S6332 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 13, 2012 

To the extent to which we spend a 

dime above the budget, it is either borrowed or paid for by new taxes. There 

is no doubt about it. There are new 

taxes in this bill, new revenue that is 

in this bill. Some of it is gimmicky, I 

have to tell you, and it is not the way 

we should do business, in my view. 

I appreciate the opportunity to share 

these thoughts. I believe the budget 

point of order should not be waived. We 

should not spend more than the deemed 

budget allocations allow. We should 

send this bill back to committee, tell 

them to get busy on a thorough review 

of the jobs situation of veterans, and 

come forward and produce a bill we can 

pass that does the job and does not violate the budget. We spend $3,700 billion. 

We ought to be able to find $900 million 

somewhere in that budget to meet this 

challenge. 

I thank the Chair and yield the floor. 

I suggest the absence of a quorum. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will call the roll. 

The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the 

quorum call be rescinded. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Wednesday, September 19, following any leader remarks, the Senate resume consideration of S. 3457, and notwithstanding 

rule XXII, it be in order for Senator 

MCCONNELL or his designee to raise a 

budget point of order against the substitute amendment No. 2789; that if a 

budget point of order is raised, the majority leader or his designee be recognized for a motion to waive the applicable budget points of order; that the 

time until 12 noon be equally divided 

between the two leaders or their designees on the motion to waive; that 

upon the use or yielding back of time, 

the Senate proceed to vote on the motion to waive; that if the motion to 

waive the applicable budget points of 

order is not agreed to, the cloture motions with respect to the substitute 

and the underlying bill be withdrawn 

and the bill be returned to the calendar 

and the majority leader then be recognized; that if the motion to waive is 

agreed to, at a time to be determined 

by the majority leader, after consultation with the Republican leader and 

notwithstanding rule XXII, the motion 

to commit be withdrawn; that all pending amendments be withdrawn with the 

exception of the pending substitute 

amendment No. 2789; that there be 30 

minutes of debate, equally divided between the two leaders or their designees; that upon the use or yielding 

back of time, the Senate proceed to 

vote on the motion to invoke cloture 

on the substitute amendment No. 2789; 

if cloture is invoked, the remaining 

postcloture time be yielded back and 

the Senate then proceed to vote in relation to the substitute amendment 

No. 2789; that following that vote, the 

Senate proceed to vote on the motion 

to invoke cloture on S. 3457, as amended, if amended; and if cloture is invoked, the postcloture time be yielded 

back, the bill be read a third time and 

the Senate proceed to vote on passage 

of the bill as amended, if amended, and 

following the vote on passage, the majority leader be recognized; if cloture is 

not invoked on the substitute amendment No. 2789, the cloture motion on 

the underlying bill be withdrawn and 

the bill be returned to the calendar; 

further, that no amendments, motions 

or points of order be in order to the 

substitute amendment or the bill other 

than those listed in this agreement; finally, that when the Senate receives 

H.J. Res. 117, the continuing resolution 

for fiscal year 2013, it be placed on the 

calendar; that on Wednesday, September 19, it be in order for the majority leader to move to proceed to H.J. 

Res. 117 and file cloture on the motion 

to proceed; finally, that if a cloture 

motion is filed, notwithstanding rule 

XXII, the vote on the motion to invoke 

cloture on the motion to proceed to 

H.J. Res. 117 occur at 2:15 p.m., on 

Wednesday, September 19. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest 

the absence of a quorum. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will call the roll. 

The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. 

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the order for 

the quorum call be rescinded. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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MORNING BUSINESS 

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent the Senate proceed 

to a period of morning business, with 

Senators permitted to speak therein 

for up to 10 minutes each. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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COMMENDING CONGRESSMAN 

JERRY COSTELLO 

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I would 

like to take a moment to thank a man 

who has been a good friend to me and 

a strong advocate for working people in 

our home State of Illinois, across 

America and beyond. 

Congressman JERRY COSTELLO has 

represented the 12th Congressional District of Illinois in the House of Representatives for nearly a quarter century. We served together for 8 years in 

the House, from 1988 to 1996. 

Congressman COSTELLO will be retiring at the end of this Congress. He has 

flown home nearly every weekend for 

24 years. He and I have shared more 

flights between Washington and Illinois than either of us can count. I will 

miss his company on those flights, and 

all of us in the Illinois congressional 

delegation will miss his leadership and 

good counsel in our ranks. 

JERRY COSTELLO and I were both born 

in East St. Louis, IL, which was a hardscrabble, working class town even back 

then. JERRY’S family lived in Holy Angels Parish and I was a St. Elizabeth 

Parish kid, but we were both taught by 

the Marianist brothers at Assumption 

High School, home of the Pioneers. 

JERRY’s family moved to Belleville, 

IL, when JERRY was in high school and 

his dad was elected St. Clair County 

sheriff. In seventh grade, he met the 

love of his life, Georgia Cockrum. They 

married when they were just 18. 

