May 8, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6275

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Joe Bradley Pigott, of Mississippi, to be

United States Attorney for the Southern

District of Mississippi for the term of four

years.

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

Harriet M. Zimmerman, of Florida, to be a

Member of the Board of Directors of the

United States Institute of Peace for a term

expiring January 19, 1999.

Mrs. HUTCHISON. What is the pendLEGISLATIVE SESSION

fing business, Mr. President?

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will now return to legislative session.

COMMONSENSE PRODUCT LIABILITY AND LEGAL REFORM ACT

fThe Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The

pending business is H.R. 956.

Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I

CLOTURE MOTION

fsend a cloture motion to the desk.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented

under rule XXII, the Chair directs the

clerk to read the motion.

The legislative clerk read as follows:

CLOTURE MOTION

We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the

Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby

move to bring to a close debate on the

Coverdell substitute amendment to H.R. 956,

the product liability bill.

Bob Dole, Slade Gorton, Pete Domenici,

Frank Murkowski, Spencer Abraham,

Trent Lott, Kay Hutchison, Chuck

Grassley, Rick Santorum, Jay Rockefeller, Larry Pressler, Larry Craig, Don

Nickles, Conrad Burns, Christopher

Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask

Bond, Bill Frist.

MORNING BUSINESS

funanimous consent that there now be a

period for the transaction of morning

business with Senators permitted to

speak for up to 5 minutes each.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

RECOGNITION AND COMMENDAThe Senator from Nebraska.

TION OF THE LAKOTA AND DAfKOTA CODE TALKERS

Mr. KERREY. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Senate Resolution 116, a resolution to recognize

and commend the Lakota and Dakota

code talkers submitted earlier today by

Senator DASCHLE and Senator PRESSLER.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered. The clerk

will report.

The legislative clerk read as follows:

A resolution (S. Res. 116) recognizing and

commending the Lakota and Dakota Code

Talkers.

The Senate proceeded to consider the

resolution.

Mrs. HUTCHISON. I ask unanimous

consent that the resolution and preamble be agreed to en bloc, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table;

that any statements appear in the

RECORD as if read.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, today,

as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of

V–E Day, I am proud to submit a resolution honoring a special group of

World War II veterans, the code talkers

of the Lakota and Dakota tribes.

In the early days of World War II,

American radio codes were continually

being broken by Japanese cryptographers, placing American lives at

great risk.

That changed with the code talkers,

who used their native American Indian

languages to communicate and relay

critical communications. It was a code

the Japanese could not decipher.

The heroic efforts of the Lakota and

Dakota code talkers saved many lives.

And it was just one of the many ways

in which native Americans served their

Nation with great honor and distinction and valor during World War II.

On December 1941, there were approximately 5,000 American Indians in

the armed service. By the end of the

war, more than 44,500 American Indians

served in uniform. Indeed, more than 10

percent of all native Americans, alive

at the time served in World War II.

In 1982, Congress and a Presidential

proclamation recognized the heroic

contributions of the Navajo code talkers and their communication efforts

during World War II. Today, let us also

recognize the patriotic efforts of the

Lakota code talkers who served in the

same line of duty.

And let us say to them

‘‘pilamayapelo,’’ thank you.

I yield the floor.

So the resolution was agreed to.

The preamble was agreed to.

The resolution (S. Res. 116), with its

premable, is as follows:

S. RES. 116

Whereas the Lakota and Dakota Code

Talkers, Native Americans who were members of the Sioux Nation, worked in radio

communications during World War II and

used their Lakota and Dakota languages to

relay communications;

Whereas Japanese cryptologists never deciphered the Native American languages that

were used as codes during World War II, including the Lakota and Dakota languages;

and

Whereas the Lakota an Dakota Code Talkers deserve to be recognized for their contribution to the successful resolution of the

war effort in the Pacific: Now, therefore, be

it

Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and

commends the Lakota and Dakota Code

Talkers for their invaluable contribution to

the successful resolution of World War II.

A SALUTE TO GLEN LEE FOR HIS

33-YEAR CAREER

Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, B. Glen

Lee retired the other day, and just

about everybody who ever had dealings

with the gentleman will testify that

for 33 years he was a worthy public

servant—which is just about the best

monument to any public servant.

Glen Lee is indeed admired by his fellow citizens. It was Hawthorne who asserted years ago that nobody who

needs a monument ever ought to have

one.

Glen Lee does not need a monument,

but he deserves the one he has.

Mr. President, B. Glen Lee’s career

was devoted to his diligent work with

and for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was Deputy Administrator

of the USDA’s Plant Protection and

Quarantine Program—a part of the Department’s Health Inspection Service.

In that capacity, Mr. Lee served so well

that last year he was 1 of 6 winners of

the 1994 Executive Excellence Award

presented by the Professional Development League.

And, Mr. President, in that connection he was singled out for praise for

having persuaded the Peoples’ Republic

of China to allow the entry of United

States apples and other produce.

Glen Lee was graduated from N.C.

State University in 1962 and began his

career as an inspector in the Plant

Pest Control Division of the Ag Research Division in North Carolina. His

retirement rolled around while he was

serving as the top plant protection official in the United States.

He served the American people well.

Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I rise

THE MOSCOW SUMMIT

ftoday to praise President Clinton for

his determination to push forward our

national agenda with the Russians at

this week’s summit in Moscow.

It is no secret that recently several

items of dispute have arisen to cloud

the relationship between Russia and

the United States. In response, there

have been scattered voices calling on

the President to cancel his trip.

Mr. President, such a course would

have been a profound mistake, and I

am gratified that our President had the

wisdom and maturity to stay the

course. Russia, both in spite of and because of her current difficulties, remains fundamentally important to this

country. We must remain engaged with

the world’s other major nuclear power

and continue to strive to bring her into

a European security system of democratic countries.

Moreover, British Prime Minister

Major, German Chancellor Kohl, and

French President Mitterrand all will be

attending the ceremonies marking the

50th anniversary of the end of World

War II and honoring the heroic sacrifices that the Russian people made in

the victorious struggle against nazism.

In that context it is unthinkable that