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Cover of TRIBUTES TO HON. ROBERT F. BENNETT Robert F. Bennett U.S. SENATOR FROM UTAH TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TONGRESS.#15 ? [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] T4801.001 Robert F. Bennett ? Tributes Delivered in Congress Robert F. Bennett United States Senator 1993-2011 a ? Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing CONTENTS Biography............................................. v Farewell to the Senate................................ vii Proceedings in the Senate: Tributes by Senators: Alexander, Lamar, of Tennessee................. 3 Baucus, Max, of Montana........................ 11 Bond, Christopher S., of Missouri.............. 5 Bunning, Jim, of Kentucky...................... 18 Carper, Thomas R., of Delaware................. 18 Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota.................. 12 Cornyn, John, of Texas......................... 16 Dodd, Christopher J., of Connecticut........... 15 Durbin, Richard, of Illinois................... 6, 15 Enzi, Michael B., of Wyoming................... 13 Harkin, Tom, of Iowa........................... 17 Hutchison, Kay Bailey, of Texas................ 19 McConnell, Mitch, of Kentucky.................. 8 Murkowski, Lisa, of Alaska..................... 20 Reed, Jack, of Rhode Island.................... 7 Reid, Harry, of Nevada......................... 5 Warner, Mark R., of Virginia................... 7 BIOGRAPHY Former Senator Robert F. Bennett has earned the reputation among his colleagues, constituents, and clients as a pragmatic problem-solver who seeks creative and commonsense solutions to their issues. Robert F. Bennett entered the political arena by managing his father's Senatorial reelection campaign 49 years ago, in 1962. Wallace F. Bennett was a U.S. Senator from 1951 to 1974. It was this experience that would later inspire Mr. Bennett to seek public office. In the meantime, he used his strong leadership skills and lessons learned from working as a staffer on Capitol Hill in several successful entrepreneurial pursuits. His greatest triumph in the business world came when he was CEO of Franklin International Institute, now known as Franklin Covey. Mr. Bennett grew the business from 4 employees to more than 1,000, and it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 1992, Mr. Bennett followed in his father's footsteps and ran a successful campaign for the U.S. Senate, carrying his businessman-like approach with him to the Hill. He served as a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee and a member of the distinguished Joint Economic Committee, where he was at the center of national economic policy discussions. He also served as the ranking Republican on the Senate Rules Committee. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Bennett strived to balance fiscal discipline in government while representing the needs of his constituents in the distribution of Federal funds. He also represented the interests of the West as the ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water and a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Bennett was at the forefront of health care reform. He cosponsored the Healthy Americans Act, the first major bipartisan health care legislation in more than a decade. His Healthy Americans Act guaranteed quality, affordable, portable health coverage for every American, cutting health costs by more than .2 trillion over the next decade. Mr. Bennett is a graduate of the University of Utah, where he was student body president. He and his wife Joyce are the proud parents of 6 children and have 20 grandchildren. Farewell to the Senate Thursday, December 9, 2010 Mr. BENNETT. Madam President, there once was a very strong tradition in the Senate that every new Senator gave a maiden speech, and in that tradition some Senators waited as long as a year before they gave the speech. Then, when the time came, the more senior Senators would gather and take notes and then critique the newcomer on how well he did. Life has changed a good deal. I never gave a maiden speech. I plunged right into the debate when I got here. Now the tradition seems to be to give a farewell speech. So I am grateful to my colleagues who will gather for this occasion as I contemplate saying farewell to the Senate. But I will warn them, this is probably not my last speech. I intend to be heavily involved in the debate over whether we pass a continuing resolution or an omnibus bill. I have a history with the Senate, and it began when I was a teenager as a summer intern. I remember sitting in the gallery and watching Bob Taft prowl across the back of the Senate, watching to make sure things were going according to his desire. He had been the majority leader. He had stepped down from that position because of the cancer he had contracted, but he was still paying attention to this body where he served with such distinction. Lyndon Johnson was sprawled out with his lanky frame at the Democratic leader's desk, and I was watching from the gallery, thinking what an extraordinary place this was. Ten years later, I came back as a staffer, and I served here. I was sitting in