JERRY put himself through college 

working as a court bailiff. He also 

worked as a deputy sheriff, probation 

officer and court administrator. 

In 1980 he was elected St. Clair County Board chairman, making him CEO 

of one of Illinois’ largest counties. 

In 1988 he won a special election to 

fill the term of a longtime Congressman who had died in office. Mel Price 

was a veritable legend who had served 

in Congress since before JERRY COSTELLO was born. 

I remember when JERRY COSTELLO

was sworn in. I was one of the newer 

members of the Illinois delegation 

back then. Welcoming him to our delegation that day were Illinois Senators 

Paul Simon and Alan Dixon, along 

with Congressmen Sid Yates, Frank 

Anunzio, Ken Gray and me. 

We kidded JERRY and called him 

‘‘Landslide’’ because of his narrow 

margin of victory. It was the one and 

only time in his congressional career 

that he had a close election. 

The 12th Congressional District in 

southern and southwest Illinois runs 

along the Mississippi River, from Alton 

south to Cairo. It is a mix of agricultural and industrial communities including East St. Louis, Belleville, 

Carbondale and Granite City. 

People there don’t care much about 

political labels, they care about results—and that is what JERRY COSTELLO has always focused on. He is 

pragmatic and bipartisan. 

The Almanac of American Politics 

said it well. JERRY COSTELLO: As practical and district-minded as any member of the House. If it can be done, COSTELLO will surely do it. 

He has fought for smart, responsible 

economic policies. He supported historic deficit reduction bills in 1993 and 

1997 that helped produce the first balanced budget in a generation. Four 

years ago when our Nation was on the 

verge of economic collapse, he voted 

for the Recovery Act to help prevent a 

second Great Depression. 

On that day 24 years ago that he was 

sworn in, JERRY COSTELLO expressed interest in serving on the House Public 

Works and Transportation Committee. 

He won that assignment. Today he is 

the senior Democrat on the House 

Transportation Aviation Subcommittee, an assignment he has used 

to keep the aerospace industry alive 

and well in southern Illinois. 

He has also been a relentless advocate for aviation safety. He has had a 

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hand in every major aviation safety 

bill over the past decade. Congressman 

COSTELLO’S legacy will be safer skies 

and runways for America. 

No one in Congress has a better understanding of or a stronger commitment to improving America’s transportation infrastructure. 

JERRY COSTELLO has helped write 

three national Transportation bills. We 

served together on the conference committee for the most recent Transportation Act, which passed earlier this 

year. It was a bipartisan victory that 

will create or save 3 million good jobs, 

strengthen America’s infrastructure 

and provide the certainty that transportation planners and builders need. 

Building modern, regional transportation networks to support economic 

development and improve people’s 

quality of life has always been one of 

his top priorities. 

JERRY COSTELLO has been involved in 

every major transportation project in 

the St. Louis-Metro East region for the 

last 30 years, from construction of the 

Clark Bridge to the New Mississippi 

River Bridge connecting St. Louis and 

East St. Louis. 

He helped bring light rail to the 

Metro East region and he helped lead 

the effort to create a high-speed rail 

corridor connecting St. Louis and Chicago. He helped pass the strongest airline safety law in 50 years. His leadership was critical in securing the funding to strengthen the flood control levees and dams along the Mississippi 

River and in the adoption of new flood 

insurance maps that are fair and equitable. 

The first vote JERRY COSTELLO cast 

in Congress was a ‘‘yes’’ vote to help 

bring a South Africa trade sanctions 

bill to the floor for debate. He has remained a committed, consistent champion of basic human rights and worker 

rights—including worker safety and 

the right to bargain collectively. 

He has fought for fair trade, for efforts to create good jobs in America, 

and against rewarding companies for 

shipping American jobs overseas. He 

has voted to make college more affordable, and he helped pass the Affordable 

Care Act. Presidents and Congresses 

tried for a century to pass comprehensive health care. JERRY COSTELLO

bravely cast one of the votes that finally got the job done. 

Coal lies below 65 percent of Illinois’ 

surface. It could be a real economic and 

energy boon to America—if we can find 

a way to use it safely and cleanly. 

JERRY COSTELLO has fought for cutting-edge new technologies and publicprivate partnerships including 

FutureGen and the new Prairie State 

Energy Campus that can advance clean 

coal exploration and bring thousands of 

good new jobs to Illinois. He has also 

been a strong supporter of expanding 

the use of biofuels—a move that would 

help our environment, boost our energy 

security and benefit Illinois farmers. 

Scott Air Force Base is the largest 

employer in Illinois south of Springfield. When the future of the base hung 

in the balance during successive rounds 

of BRAC closings between 1995 and 2005, 

JERRY COSTELLO led the effort to maintain and expand its missions. Instead of 

shutting down, Scott Air Force Base 

actually added 800 new jobs and when 

then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates 

visited Scott in 2007 he hailed it as one 

of America’s three most important air 

bases. 

