Hillary Clinton

Mrs. CLINTON

Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I rise today out of respect for and to speak on behalf of the people I represent in New York. I am especially mindful today of the memory of those whom we lost on September 11, their family members and their loved ones who, until this very minute, grieve for those who were sacrificed in the terrible attacks we suffered on September 11. We have learned something today that raises a number of serious questions. We have learned that President Bush had been informed last year, before September 11, of a possible plot by those associated with Osama bin Laden to hijack a U.S. airliner. The White House says the President took all appropriate steps in reaction to that warning. The White House further says that the warning did not include any specific information, such as which airline, which date, or the fact that a hijacked plane would be used as a missile. Those are all very important issues, worthy of exploration by the relevant committees of Congress. The goal of such an examination should not be to assign blame but to find out all of the facts. I also support the effort by Senators Lieberman and McCain to establish an independent national commission on terrorist attacks upon the United States. That was reported out of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee in March. Such a panel can help assure the people of New York and America that every facet of this national tragedy will be fully examined in hopes that the lessons we learn can prevent disasters in the future. I very much appreciated the remarks by Senator Lieberman in the Chamber earlier today, indicating his desire to offer this proposal that he and Senator McCain have put forth as an amendment at the earliest possible time. Because we must do all we can to learn the hard lessons of experience from our past and apply them to safeguard our future, I also support the call by the distinguished majority leader, Mr. Daschle, for the release of the Phoenix FBI memorandum and the August intelligence briefing to congressional investigators, because, as Senator Daschle said this morning, the American people need to get the facts. I do know some things about the unique challenges faced by the person who assumes the mantle of Commander in Chief. I do not for a minute doubt that any individual who holds that responsibility is the only person who can truly know the full scope of the burdens of that office. Just the other day there was a survey about the most difficult job in America, the most stressful position. It should not come as any surprise that President of the United States ranked at the top. I have had the privilege of witnessing history up close, and I know there is never any shortage of second guessers and Monday morning quarterbacks, ready to dismantle any comment or critique any action taken or not taken. Having experienced that from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, I for one will not play that game, especially in these circumstances. I am simply here today on the floor of this hallowed Chamber to seek answers to the questions being asked by my constituents, questions raised by one of our newspapers in New York with the headline ``Bush Knew.'' The President knew what? My constituents would like to know the answer to that and many other questions, not to blame the President or any other American but just to know, to learn from experience, to do all we can today to ensure that a 9-11 never happens again. If we look back, we know that the Phoenix FBI memorandum in early July raised very specific issues about certain people of Arab heritage who were taking flying lessons. For what purpose? To do what? We know that shortly after there was at least the news report of the Attorney General sending a directive that people of the Justice Department should no longer fly commercially. In fact, the Attorney General took a chartered plane for his own vacation. We know that in August additional information came forward, including what we learned today about the intelligence briefing provided to the President. The pain of 9-11 is revisited in thousands of homes in New York and around our country every time that terrible scene of those planes going into those towers and then their collapse appears on television. It is revisited in our minds every time we see a picture of the cleanup at Ground Zero. It is revisited every time the remains of a fallen hero are recovered, as they were yesterday for Deputy Chief Downey. And it is revisited today with the questions about what might have been had the pieces of the puzzle been put together in a different way before that sad and tragic day in September. I cannot answer the questions my constituents are asking. I cannot answer the concerns raised by the families of the victims. As agonizing as it is even to think that there was intelligence suggesting the possibility of the tragedy that occurred, particularly for the family members who lost their husband, their wife, their son, their daughter, their niece, their nephew, their mother, their father, it is a subject we are absolutely required to explore. As for the President, he may not be in a position at this time to respond to all of those concerns, but he is in a position to answer some of them, including the question of why we know today, May 16, about the warning he received. Why did we not know this on April 16 or March 16 or February or January 16 or August 16 of last year? I do hope and trust that the President will assume the duty that we know he is capable of fulfilling, exercise the leadership that we know he has, and come before the American people, at the earliest possible time, to answer the questions so many New Yorkers and Americans are asking. That will be a very great help to all of us. I know my constituents want those answers, particularly the families who still today wonder why their loved one went to work that beautiful September morning and did not come home from the World Trade Center or the Pentagon or those airplane flights. After all, in the grieving process, it is often the not knowing that hurts the most. I hope the President will address these issues, will do so as soon as possible, and will also authorize the release of any other information that New Yorkers and Americans have a right to know. I certainly look forward to learning of and being able to share that information with the people I represent. I thank the Chair and yield the floor.

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Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, are we in morning business?

Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 10 minutes as in morning business.