my cubicle in the Dirksen Building when word came that John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas. We didn't know whether he was dead. We all rushed over to the Senate, where there was a ticker tape back in the back lobby, to see what was happening. I rushed in with the others to see what was there and then looked to see whom I had jostled aside in order to get to see the ticker tape. It was Mike Mansfield. I quietly withdrew, realizing I had done something that was not appropriate on that occasion. I was here in Washington when Martin Luther King gave his ''I Have a Dream'' speech. I was here as a staffer when the historic civil rights bill of 1964 was passed and was involved in the drafting of that bill at a very low kind of level and the conflict that occurred on that occasion. Then I came back into government as the head of the congressional relations function for a Cabinet-level department. I worked with Senator Dirksen in trying to pursue the Nixon administration's goals forward and ran into a bright young Senator from Kansas with a sharp wit named Bob Dole. I had the opportunity of working with Dirksen and Dole and the others in that situation. Watergate came along. I was given the dubious honor of being called to testify by a young Senator from Tennessee named Howard Baker. He assigned me to his staffer, who grilled me for 3 hours under oath

TRIBUTES TO HON. ROBERT F. BENNETT Robert F. Bennett U.S. SENATOR FROM UTAH TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TONGRESS.#15 ? [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] T4801.001 Robert F. Bennett ? Tributes Delivered in Congress Robert F. Bennett United States Senator 1993-2011 a ? Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing CONTENTS Biography............................................. v Farewell to the Senate................................ vii Proceedings in the Senate: Tributes by Senators: Alexander, Lamar, of Tennessee................. 3 Baucus, Max, of Montana........................ 11 Bond, Christopher S., of Missouri.............. 5 Bunning, Jim, of Kentucky...................... 18 Carper, Thomas R., of Delaware................. 18 Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota.................. 12 Cornyn, John, of Texas......................... 16 Dodd, Christopher J., of Connecticut........... 15 Durbin, Richard, of Illinois................... 6, 15 Enzi, Michael B., of Wyoming................... 13 Harkin, Tom, of Iowa........................... 17 Hutchison, Kay Bailey, of Texas................ 19 McConnell, Mitch, of Kentucky.................. 8 Murkowski, Lisa, of Alaska..................... 20 Reed, Jack, of Rhode Island.................... 7 Reid, Harry, of Nevada......................... 5 Warner, Mark R., of Virginia................... 7 BIOGRAPHY Former Senator Robert F. Bennett has earned the reputation among his colleagues, constituents, and clients as a pragmatic problem-solver who seeks creative and commonsense solutions to their issues. Robert F. Bennett entered the political arena by managing his father's Senatorial reelection campaign 49 years ago, in 1962. Wallace F. Bennett was a U.S. Senator from 1951 to 1974. It was this experience that would later inspire Mr. Bennett to seek public office. In the meantime, he used his strong leadership skills and lessons learned from working as a staffer on Capitol Hill in several successful entrepreneurial pursuits. His greatest triumph in the business world came when he was CEO of Franklin International Institute, now known as Franklin Covey. Mr. Bennett grew the business from 4 employees to more than 1,000, and it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 1992, Mr. Bennett followed in his father's footsteps and ran a successful campaign for the U.S. Senate, carrying his businessman-like approach with him to the Hill. He served as a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee and a member of the distinguished Joint Economic Committee, where he was at the center of national economic policy discussions. He also served as the ranking Republican on the Senate Rules Committee. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Bennett strived to balance fiscal discipline in government while representing the needs of his constituents in the distribution of Federal funds. He also represented the interests of the West as the ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water and a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Bennett was at the forefront of health care reform. He cosponsored the Healthy Americans Act, the first major bipartisan health care legislation in more than a decade. His Healthy Americans Act guaranteed quality, affordable, portable health coverage for every American, cutting health costs by more than .2 trillion over the next decade. Mr. Bennett is a graduate of the University of Utah, where he was student body president. He and his wife Joyce are the proud parents of 6 children and have 20 grandchildren. Farewell to the Senate Thursday, December 9, 2010 Mr. BENNETT. Madam President, there once was a very strong tradition in the Senate that every new Senator gave a maiden speech, and in that tradition some Senators