Congressman JOHN SHIMKUS has 

called JERRY COSTELLO the ‘‘patron 

saint of Scott Air Force Base’’ and he’s 

right. JERRY’S energy and skill did 

more to save Scott Air Force Base 

from being closed by the BRAC process 

than any other factor. 

Loretta and I want to thank JERRY’S

wife, Georgia, their three grown children, Jerry, John and Gina, and their 

eight grandchildren for sharing so 

much of their husband, father and 

grandfather with our State and our Nation all these years. 

JERRY has said that he might like to 

teach government next. He would be 

good at it. The success of our democracy depends on our ability to solve 

hard problems by reaching honorable 

compromises. JERRY COSTELLO could 

teach that lesson because he has lived 

it. Whatever his future holds, I wish 

my old friend the best of luck and I 

want to thank him again for all he has 

done for our State and our Nation. 

I now ask unanimous consent to 

enter Senator KIRK’S statement honoring Congressman COSTELLO’S service 

to the State of Illinois into the RECORD

following my remarks. 

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 

Mr. KIRK. Mr. President, I rise today to 

give thanks to the dean of Illinois’ House of 

Representatives delegation, Congressman 

JERRY COSTELLO, who has announced his retirement after more than two decades of 

service in the Congress. Congressman COSTELLO has been a fixture in the halls of the 

Capitol long before I took office in 2001, and 

we will miss his leadership and dedication to 

the people of the 12th Congressional District. 

From his senior position on the House 

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, he has been a tireless advocate for 

our Nation’s road, rail, waterway and aviation infrastructure. His work to improve 

southwestern Illinois’ levee system in particular will pay lasting dividends for his district’s safety and economic development. 

Congressman COSTELLO has been such an 

effective legislator not just because of his 

knowledge of the issues, but also due to his 

ability to work across the aisle. In a time of 

increasing partisanship in Washington, Congressman COSTELLO has established himself 

as a bipartisan partner, more interested in 

delivering for his district than scoring political points. This fact is underscored by his 

close relationship with our colleague Congressman JOHN SHIMKUS. Together, they 

have advanced numerous priorities for southern Illinois, including their support for 

clean, domestic energy production. 

But his work on behalf of the men and 

women of Scott Air Force Base is what I believe will be one of his lasting legacies. Congressman COSTELLO fought to keep Scott 

open during Base Realignment and Closure 

Commission process and has been a strong 

advocate for the base’s core medical, communications, and logistics missions, along 

with the communities that surround Scott. 

I know I speak for our entire delegation 

when I wish Congressman COSTELLO a happy 

and well-earned retirement. His leadership 

will be missed. 

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2012 PARALYMPIC GAMES 

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, this past 

Sunday, the closing ceremonies of the 

2012 summer Paralympic games were 

held in London. More than 4,200 athletes seated in the arena were joined by 

80,000 cheering spectators to celebrate 

the culmination of 11 days of athletic 

achievement with parades, fireworks, 

and music. 

Of the 227 American athletes competing in this year’s London games, 20 

are members or veterans of the U.S. 

Armed Forces, including three Active 

Duty servicemembers. This is especially noteworthy given that it was 

disabled British World War II veterans 

using sports as rehabilitation who 

founded what has become today’s modern Paralympic games. 

Among those representing Team USA 

in the London Paralympic games were 

many athletes from Illinois, including 

a number of students and alumni of the 

University of Illinois’ acclaimed 

Adapted Varsity Athletics Program. 

Evanston native Greta Neimanas arrived at her second Paralympic games 

as a 7-time national champion, 13-time 

world championship medalist and 

ParaPan Am games gold medalist. A 

longtime patient of the Rehabilitation 

Institute of Chicago (RIC) and an inspiration to many of RIC’s younger patients, she competed in both track and 

road cycling events in London. 

Joe Berenyi left London with three 

Paralympic medals: a gold, a silver, 

and a bronze. The cyclist, who was born 

in Aurora, IL, also set a world record 

on his way to becoming the Paralympic 

champion in the men’s individual C3 

Pursuit. A father of three, Joe returned 

to Oswego this week where he was surprised by a parade of family and friends 

in his honor. 

Centennial High School graduate 

Nichole Millage of Champaign won her 

second silver medal in sitting 

volleyball as a member of the women’s 

team. Even before winning silver in 

Beijing, Nichole saw the amputation of 

her left leg as an opportunity, not a 

disability. 

Born in Chicago, Justin Zook is a 

three-time Paralympic gold medalist 

and world recordholder. Justin’s victory in the 100-meter backstroke in 

London was all the more impressive 

given his disability reclassification on 

the eve of the games, placing him 

alongside athletes with a lower level of 

physical disability than he had competed against previously. 

University of Illinois junior Tatyana 

McFadden, who goes by the nickname 

‘‘Lady Velocity,’’ won four medals in 

London: three gold and one bronze. She 

competed in the 100, 400, 800, and 1,500 

meters and the marathon and was only 

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