S10418 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 2, 2008 

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. NELSON of Nebraska). Is there objection? 

Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I object. There is objection on the Republican side. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. 

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UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST— 

H.R. 7112 

Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent 

that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H.R. 7112, which is at the 

desk; that the Dodd-Shelby amendment 

which is also at the desk be agreed to, 

the bill, as amended, be read a third 

time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that 

any statements relating to this matter 

be printed in the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there 

objection? 

Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I object. The Banking Committee is working on new language which has not yet 

been cleared. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. 

Mr. REID. I want the record to reflect that this is very important legislation to impose sanctions with respect 

to Iran, to provide for the divestment 

of assets in Iran by State and local 

governments and other entities, and to 

identify locations of concern with respect to transshipment, reexportation, 

or diversion of certain sensitive items 

to Iran. We have tried to get this done. 

It is very important. There has been 

objection by the Republicans. That is 

unfortunate. 

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UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST— 

S. 3644 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent, on behalf of Senator 

LANDRIEU and others, that the Agriculture Committee be discharged from 

further consideration of S. 3644, a bill 

to provide crop disaster assistance, and 

the Senate proceed to its consideration, that the bill be read three times 

and passed, the motion to reconsider be 

laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate, and that any 

statements relating to this matter be 

printed in the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there 

objection? 

Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I object. I understand Senator COBURN has 

a hold. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. 

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UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, the news 

from Nevada about those unemployed 

is that it is going up every day. Nevada 

now has an extremely high unemployment rate, over 7 percent. But Nevada 

is not the most unemployed State. 

Michigan is over 9 percent. We Democrats are deeply concerned with the 

continued rise in unemployment and 

the fact that many unemployed workers have exhausted or soon will exhaust 

their benefits. We hope our Republican 

colleagues will allow the Senate to 

move legislation forward and extend 

unemployment compensation benefits 

and do it now before we recess. 

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UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST— 

S. 3507 

Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent 

that the Finance Committee be discharged from further consideration of 

S. 3507 and that the Senate proceed to 

its immediate consideration, that the 

Reed of Rhode Island amendment at 

the desk be considered and agreed to, 

the bill, as amended, be read a third 

time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and there be 

no intervening action or debate. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there 

objection? 

Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I object. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. 

Mr. REID. 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. HAGEL. 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. HAGEL. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that I be allowed to 

speak—I assume we are in morning 

business. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are in 

morning business. 

Mr. HAGEL. For up to 20 minutes. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, thank 

you. I am very pleased you are in the 

chair this afternoon. For those who are 

not aware of the fact that Nebraska’s 

entire Senate delegation is on the Senate floor today, one who will soon become the senior Senator is presiding. 

So, thank you, Mr. President. 

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TRIBUTE TO SENATORS 

Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, I would 

like to begin my remarks this afternoon acknowledging four of our colleagues who will be leaving the Senate 

along with me at the end of this Congress, the 110th Congress, and then 

make some additional comments. 

PETE DOMENICI AND JOHN WARNER

Mr. President, this body will lose two 

of the most respected, highly regarded 

consensus builders in the history of 

this body. I speak of the senior Senator 

from New Mexico, Mr. DOMENICI, and 

the senior Senator from Virginia, Mr. 

WARNER. Between the two of these distinguished national leaders, they have 

given the Senate and this country 70 

years of service. 

Most Americans are aware of Senators DOMENICI and WARNER and the 

contributions they have made. Those of 

us who have had the privilege of serving with these two individuals know 

what they have meant to our country. 

They have been role models, leaders, 

men of conscience, of vision, of integrity, of courage. And all of those mostvalued human characteristics have 

been evident when America has needed 

them most. 

For their voice and their courage and 

their vision, we thank them. For the 

kind of men they are, and the Senators 

they have been, we thank them. We are 

all much enriched by our association 

with Senators WARNER and DOMENICI, 

and this country will miss them greatly. 

But they leave strong legacies. They 

leave men and women who have been 

touched by their leadership and their 

values who will carry on behind them, 

emulating their leadership and their 

vision. 

WAYNE ALLARD

Mr. President, I wish also to recognize one of my classmates with whom I 

came to the Senate 12 years ago. He is 

our neighbor from the West, the senior 

Senator from Colorado, WAYNE ALLARD. Aside from Senator ALLARD and 

Colorado usually taking Nebraska’s 

water, we find little to quarrel with in 

the kind of work that Senator ALLARD

has done for his State and our country. 

I have had an opportunity to serve 12 

years with Senator ALLARD on the 

Banking Committee. His very steady 

performance and leadership will be 

missed on that committee, as well as 

on the other committees he has served 

and has been very active, as my colleague in the chair knows, who served 

with him as well on the Armed Services Committee. His leadership on the 

Budget Committee in particular will be 

missed. I wish to acknowledge that 

friendship and that leadership of Senator ALLARD. 

LARRY CRAIG

Mr. President, the fourth Member of 

the Senate who will be leaving along 

with me will be the senior Senator 

from Idaho, LARRY CRAIG. I have had 

an opportunity to work with Senator 

CRAIG over the years on environmental 

issues, energy issues, trade issues, agricultural issues. There have been few 

who have been as forceful and important a voice on behalf of those critical 

challenges to our country. 

Senator CRAIG, Senator ALLARD, Senator WARNER, and Senator DOMENICI all 

leave the Senate a better institution 

for their service. 

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FAREWELL TO THE SENATE 

Mr. HAGEL. On January 7, 1997, I 

took an oath of office in the Senate, an 

oath to the Constitution, and I became 

the 1,841st person who has ever served 

in the Senate. That number struck me 


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