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This next President will be faced 

with those challenges. So will this next 

Congress. I believe that will occur, not 

just because the American people expect it and demand it, but they deserve 

it. I don’t think the next President or 

the next Congress will fail. There is no 

perfect solution, no easy answer, but 

that is why we have leaders. That is 

why we have governments. 

I wish to go back to accountability 

for a moment because that is such an 

elemental part of anyone’s life. We are 

all accountable in life. In our personal 

lives, private lives, public lives, we are 

all accountable to someone. 

I would like to read a very short 

statement. As a matter of fact, I had 

this hanging in my reception room in 

my office. This was a handwritten 

statement that was found in the coat 

pocket of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. It was found at the cleaners. 

This was a note he wrote in his hand on 

June 6, 1944, the beginning of the Normandy invasion, the invasion of Europe. We all recall that was D-day. This 

is what then-General Eisenhower, who 

was the commanding general, wrote in 

the event that D-day was a failure: 

Our landings have failed and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at 

this time and place was based upon the best 

information available. The troops, the air, 

and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault 

attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone. 

Now, that is accountability. That is 

accountability. This one simple, honest, handwritten statement should be 

as much a guiding point for all of us in 

public office as any one thing. 

I have also learned over the last 12 

years that democracy actually does 

work. As raw as it is, it works. We in 

politics, we in government, government itself, the institution of government only reflects society. Politics reflects society. We respond. We react in 

a democracy. But the countervailing 

pressures, the countervailing dynamics, the countervailing debates and philosophies and opinions and positions 

balance the wheel in a remarkable way. 

I am not near wise enough to understand it all. I have observed it. I have 

participated in it up close for 12 years. 

It works. It works. That is why transparency is so important, so the American people can see it and feel it and 

understand it and be part of it. 

We live in an imperfect world. There 

are no perfect solutions. We are all imperfect people. But institutions are important because within the imperfect 

world and in the process of trying to 

make a better world—maybe someday 

a perfect world—the process is important because it gets us to where we 

want to be. It is a highway. It is a process. We do that well here, as well as 

anywhere in the world. We are always 

striving to make it better. 

I occasionally think about this great 

Republic, how it was formed, when it 

was formed. A couple of fairly recent 

things come to mind. When we think of 

less than 100 years ago, women in 

America could not vote. Less than 100 

years ago, women did not have the 

right to vote. But we addressed that. 

We fixed that. We fixed it through 

amendment XIX in our Constitution. 

Up until the mid-1960s, did anyone 

really believe that an African American had any hope or possibility to be 

a nominee for President of the United 

States, maybe even be President some 

day? The Voting Rights Act and the 

Civil Rights Act of the midsixties 

changed that. We know the system can 

work. 

These are defining times. We are living through a global reorientation. One 

of the great responsibilities this body 

will have, the next President will have, 

we all will have, is to reintroduce 

America to the world. The world does 

not know who we are. Part of that is 

our fault. Part of that is not our fault. 

There are 6.5 billion people, and 40 percent of those 6.5 billion are under the 

age of 19 years old. Most people alive 

today were not alive at the end of 

World War II. This can be done. It must 

be done. America is a great country because we are a good people. 

I wish to take my last minute in my 

comments today to read from a poem I 

have distributed to friends and staff for 

30 years. I do not know the author of 

this poem, and I never have. I never 

found out who the author of this poem 

is. I have put it on a piece of glass and 

have distributed hundreds and hundreds of copies to people I have worked 

with over the years in different things 

I have done. 

I end my remarks, Mr. President, 

this way this afternoon, by reciting 

this poem entitled ‘‘The Man in the 

Glass’’ because it reflects on each of us 

but, most poignantly, it reflects on 

each of us who has responsibility to 

serve the public and be accountable 

and honest: 

When you get what you want in your struggle for self 

And the world makes you king for a day, 

Just go to the mirror and look at yourself 

And see what that man has to say. 

For it isn’t your father or mother or wife 

Whose judgment upon you must pass. 

The fellow whose verdict counts most in 

your life 

Is the one staring back from the glass. 

You may be like Jack Horner and chisel a 

plum 

And think you’re a wonderful guy. 

But the man in the glass says you’re only a 

bum 

If you can’t look him straight in the eye. 

He’s the fellow to please—never mind all the 

rest, 

For he’s with you clear to the end. 

And you’ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test 

If the man in the glass is your friend. 

You may fool the whole world down the 

pathway of years 

And get pats on the back as you pass. 

But your final reward will be heartache and 

tears 

If you’ve cheated the man in the glass. 

Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I 

suggest the absence of a quorum. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE). The clerk will call the 

roll. 

The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. 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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UNITED STATES ARMY COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT OF 2008 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Committee on Banking be discharged 

from further consideration of S. 2579, 

and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The clerk will report the bill by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A bill (S. 2579) to require the Secretary of 

the Treasury to mint coins in recognition 

and celebration of the establishment of the 

United States Army in 1775, to honor the 

American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States Army and its role in 

American society, from the colonial period 

to today. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bill. 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

bill be read a third time and passed, 

the motion to reconsider be laid upon 

the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 

RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The bill (S. 2579) was ordered to be 

engrossed for a third reading, was read 

the third time, and passed, as follows: 

S. 2579 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United 

States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 

2008’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds that— 

(1) the United States Army, founded in 

1775, has served this country well for over 230 

years; 

(2) the United States Army has played a 

decisive role in protecting and defending 

freedom throughout the history of the 

United States, from the Colonial period to 

today, in wartime and in peace, and has consistently answered the call to serve the 

American people at home and abroad since 

the Revolutionary War; 

