERB has compiled an important 

record that he should be proud of because it reflects his commitment to the future of his home State and our Nation. 

THURSDAY, December 27, 2012 

Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the people of Wisconsin have 

elected and reelected Senator HERB KOHL to represent them 

in the U.S. Senate four times. Since coming to the Senate in 

1989, I have been honored to serve with him on the Senate 

Judiciary Committee, where his commitment to matters involving antitrust, juvenile justice, and technology has afforded us many opportunities to work together. We have 

partnered in other important areas, too, from our States’ 

shared interest in a vibrant and supported dairy industry to 

important housing assistance. 

Everyone likes Senator KOHL. He is a consensus builder, 

and is always seeking a bipartisan solution. That approach 

led to a bipartisan investigation in the Judiciary Committee 

over Ruby Ridge. It led to enactment of the Juvenile Justice 

and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act, and economic espionage bills. 

Senator KOHL has been a constant champion for the Nation’s dairy farmers from those in Wisconsin to those in 

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Vermont. His Superb Milk House at the Wisconsin State 

Fair is a hit every year. A tradition he began in 1990, it still 

sells glasses of milk for just 25 cents. I was delighted to hear 

he intends to keep the Milk House running even after he 

leaves the Senate. Wisconsin and Vermont dairy farmers 

have not always agreed on how best to support the industry, 

but Senator KOHL’s commitment has never wavered. 

As chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, Senator 

KOHL has kept the needs of some of the most vulnerable 

around us—the elderly—front and center during his time in 

the Senate. His support for the Housing Assistance Council, 

which helps improve housing conditions for the rural poor 

with an emphasis on the poorest of the poor has been steadfast, and I was pleased to work with him to ensure that in 

an age without earmarks, this important council was qualified to compete for Federal financial support. He has been a 

longtime partner in rural housing issues—a partnership I 

will miss. 

Senator KOHL has worked tirelessly for the people of Wisconsin both as a Senator and as a philanthropist. Since 1990, 

he has provided annual grants totaling $400,000 to Wisconsin students, teachers, and schools through the Herb 

Kohl Educational Foundation Achievement Award Program. 

When Senator KOHL announced his retirement, he stated 

that he never believed it was his Senate seat, but that it belonged to the people of Wisconsin, and that is just who HERB

KOHL is. Even in retirement, I have no doubt he will remain 

dedicated to the people of Wisconsin. Serving with him for 

more than two decades has been an honor and a privilege. 

The Senate will miss him. 

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 

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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 HERB KOHL embodies the American 

dream. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland 

and Russia who started a chain of grocery and department 

stores. Senator KOHL earned a bachelor of arts degree from 

the University of Wisconsin in 1956 and a master of business 

administration, MBA, degree from Harvard Business School 

in 1958. Between 1958 and 1964, Senator KOHL was a member of the U.S. Army Reserve. Senator KOHL had a highly 

successful business career before he was elected to the Senate in 1988 with 52 percent of the vote. In each successive 

reelection effort, his share of the popular vote rose, all the 

way up to more than 67 percent in 2006. 

I have served with Senator KOHL on the Judiciary Committee and have seen first hand his commitment to ensuring 

the fairness of our legal system. 

Senator KOHL introduced legislation to create a tax credit 

for employer-provided childcare after Congress passed the 

welfare reform bill in 1996, to help families move from welfare to work. The credit was codified in section 45F of the Internal Revenue Code as part of the package of tax cuts 

passed in 2001. Section 45F offers a tax credit for 25 percent 

of what it costs a business to build and maintain an onsite 

childcare facility and 10 percent of their expenses for 

childcare resource and referral services. It is capped at 

$150,000 a year per company to target the benefit to small 

businesses. 

Throughout his career, Senator KOHL has championed the 

National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, MEP, a publicprivate partnership that provides technical support to small 

and medium manufacturers. Since MEP arrived in Wisconsin 

in 1998, its 2 centers have created or retained over 13,000 

high quality manufacturing jobs with almost $2 billion in 

economic impact throughout the State. In 2007 and 2010, 

Senator KOHL introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize 

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PETES Act of 2007; the latter as part of the American COMPETES Reauthorization of 2010. For over a decade, and despite budgetary pressures, MEP has received the resources it 

needs to continue to help small manufacturers in Wisconsin 

and across the Nation, prompting the American Small Manufacturers Coalition to name Senator KOHL a ‘‘champion for 

small manufacturers.’’ 

Senator KOHL’s quiet but effective contributions to our Nation aren’t limited to his service here in the Senate. He is a 

committed philanthropist, too. For instance, he donated $25 

million to the University of Wisconsin at Madison for the 

construction of its new sports arena. It was the largest single 

donation in the University’s history. In 1990, he established 

the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Achievement Award 

Program, which provides annual grants totaling $400,000 to 

200 graduating seniors, 100 teachers, and 100 schools 

throughout Wisconsin. And he is much beloved in his hometown for purchasing the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team 

in 1985 to prevent the team from being moved to another 

city. . . . 

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 come to the floor to 

recognize Senator KOHL as he prepares to retire after 24 

years in the U.S. Senate. 