waited as long as a year before they gave the speech. Then, when the time came, the more senior Senators would gather and take notes and then critique the newcomer on how well he did. Life has changed a good deal. I never gave a maiden speech. I plunged right into the debate when I got here. Now the tradition seems to be to give a farewell speech. So I am grateful to my colleagues who will gather for this occasion as I contemplate saying farewell to the Senate. But I will warn them, this is probably not my last speech. I intend to be heavily involved in the debate over whether we pass a continuing resolution or an omnibus bill. I have a history with the Senate, and it began when I was a teenager as a summer intern. I remember sitting in the gallery and watching Bob Taft prowl across the back of the Senate, watching to make sure things were going according to his desire. He had been the majority leader. He had stepped down from that position because of the cancer he had contracted, but he was still paying attention to this body where he served with such distinction. Lyndon Johnson was sprawled out with his lanky frame at the Democratic leader's desk, and I was watching from the gallery, thinking what an extraordinary place this was. Ten years later, I came back as a staffer, and I served here. I was sitting in my cubicle in the Dirksen Building when word came that John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas. We didn't know whether he was dead. We all rushed over to the Senate, where there was a ticker tape back in the back lobby, to see what was happening. I rushed in with the others to see what was there and then looked to see whom I had jostled aside in order to get to see the ticker tape. It was Mike Mansfield. I quietly withdrew, realizing I had done something that was not appropriate on that occasion. I was here in Washington when Martin Luther King gave his ''I Have a Dream'' speech. I was here as a staffer when the historic civil rights bill of 1964 was passed and was involved in the drafting of that bill at a very low kind of level and the conflict that occurred on that occasion. Then I came back into government as the head of the congressional relations function for a Cabinet-level department. I worked with Senator Dirksen in trying to pursue the Nixon administration's goals forward and ran into a bright young Senator from Kansas with a sharp wit named Bob Dole. I had the opportunity of working with Dirksen and Dole and the others in that situation. Watergate came along. I was given the dubious honor of being called to testify by a young Senator from Tennessee named Howard Baker. He assigned me to his staffer, who grilled me for 3 hours under oath

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Cover of TRIBUTES TO HON. JUDD GREGG Judd Gregg U.S. SENATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TONGRESS.#15 ? Judd Gregg ? Tributes Delivered in Congress Judd Gregg United States Congressman 1981-1989 United States Senator 1993-2011 a ? Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing CONTENTS Biography............................................. v Farewell to the Senate................................ vii Proceedings in the Senate: Tributes by Senators: Alexander, Lamar, of Tennessee................. 3, 19 Bunning, Jim, of Kentucky...................... 30 Cochran, Thad, of Mississippi.................. 33 Collins, Susan M., of Maine.................... 17 Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota.................. 26 Corker, Bob, of Tennessee...................... 20 Cornyn, John, of Texas......................... 28 Dodd, Christopher J., of Connecticut........... 24 Durbin, Richard, of Illinois................... 22, 24 Enzi, Michael B., of Wyoming................... 11 Harkin, Tom, of Iowa........................... 5 Hatch, Orrin G., of Utah....................... 29 Hutchison, Kay Bailey, of Texas................ 33 Levin, Carl, of Michigan....................... 23 McConnell, Mitch, of Kentucky.................. 7 Murkowski, Lisa, of Alaska..................... 34 Reed, Jack, of Rhode Island.................... 6 Reid, Harry, of Nevada......................... 4 Shaheen, Jeanne, of New Hampshire.............. 15 Snowe, Olympia J., of Maine.................... 31 Thune, John, of South Dakota................... 21 BIOGRAPHY A leading voice for fiscal discipline, U.S. Senator Judd Gregg served three terms in the Senate and was the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. When reelected in 2004, Senator Gregg received the highest number of votes in New Hampshire history. He also served the Granite State as Governor (1989-1993) and U.S. Representative (1981- 1989). Senator Gregg is a national leader on fiscal policy, a well-known budget expert, and a respected voice on health care, economic, and financial regulatory issues. His commonsense New Hampshire values have shaped some of the most significant legislation that Congress has passed in recent decades. Senator Gregg played a major role in rescuing our country from the brink of economic collapse as a chief negotiator of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. He also was the lead sponsor of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and, along