(3) the sacrifice of the American soldier, of 

all ranks, since the earliest days of the Republic has been immense and is deserving of 

the unique recognition bestowed by commemorative coinage; 

(4) the Army, the Nation’s oldest and largest military service, is the only service 

branch that currently does not have a comprehensive national museum celebrating, 

preserving, and displaying its heritage and 

honoring its veterans; 

(5) the National Museum of the United 

States Army will be— 

(A) the Army’s only service-wide, national 

museum honoring all soldiers, of all ranks, 

in all branches since 1775; and 


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(B) located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 

across the Potomac River from the Nation’s 

Capitol, a 10-minute drive from Mount 

Vernon, the home of the Army’s first Commander-in-Chief, and astride the Civil War’s 

decisive Washington-Richmond corridor; 

(6) the Army Historical Foundation (in this 

Act referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’), founded in 1983— 

(A) is dedicated to preserving the history 

and heritage of the American soldier; and 

(B) seeks to educate future Americans to 

fully appreciate the sacrifices that generations of American soldiers have made to 

safeguard the freedoms of this Nation; 

(7) the completion and opening to the public of the National Museum of the United 

States Army will immeasurably help in fulfilling that mission; 

(8) the Foundation is a nongovernmental, 

member-based, and publicly supported nonprofit organization that is dependent on 

funds from members, donations, and grants 

for support; 

(9) the Foundation uses such support to 

help create the National Museum of the 

United States Army, refurbish historical 

Army buildings, acquire and conserve Army 

historical art and artifacts, support Army 

history educational programs, for research, 

and publication of historical materials on 

the American soldier, and to provide support 

and counsel to private and governmental organizations committed to the same goals as 

the Foundation; 

(10) in 2000, the Secretary of the Army designated the Foundation as its primary partner in the building of the National Museum 

of the United States Army; and 

(11) the Foundation is actively engaged in 

executing a major capital campaign to support the National Museum of the United 

States Army. 

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and 

celebration of the founding of the United 

States Army in 1775, and notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the 

‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue the following coins: 

(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 $5 

coins, which shall— 

(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

alloy. 

(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

$1 coins, which shall— 

(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

copper. 

(3) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

than 750,000 half dollar coins, which shall— 

(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 

(C) be minted to the specifications for half 

dollar coins, contained in section 5112(b) of 

title 31, United States Code. 

(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted 

under this Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States 

Code. 

(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of 

sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United 

States Code, all coins minted under this Act 

shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins 

minted under this Act shall be emblematic 

of the traditions, history, and heritage of the 

United States Army, and its role in American society from the Colonial period to 

today. 

(2) DESIGNATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

each coin minted under this Act, there shall 

be— 

(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 

(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2011’’; and 

(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 

‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins 

minted under this Act shall— 

(1) contain motifs that specifically honor 

the American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, such designs to be consistent with the traditions 

and heritage of the United States Army, the 

mission and goals of the National Museum of 

the United States Army, and the missions 

and goals of the Foundation; 

(2) be selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of the Army, 

the Foundation, and the Commission of Fine 

Arts; and 

(3) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. 

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under 

this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and 

proof qualities. 

(b) MINT FACILITIES.—For each of the 3 

coins minted under this Act, at least 1 facility of the United States Mint shall be used 

to strike proof quality coins, while at least 1 

other such facility shall be used to strike the 

uncirculated quality coins. 

(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 

may issue coins minted under this Act only 

during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2011. 

SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under 

this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a 

price equal to the sum of— 

(1) the face value of the coins; 

(2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) 

with respect to such coins; and 

(3) the cost of designing and issuing the 

coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of 

machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, 

and shipping). 

(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall 

make bulk sales of the coins issued under 

this Act at a reasonable discount. 

(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for the coins minted 

under this Act before the issuance of such 

coins. 

(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to 

prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall be 

at a reasonable discount. 

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted 

under this Act shall include a surcharge as 

follows: 

(1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 

coin. 

(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 

coin. 

(3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half 

dollar coin. 

(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 

5134(f) of title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the 

sale of coins issued under this Act shall be 

promptly paid by the Secretary to the Foundation to help finance the National Museum 

of the United States Army. 

(c) AUDITS.—The Foundation shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 

5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with 

regard to the amounts received by the Foundation under subsection (b). 

(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge may be included 

with respect to the issuance under this Act 

of any coin during a calendar year if, as of 

the time of such issuance, the issuance of 

such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin programs issued during 

such year to exceed the annual 2-commemorative coin program issuance limitation 

under section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United 

States Code (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the 

Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

this subsection. 

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JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD 

HIGHWAY 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 4131, which was received from the House. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the bill by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A bill (H.R. 4131) to designation a portion 

of California State Route 91 located in Los 

Angeles County, California, as the ‘‘Juanita 

Millender-McDonald Highway.’’ 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bill. 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

bill be read three times and passed, the 

motion to reconsider be laid upon the 

table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating 

to the bill be printed in the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The bill (H.R. 4131) was ordered to a 

third reading, was read the third time, 

and passed. 

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ORGAN TRANSPLANT 

AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2008 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 6469, which is at the 

desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the bill by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A bill (H.R. 6469) to amend the Public 

Health Service Act to authorize increased 

Federal funding for the Organ Procurement 

and Transplantation Network. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bill. 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

substitute amendment, which is at the 

desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times and passed, the 

motions to reconsider be laid upon the 

table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statement relating 

to the bill be printed in the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The amendment (No. 5693) was agreed 

to, as follows: 

(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stephanie 

Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008’’. 


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