May 26, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7647

reduction in overhead for programs of

nondefense agencies that remain funded in the

budget and whose funding is not interconnected

with receipts dedicated to a program;

(2) the Committee Report (104–82) on this concurrent budget resolution states that ‘‘this assumption would not reduce funding for the programmatic activities of agencies.’’.

(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of

the Senate that the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations should make a reduction of at least three percent in overhead for fiscal year 1996 programs of defense agencies, and

should do so in a manner so as not to reduce

funding for the programmatic activities of these

agencies.

SEC. 326. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE

ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE PROGRAM

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

(1) the essential air service program of the Department of Transportation under subchapter II

of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code—

(A) provides essential airline access to isolated

rural communities across the United States;

(B) is necessary for the economic growth and

development of rural communities;

(C) connects small rural communities to the

national air transportation system of the United

States;

(D) is a critical component of the national

transportation system of the United States; and

(E) provides air service to 108 communities in

30 States; and

(2) the National Commission to Ensure a

Strong Competitive Airline Industry established

under section 204 of the Airport and Airway

Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 recommended

maintaining the essential air service program

with a sufficient level of funding to continue to

provide air service to small communities.

(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of

the Senate that the essential air service program

of the Department of Transportation under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United

States Code, should receive, to the maximum extent possible, a sufficient level of funding to

continue to provide air service to small rural

communities that qualify for assistance under

the program.

SEC. 327. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE

PRIORITY THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN

TO RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION

ACTIVITIES.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

(1) section 1202 of the Energy Policy Act of

1992 (106 Stat. 2956), which passed the Senate 93

to 3 and was signed into law by President Bush

in 1992, amended section 6 of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 12005) to direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a 5-year

program to commercialize renewable energy and

energy efficiency technologies;

(2) poll after poll shows that the American

people overwhelmingly believe that renewable

energy and energy efficiency technologies

should be the highest priority of Federal research, development, and demonstration activities;

(3) renewable technologies (such as wind,

photovoltaic, solar thermal, geothermal, and

biomass technology) have made significant

progress toward increased reliability and decreased cost;

(4) energy efficient technologies in the building, industrial, transportation, and utility sectors have saved more than 3 trillion dollars for

industries, consumers, and the Federal Government over the past 20 years while creating jobs,

improving the competitiveness of the economy,

making housing more affordable, and reducing

the emissions of environmentally damaging pollutants;

(5) the renewable energy and energy efficiency

technology programs feature private sector cost

shares that are among the highest of Federal

energy research and development programs;

(6) according to the Energy Information Administration, the United States currently imports more than 50 percent of its oil, representing $46,000,000,000, or approximately 40 percent,

of the $116,000,000,000 total United States merchandise deficit in 1993; and

(7) renewable energy and energy efficiency

technologies represent potential inroads for

American companies into export markets for energy products and services estimated at least

$225,000,000,000 over the next 25 years.

(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the

Senate that the assumptions underlying the

functional totals in this resolution include the

assumption that renewable energy and energy

efficiency technology research, development,

and demonstration activities should be given

priority among the Federal energy research programs.

SEC. 328. FOREIGN SALES CORPORATIONS INCOME EXCLUSION.

The assumption underlying the functional totals include that it is the sense of the Senate

that cuts in student loan benefits should be

minimized, and that the current exclusion of income of Foreign Sales Corporations should be

eliminated.

Mr. BOND addressed the Chair.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri is recognized.

Mr. BOND. I thank the Chair.

(The remarks of Mr. BOND pertaining

to the introduction of S. 872 are located

in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Statements

on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.’’)

THE PRESIDING OFFICER. The

Senator from Missouri is recognized.

MR. ASHCROFT. I thank the Chair.

(The remarks of Mr. Ashcroft pertaining to the introduction of Senate

Joint Resolution 36 are located in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.’’)

Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, I

suggest the absence of a quorum.

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.

BOND). The clerk will call the roll.

The bill clerk proceeded to call the

roll.

Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask

unanimous consent that the order for

the quorum call be rescinded.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

LES ASPIN: A PUBLIC SERVANT

AND A FRIEND

fMr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, last

Sunday the Nation lost one of its foremost leaders on military and defense

policies, and I lost a good friend, with

the passing of Les Aspin.

I came to know and appreciate Les

Aspin when we served together in the

House of Representatives, and he and

Junket, his huge, hairy sheep dog,

shared an office down the hall from me

in the Cannon House Office Building.