with the late Senator Ted Kennedy, coauthored the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Working across the aisle, Senator Gregg was a key decisionmaker on several important issues. He championed bipartisan efforts to address the Nation's looming entitlement crisis, improve our health care system, and revamp our complex and inequitable tax system. In March 2010, Senator Gregg also was appointed to President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility. This bipartisan commission, which is modeled after legislation first introduced by Senator Gregg and Senator Kent Conrad, is responsible for developing recommendations that will help balance the budget and achieve fiscal sustainability over the long term. As a member of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Gregg served as one of the principal negotiators working to modernize our Nation's financial regulatory system. His expertise on banking issues and derivatives reform positioned him as a pivotal voice in the debate on regulatory reform. Senator Gregg remains focused on maintaining our Nation's position as the best destination for capital and investment, as well as helping job creators and families obtain affordable credit during these challenging economic times. In New Hampshire, Senator Gregg is known as one of the State's greatest champions of land conservation, as he continues to build on a 30-year commitment to protect the State's environment. To date, his efforts have helped preserve more than 337,000 acres of sensitive land. As the former chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, he was also a major force for promoting excellence in the higher education community in New Hampshire, especially at the University of New Hampshire. A New Hampshire native, Senator Gregg attended Columbia University (A.B. 1969), received his J.D. in 1972 from Boston University Law School and his LL.M. in tax law in 1975. He is married to Kathleen MacLellan Gregg. They have two daughters, one son, and one granddaughter. Senator and Mrs. Gregg are residents of Rye Beach, NH. Farewell to the Senate Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I rise today on behalf of myself and my wife Kathy to thank the people of New Hampshire for giving us the great honor and privilege to represent them. This is an extraordinary body, the Senate. It is filled with wonderful people. I look around this room and I see a lot of them, friends, people I have had the chance to work with. I admire them immensely. I thank them for their friendship. When people ask me about leaving the Senate, and what is the thing I am going to miss the most, I always say, it is the people, the people of the Senate, because they are special, dedicated to making this country a better place, dedicated to doing their jobs well, dedicated to serving America. So I thank you for the great honor and privilege that you have given Kathy and me to allow us to serve and participate in this body with yourselves and your spouses. I want to thank everybody else who has been so helpful throughout our career, the folks here at the dais, the staff, people in the Cloakroom, throughout this building. I mean, there are so many people who make this Senate work, people working in the furniture room, and people working in the hallways, and our staffs, obviously. This is a special place filled with people who are committed to making the Senate work. I thank them for allowing Kathy and me to be part of that. I want to take a point of personal privilege here and especially thank my wife Kathy who is here today. You are not allowed to acknowledge people, I know that, but I am going to violate the rules. My wife is sitting right up there. Kathy. We have been married 37 years, and for 32 of those years we have held elective office; nine major campaigns, innumerable campaigns such as those for other people that we have participated in. Through this whole intensity

TRIBUTES TO HON. JUDD GREGG Judd Gregg U.S. SENATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TONGRESS.#15 ? Judd Gregg ? Tributes Delivered in Congress Judd Gregg United States Congressman 1981-1989 United States Senator 1993-2011 a ? Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing CONTENTS Biography............................................. v Farewell to the Senate................................ vii Proceedings in the Senate: Tributes by Senators: Alexander, Lamar, of Tennessee................. 3, 19 Bunning, Jim, of Kentucky...................... 30 Cochran, Thad, of Mississippi.................. 33 Collins, Susan M., of Maine.................... 17 Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota.................. 26 Corker, Bob, of Tennessee...................... 20 Cornyn, John, of Texas......................... 28 Dodd, Christopher J., of Connecticut........... 24 Durbin, Richard, of Illinois................... 22, 24 Enzi, Michael B., of Wyoming................... 11 Harkin, Tom, of Iowa........................... 5 Hatch, Orrin G., of Utah....................... 29 Hutchison, Kay Bailey, of Texas................ 33 Levin, Carl, of Michigan....................... 23 McConnell, Mitch, of Kentucky.................. 