S5726 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 31, 2012 

recomissioned as an attack carrier. 

While the Bennington was stationed in 

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in February 

1953, then-U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy obtained leave for Ned to return 

to the United States for the birth of his 

first child. 

In 1958, Ned was assigned to the USS 

Wasp in Boston after it had been overhauled to become the hub of a special 

anti-submarine group of the Sixth 

Fleet. While aboard the Wasp, Ned 

sailed through the Mediterranean and 

participated in Operation Blue Bat, a 

U.S. military intervention into Lebanon. The Wasp was responsible for 

transporting sick and injured Marines 

from Lebanon so they could receive 

care. 

In 1960, Ned was transferred to NAS, 

Naval Air Station Memphis. While in 

Memphis, Ned established the Naval 

Air Maintenance Training Group Library. He was also a courier between 

Memphis and Washington, carrying 

plans for jets under design. 

He retired from the Navy in Memphis 

on December 31, 1964, as a senior chief 

petty officer. 

After leaving the Navy, Ned and his 

family moved to Mayfield, KY, where 

he worked as a maintenance manager 

at the General Tire manufacturing facility. There, he raised three children, 

Debbie, Richy, and Mike. After retiring 

from General Tire in 1983, Ned and his 

wife kept their house in Mayfield while 

traveling the country in a motor home 

in the spring, summer, and fall and 

wintering in Florida. They travelled to 

all 50 States. They moved to Lillian, 

AL, in 2005. 

At this time I ask my U.S. Senate 

colleagues to join me in honoring Mr. 

Ned Moore for his service to country 

and his devotion to the defense of freedom. When World War II ended, he laid 

down his arms to become a productive, 

successful member of the community 

who was admired by his family, neighbors, and State. He has been a role 

model to Tres Watson and many other 

Kentuckians. I wish him all the best in 

his retirement and a happy future. 

f 

WOOL TRUST FUND 

Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I am 

happy to hear there is a commitment 

to pass the extension and modification 

of the Wool and Cotton Trust Funds 

this year. As my colleagues noted, the 

Wool Trust Fund compensates for the 

competitive damage caused by the fact 

that duties are higher on imports of 

raw materials, like wool fabric, than 

on imports of finished products, like 

trousers and suits. This ‘‘tariff inversion’’ gives foreign manufacturers a 

significant cost advantage over U.S. 

manufacturers like Rochester, NY’s 

Hickey Freeman. 

Hickey Freeman has been operating 

in Rochester, NY since 1899. Wool cloth 

imported by Hickey Freeman is cut 

and sewn into wool clothing which, in 

turn, is sold in stores across the United 

States and around the world. I am particularly proud to note—while our athlete’s uniforms sadly were made in 

China, our announcers on NBC are 

wearing Hickey Freeman at the 2012 

London Olympic Games. 

The Wool Trust Fund is a successful 

program in curbing job losses and allowing American textile and apparel 

companies to expand their own export 

markets. Without the technical fix 

that we are asking for here today, the 

health of the Wool Trust Fund will be 

in peril. 

I thank Senator MENENDEZ for his 

tireless leadership in extending and 

modifying the Wool and Cotton Trust 

Funds and the Leader and Chairman 

BAUCUS for agreeing to work with Senators MENENDEZ, CARDIN and myself to 

ensure these important programs are 

dealt with by the end of the year. 

f 

6-MONTH CONTINUING 

RESOLUTION 

Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, agreeing to put the government on autopilot 

for 6 months is no great achievement. 

It simply means more drift. It means a 

longer period of uncertainty for government agencies and the people they 

serve, more spending on ineffective 

programs and outdated priorities, and 

inadequate investment in programs 

that merit additional resources. 

My preference is that we complete 

our work and make specific spending 

choices based on the relative merits of 

government programs. There is no excuse for the Senate not to be considering the appropriations bills. Our 

committee members have done the 

work of scrutinizing budgets, holding 

hearings, and drafting bills. Those bills 

deserve to be considered by the Senate, 

negotiated with the House and sent to 

the President as soon as possible. 

I congratulate the distinguished 

chairman of our Committee on Appropriations, Mr. INOUYE, for his dependable leadership on getting us to this 

point. I look forward to continuing our 

efforts to extend our appropriations authority for the balance of the fiscal 

year. 

f 

WEAR AMERICAN ACT OF 2012 

Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. President, 

in cities and towns across the Nation, 

workers have the proud tradition of 

manufacturing products that are made 

here at home. 

Manufacturing helped us become an 

economic superpower and build a 

strong, vibrant middle class. 

Ohio manufacturers and workers are 

some of the most industrious, innovative, and competitive in the Nation. 

Our companies and the hard-working 

people who fill our factories can compete with anyone in the world. 

But this competition is getting 

tougher as our Nation is facing ongoing 

and unfair competition from countries 

like China. 

It does not help when U.S. companies 

and organizations either outsource 

jobs, production, and purchases overseas. 

As has been reported in the news recently, the U.S. Olympic Committee’s 

use of Chinese-made apparel was a 

missed opportunity to use domestic apparel manufacturers. 

The public outrage about this decision created was predictable. 

It is unconscionable that the U.S. 

Olympic Committee would hand over 

the production of uniforms worn by our 

proud athletes to a county that flouts 

international trade laws, manipulates 

its currency, and cheats on trade. 

It makes no sense that an American 

organization would place a Chinesemade beret on the heads of our finest 

athletes when we have the capacity to 

make high-end apparel here. 

I am encouraged that, after speaking 

with the chief executive and chair of 

the U.S. Olympic Committee, uniforms 

designed by Ralph Lauren for the 2014 

Olympic Games will be made in the 

United States. 

I also applaud USOC’s decision to further ensure, as a matter of policy, that 

they are going to make Buying American a priority. 

But this incident reminds us of the 

consequences of passing a trade deal 

without real accountability and enforcement. 

Congress passed a trade deal with 

China more than 10 years ago, which 

has contributed to the loss of more 

than 5 million U.S. manufacturing jobs 

between 2000 and 2010. 

While some lawmakers and economists have written off our manufacturing sector including textile and apparel production they need to think 

again. 

According to the National Council of 

Textile Organizations, the United 

States is the third largest exporter of 

textile products in the world. 

The textile sector put more than 

500,000 people to work at plants in large 

cities and mills in rural towns. 

Do some lawmakers and economists 

really think we should turn our backs 

these working Americans? 

No. It is not right that U.S. workers 

get overlooked when it comes to showcasing that American apparel workers 

in Ohio towns like Brooklyn and 

Aracanum can make things. 

We’ve seen this time and time again: 

whether it is Olympic uniforms or U.S. 

flags, products all too often are not 

made here. 

We can and we must stop this disturbing trend. 

That is why I am introducing the 

Wear American Act to make certain 

that the Federal Government purchases apparel that is 100 percent 

American-made. 

That means all textiles and apparel 

purchased with U.S. tax dollars will be 

invested in U.S. businesses and communities not China. 

The textile industry has been a staple of our Nation’s economy since its 

founding and it will be important in 

the future. 


tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with SENATE