I came to know and appreciate Les as

a good and decent man who was never

too busy to stop and exchange a joke

with you.

I also came to admire and respect

him as a dedicated, selfless public servant. At the time of his death, he had

spent more than 3 decades in public

service as a Member of the House of

Representatives, as chairman of the

House Armed Services Committee, as a

chief adviser on military policy to the

Clinton-Gore campaign, as Secretary of

Defense, and as the head of the Foreign

Intelligence Advisory Board.

No person could have been better prepared for these important and demanding positions. Les Aspin brought to

them the best of education, including

an undergraduate degree from Yale, a

master’s degree from Oxford University, and a Ph.D. in economics from

MIT.

And he had the best of training, as he

had worked on the staffs of Senator

William Proxmire, Dr. Walter Heller

when he chaired the Council of Economic Advisers, and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.

Not only was Les well educated and

well versed in public policy, he was a

person who cared deeply for his country and its citizens.

Les Aspin may well be most remembered for his brief, but stormy tenure

as the Secretary of Defense. To those

who were surprised by his controversial

tenure in this position, I can only say

that I am surprised that they were surprised.

Les Aspin has always been controversial—he was never afraid to take a position—at times, a lonely, unpopular

decision. He was elected to Congress as

a critic of the Vietnam war, but backed

President Reagan’s military buildup

and the decision to go to war against

Iraq.

As chairman of the House Armed

Services Committee, Les Aspin was a

one-man think tank, as he always

seemed on the cutting edge of defense

issues. An AP reporter dubbed him a

‘‘strategic intellectual.’’ He was as

comfortable in dealing with foreign

policy and defense issues as he was in

reviewing Pentagon procurement practices. And he had that incredible and

marvelous ability to present the most

complicated and difficult public policy

issues in simple and easily understood

ways.

Congressman Aspin was a logical

choice to reshape the Pentagon and

U.S. military in the post-cold-war era.

When President-elect Clinton nominated him for the position of Secretary

of Defense, the Washington Post noted

that it seemed that Mr. Aspin had

‘‘spent most of his professional life preparing for the defense secretary’s job.’’

The Washington Times remarked that

he had ‘‘devoted nearly every waking

hour as a student, professional, and

politician to thinking about weapons

and soldiers.’’

Everyone knew that the adjustments

to the post-Soviet world would be difficult and controversial—and they

were. Secretary Aspin did not shrink

from these challenges. He welcomed

them. His time as head of the Pentagon

was a time of shifting international

commitments, and new challenges

posed by the disintegration of the Soviet Union. This included the painful
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downsizing of the military and the review and revision of the Pentagon’s

budget and procurement procedures.

It was a time for the reshaping of a

military that for a half-century had

been designed to fight global war, and

would now be remolded for world peace,

keeping missions and for international

humanitarian expeditions.

Mr. President, the accolades and eulogies now being delivered in honor of

Les Aspin, are well deserved and well

earned. The United States is indeed indebted to Congressman and Secretary

Aspin for his years of public service,

for his legislative achievements, and

for his tremendous contributions to the

defense of our great and free country.

But I will always remember him as

my good and decent friend down the

hall, with that huge hairy dog, who was

never too busy to stop and share a

laugh with you.

Mr. President, my wife Linda and I

extend to the family of Les Aspin our

most heartfelt condolences. We share

their grief and their loss.

I yield the floor and 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. DOLE. 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. DOLE. Mr. President, 25 years

TRIBUTE TO JIM KETCHUM

fago, we created the Office of Curator of

the U.S. Senate. And since that time,

that job has been filled by just one

man—Jim Ketchum.

Jim has now announced his retirement, and it is entirely fitting that a

resolution we adopted earlier this week

designated him as curator emeritus of

the Senate.

After working in the Office of the

White House Curator for many years,

Jim came to the Senate in 1970, when

he accepted an invitation to organize

the Office of Senate Curator.

For the past quarter century, Jim

has devoted his career to preserving

the works of art in the Senate and the

history and traditions of this institution.

Jim was the driving force behind the

restoration of the old Senate and old

Supreme Court Chambers, the President’s room, and countless other important Senate treasures.

Painting and documents have been

recovered and preserved due to Jim’s

tireless efforts. He has helped us all

better understand this institution and

the Capitol through exhibitions, lectures, publications, and other educational programs.