7 Murkowski, Lisa, of Alaska..................... 34 Reed, Jack, of Rhode Island.................... 6 Reid, Harry, of Nevada......................... 4 Shaheen, Jeanne, of New Hampshire.............. 15 Snowe, Olympia J., of Maine.................... 31 Thune, John, of South Dakota................... 21 BIOGRAPHY A leading voice for fiscal discipline, U.S. Senator Judd Gregg served three terms in the Senate and was the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. When reelected in 2004, Senator Gregg received the highest number of votes in New Hampshire history. He also served the Granite State as Governor (1989-1993) and U.S. Representative (1981- 1989). Senator Gregg is a national leader on fiscal policy, a well-known budget expert, and a respected voice on health care, economic, and financial regulatory issues. His commonsense New Hampshire values have shaped some of the most significant legislation that Congress has passed in recent decades. Senator Gregg played a major role in rescuing our country from the brink of economic collapse as a chief negotiator of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. He also was the lead sponsor of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and, along with the late Senator Ted Kennedy, coauthored the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Working across the aisle, Senator Gregg was a key decisionmaker on several important issues. He championed bipartisan efforts to address the Nation's looming entitlement crisis, improve our health care system, and revamp our complex and inequitable tax system. In March 2010, Senator Gregg also was appointed to President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility. This bipartisan commission, which is modeled after legislation first introduced by Senator Gregg and Senator Kent Conrad, is responsible for developing recommendations that will help balance the budget and achieve fiscal sustainability over the long term. As a member of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Gregg served as one of the principal negotiators working to modernize our Nation's financial regulatory system. His expertise on banking issues and derivatives reform positioned him as a pivotal voice in the debate on regulatory reform. Senator Gregg remains focused on maintaining our Nation's position as the best destination for capital and investment, as well as helping job creators and families obtain affordable credit during these challenging economic times. In New Hampshire, Senator Gregg is known as one of the State's greatest champions of land conservation, as he continues to build on a 30-year commitment to protect the State's environment. To date, his efforts have helped preserve more than 337,000 acres of sensitive land. As the former chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, he was also a major force for promoting excellence in the higher education community in New Hampshire, especially at the University of New Hampshire. A New Hampshire native, Senator Gregg attended Columbia University (A.B. 1969), received his J.D. in 1972 from Boston University Law School and his LL.M. in tax law in 1975. He is married to Kathleen MacLellan Gregg. They have two daughters, one son, and one granddaughter. Senator and Mrs. Gregg are residents of Rye Beach, NH. Farewell to the Senate Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I rise today on behalf of myself and my wife Kathy to thank the people of New Hampshire for giving us the great honor and privilege to represent them. This is an extraordinary body, the Senate. It is filled with wonderful people. I look around this room and I see a lot of them, friends, people I have had the chance to work with. I admire them immensely. I thank them for their friendship. When people ask me about leaving the Senate, and what is the thing I am going to miss the most, I always say, it is the people, the people of the Senate, because they are special, dedicated to making this country a better place, dedicated to doing their jobs well, dedicated to serving America. So I thank you for the great honor and privilege that you have given Kathy and me to allow us to serve and participate in this body with yourselves and your spouses. I want to thank everybody else who has been so helpful throughout our career, the folks here at the dais, the staff, people in the Cloakroom, throughout this building. I mean, there are so many people who make this Senate work, people working in the furniture room, and people working in the hallways, and our staffs, obviously. This is a special place filled with people who are committed to making the Senate work. I thank them for allowing Kathy and me to be part of that. I want to take a point of personal privilege here and especially thank my wife Kathy who is here today. You are not allowed to acknowledge people, I know that, but I am going to violate the rules. My wife is sitting right up there. Kathy. We have been married 37 years, and for 32 of those years we have held elective office; nine major campaigns, innumerable campaigns such as those for other people that we have participated in. Through this whole intensity

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