Senator KOHL was born and raised in Wisconsin, the State 

he tirelessly represents to this day. He attended public 

school in Milwaukee and at the University of WisconsinMadison before obtaining his MBA from Harvard University 

in 1958. His business ventures proved incredibly successful, 

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and he was acting president of Kohl’s grocery and department stores for nearly a decade. In 1988, he took his business and education experience to the U.S. Senate. 

I have had the pleasure of serving with Senator KOHL on 

the Appropriations Committee for the past 4 years. His bipartisan cooperation is outstanding, and together we have 

worked on numerous hearings and bills. He has been an 

asset on the committee. We will miss his dedication, intuition, and eagerness to work with others to find solutions. 

As a mother of two and former PTA member, I also appreciate Senator KOHL’s zeal in advocating children’s issues. He 

authored legislation to expand the school breakfast program, 

strengthened child nutrition programs, and has worked to 

meet the growing demand for childcare. His work on the Appropriations Committee ensured the continuation of important programs such as the Boys and Girls Club and the Families and Schools Together Program. This hard work did not 

go unrecognized. In 2010, Senator KOHL received the Best of 

Congress Award from Working Mother Magazine and Corporate Voices for Working Families. I will always admire 

Senator KOHL for his hard work on behalf of families and 

children across the United States. 

Senator KOHL’s charitable endeavors will also remain an 

important part of his legacy. In 1990, he established the 

Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Achievement Award Program. This program provides annual grants to 200 graduating high school seniors, 100 Wisconsin teachers, and 100 

schools in his home State. 

I cannot thank Senator KOHL enough for his service over 

the past few decades. I am honored to have worked by his 

side and wish him the best. 

MONDAY, December 31, 2012 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I wish to recognize my 

colleague HERB KOHL for his many years of distinguished 

service and leadership on behalf of our country and the people of Wisconsin. 

It has been an incredible honor for me to serve with HERB

as neighboring Senators these last 6 years. He is a statesman in the truest sense of the term, not to mention one of 

the most genuinely kind and steadfast public servants of our 

time. This is the reason he is so admired in the Senate, and 

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it is how he came to be known as one of the most beloved 

and respected public figures in the State of Wisconsin. 

Like HERB, my mom was born and raised in Milwaukee. 

I have many fond memories of visiting Wisconsin and can 

personally attest to how loved and respected HERB KOHL is 

throughout the State. People know him for the jobs he created as a businessman. They know him for the scholarship 

program created in his name. And of course, they know him 

for the way he ‘‘saved basketball’’ by keeping the Bucks in 

Milwaukee. But above all, people know HERB for his consistent record of putting Wisconsin first. 

From strengthening Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector and 

keeping jobs in the State to improving the MILC Program 

and better supporting our dairy farmers, HERB has touched 

and improved the lives of people across Wisconsin and 

throughout the Midwest. At the national level, he has earned 

a reputation as a masterful policymaker with a quiet, commonsense approach to legislating that is the stuff of Senate 

legend. But don’t be fooled by HERB’s even keel. 

When it comes to protecting consumers and standing up 

for the middle class, few people are as fiercely committed as 

HERB KOHL. As chair of the Antitrust Subcommittee, he has 

been a truly tireless champion for consumer rights and competition policy. I’ve seen this first hand, while working with 

him on legislation to crack down on captive shipping in the 

rail industry and to restrict the so-called pay-to-delay deals 

that keep affordable prescription drugs off the market. 

Senator KOHL, it would be impossible to do full justice to 

your legacy in a single statement. So instead I will simply 

say this: Wisconsin is better off because of your leadership, 

and so is our country. Thank you for all of the friendship, 

wisdom, and support you have shown me over the years. You 

will be missed, but I know that even in retirement you will 

continue to find ways to improve our great country and work 

for the people of Wisconsin. 

TUESDAY, January 1, 2013 

Mr. DURBIN. . . . Now, last night I bid farewell to Senator 

HERB KOHL of Wisconsin. I am going to miss him more than 

most people can imagine because HERB KOHL spent the time 

and understood America’s dairy program. 

Madam President, I confess, I do not understand this program. Vaguely, yes; but if it was on the final, I would flunk. 

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So I used to go, on dairy issues, to Senator KOHL. Wisconsin 

dairy farmers and Illinois dairy farmers always saw eye to 

eye. 

I said, ‘‘HERB, you are my dairy expert. You tell me. You 

are my adviser.’’ Well, HERB is retiring. I will need a new adviser. . . . 

THURSDAY, January 3, 2013 

Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, as the year ends, we face 

the sadness that surrounds the departure of good colleagues. 

I want to take a minute to express my pleasure in having 

the opportunity to know and work with HERB KOHL. We 

have served 16 years together on the Judiciary Committee 

and in the Senate. He is one of the most accomplished and 

courteous Members of the Senate. His powerful intellect 

along with his vast private sector experience have given him 

valuable insight into the issues of our time. We shared a 

strong belief in the importance of the Littoral Combat Ship 

and in the end were both pleased to see that program move 

forward. As a senior participant on the Judiciary Committee, 

Senator KOHL was a faithful member who had a remarkable 

ability to win the affection and respect of Members. He always sought common ground rather than confrontation. It’s 

been a real pleasure for me to get to know and to work with 

this remarkable, talented, and good man. He has given much 

to the Senate. My best wishes are extended for this next 

chapter in his life. 

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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