I know Jim is especially proud of the

exhibit, ‘‘a necessary fence * * * : The

Senate’s first century,’’ which opened

in the summer of 1989 in celebration of

the Senate’s bicentennial.

Jim has also made an important contribution to protecting the dignity of

this institution by helping to develop

legislation prohibiting abuse of the

Senate seal.

Finally, one cannot mention Jim

without remembering his efforts on behalf of the State of the Union dinners.

I am just one of many Senators who

has enjoyed one of Jim’s trademark

chicken pies.

Mr. President, for all that he has

done for this institution, Jim has truly

earned the designation as ‘‘curator

emeritus.’’

I know all Senators will join me in

thanking Jim for his extraordinary efforts in preserving the history and traditions of this institution, and in extending our best wishes to him, as he

and his wife, Barbara, head to their

farmhouse in Pennsylvania.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, earlier this

TRIBUTE TO GERALD HACKETT

fweek, the Senate adopted a resolution

expressing our appreciation for the

outstanding service of Gerald Hackett,

our Senate executive clerk, who will

retire from the Senate effective June

30, 1995.

I now want to add my personal

thanks for his many 33 years of dedication to the Senate—nearly 29 of those

as Senate executive clerk.

As Members know, the executive

clerk assists the Senate with its constitutional duty to consider nominations and treaties under its advise and

consent authority. The office’s many

responsibilities include managing

original documents, maintaining

records, transmitting copies of Presidential messages, compiling the executive calendar, and preparing all resolutions of confirmation for nominations

and resolutions of ratification for treaties.

Gerry has dedicated his Senate service not only to these duties, but also to

improving the operation of the executive clerk’s office.

He was instrumental in the computerization of the treaty and nomination

processes. Moreover, under his direction, publishing the executive journal

is now done on-line, with a substantial

savings of tax dollars.

I know all Senators agree with me in

saying that Gerry has always acted

with the best interests of the Senate in

mind, and in wishing him and his wife,

Mary Ellen, best wishes for a long,

healthy, and happy retirement.

TRIBUTE TO FRED BROOMFIELD

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, earlier this

fweek, the Senate adopted a resolution

paying tribute to Fred Broomfield, a

member of the Department of Office

Services in the Office of the Secretary

of the Senate, who will retire July 15,

1995.

Fred has worked in the Office of the

Secretary for over 19 years. Among his

numerous responsibilities is to deliver

to our offices the many many important documents necessary for the legislative process.

In fulfilling those duties, Fred has

ably carried out a tradition that dates

back to the very beginning of the Senate. Just 2 days after the first Senate

convened in 1789, the Members elected

their first Secretary and chose their

first messenger. And if I am not mistaken, the first message was delivered

to Senator THURMOND.

Fred is well known in the Secretary’s

office as a loyal, reliable, and hard

working civil servant. He will be

missed by all of us.

I know all Senators will join with me

in thanking Fred, his wife Hilda, and

his five children for his dedicated and

distinguished service, and in extending

our best wishes for a long and healthy

retirement.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, in my role

THANKING RUSSELL KING

fas Senate majority leader, I also serve

as a member of the Joint Leadership

Commission for our program for America’s young people, the Congressional

Award.

As such, it is my responsibility, from

time to time, to appoint individuals to

serve on the Congressional Award

Foundation’s board of directors, which

works with us to implement the program nationwide.

Several years ago, when we were reorganizing the volunteer board, I asked

Russell King, a senior vice president of

Freeport-McMoran, if he would be willing to serve, and to make this program

a truly national opportunity. He

agreed, and has since become the foundation’s treasurer, and two-term chairman, where he has presided over the

exciting growth of the program.

As Russ ends his tenure as chairman,

I extend the appreciation of the Senate

to him for his tireless devotion to the

Congressional Award, and for his commitment to America’s youth. We are

fortunate that he will remain on the

board, and will continue to work with

us as this outstanding program grows

throughout the country.

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. STEVENS

Mr. COHEN. Mr. President, recently

). The Senator from Maine

MARGARET CHASE SMITH

fSenator Margaret Chase Smith suffered

a severe stroke and is now in critical

condition at her home in Maine. I just

want to take a few moments to express

my deep regret over this recent turn of

events and to spend a few moments

talking about Senator Margaret Chase

Smith.

I think as the Senator from Alaska

knows, and virtually all the Members

of this Chamber know, Senator Smith

served with distinction in the Senate

from 1949 to 1973 in the seat I now occupy. Directly before that she served

four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.