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Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, each day our Nation's law enforcement officers step onto the street, putting their lives on the line to protect our communities. These honorable men and women risk so much so that others can feel safe. New Yorkers owe our State and local law enforcement officers an enormous debt of gratitude. The historic drop in crime that we have seen in the last few years is truly a reflection of their fine work and tireless dedication. The low-crime rate that New York City enjoys today would never have been possible without the extraordinary work of the New York City Police Department. One small step we can take to begin to repay that debt is ensuring that our men and women in blue are equipped with the tools they need to protect themselves from the constant dangers they face; and that police departments around the country have the additional resources they need meet new demands placed on them. In the past several months, their responsibility have only grown larger. From the first moments our country saw NYPD officers at the base of the World Trade Center towers, the role of police officers around the country was changed forever. The September 11 terrorist attacks put communities around America on the frontlines in our war against terrorism at home, and our local public safety officers must now be prepared for the unimaginable: biological and terrorist attacks. We pay tribute to the hard work and sacrifice of our police officers not just this week but every day of our lives as we move freely about our communities, largely uninhibited by fear and danger. We should take a moment to recognize the peace of mind that our local law enforcement officers provides us, and life's precious gifts that come with that assurance. Public service is one of our country's most noble callings and law enforcement captures that spirit of sacrifice and devotion to community. We thank the families of police officers for their ever present courage and selflessness. To the police officers who uphold our laws and protect our communities from crime, we give our appreciation, admiration and immeasurable pride for the jobs you do every day.

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Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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Mrs. CLINTON. I thank the Senator for bringing this very important issue to the attention of this body and to families throughout New York and America. Like so many, we were just amazed by this proposal. I certainly hope cooler and more compassionate heads will prevail on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Mrs. CLINTON. From the Senator's study of this proposal, which I have to confess, when I first saw it, I thought it was a misprint--I could not believe the administration was about to make the cost of going to college more expensive for middle-income families--is the Senator aware of the impact this alleged cost savings would have on the entire Federal budget? What is the amount of money the administration thinks they will save on the backs of young people going to college?

Mrs. CLINTON. Will the Senator from Massachusetts yield for a question?

Mrs. CLINTON. Is the Senator aware of the amount of money that the average American family already pays for college tuition and education, which as my colleague from the State of Washington pointed out is actually increasing faster than the rate of inflation?

Mrs. CLINTON. In one State alone, is that the Senator's information?

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Mrs. CLINTON. I will speak on a very important issue that affects every single American. It affects people all over the world. That is, the future and viability of our teaching hospitals. We know we have the crown jewels of the global health care system in the teaching hospitals who train our doctors and nurses and provide research that gives breakthrough therapies and drugs that saves and lengthens lives. We know our teaching hospitals are often the treatment of last resort for the sickest of the sick and the poorest of the poor. Yet if we do not act by October of this year, our teaching hospitals nationwide will lose $700 million next year alone. I believe that would be a disastrous outcome. It certainly would undermine the ability of our teaching hospitals to continue to provide the funds in our health care system that all of our other hospitals, all of our entire health care infrastructure, rely upon. New York, because we have a plethora of first-class, world-renowned teaching hospitals, would lose about $230 million of that $700 million, with over half of that falling directly on our leading-edge teaching hospitals. In 1 year alone, New York teaching hospitals will lose $120 million in Medicare payments because of the effects of the balanced budget amendment, which have slashed hospital reimbursements by $100 billion more than the CBO originally estimated. That is a huge amount of money. It is often the difference between a hospital being able to continue to provide first-class service, training, and charity care, and having to shut departments, lay off people, and turn their backs, literally, on those who need the help. Congress has already softened and delayed some of those reimbursement cuts, including postponing the reductions in the so-called indirect medical education payments, sometimes referred to as IME. This October, the delay expires and Medicare will revert to the very harsh reimbursement levels that we all recognize cut much more deeply than anyone predicted. The cut would amount to an automatic 15-percent decrease in IME funding across the board, across all States. I oppose an automatic 15-percent decrease in home health payments, and I oppose such a decrease in medical education payments. That is why today a number of my colleagues and I are joining together to introduce a bill to call on the elimination of those cuts before they eliminate our academic medical centers. New York has a number of fine teaching hospitals. Everyone will recognize the names. It also has 60 rural hospitals, which is more than some rural States have altogether. I am always a little bit surprised when my colleagues and others do not understand that New York, with 19 million-plus people, is not only the island of Manhattan or the five boroughs of New York City or the beaches of Long Island or the suburbs that I live in to the north. It is rolling countryside. It is dairy farms with 80, 100, 120 cows. It is apple growers with the orchards along the Great Lakes that form our northern and western borders. That is why I support a balanced package that will try to help both our teaching hospitals and our rural hospitals. I draw our attention to a provision in this legislation that deals directly with our great centers of biomedical innovation. If we go forward with the cuts as planned, I believe we set back the cause of clinical trials, of lab research that is going on right now that might hold out a cure for one of us or a loved one. Make no mistake, these cuts will not only close departments, lead to layoffs and furloughs of highly trained doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, I believe it will also harm patients. If we do not act on the indirect medical education amounts we need to continue to function, the scheduled cuts will affect the quality of health care all over the country. It is not only New York that benefits from New York's teaching hospitals; our hospitals are filled with people from all over our Nation who are sent there because they cannot get what they need at home. We are proud of that. We have people from all over the world who come to New York's teaching hospitals. We train 20 percent of all physicians practicing in the United States today. We provide both the medical education, the internship, the residency, the continuing education, that 20 percent of America's doctors take advantage of. I was surprised to learn that 14 percent of all of Arizona's doctors and 25 percent of Florida doctors were trained in New York. Moreover, the therapies developed and perfected in our academic medical centers offer hope to patients everywhere. Chances are, no matter where you live, you have been touched by the work that has occurred in a New York teaching hospital. We have been instrumental in developing treatments for heart disease, for HIV/AIDS, for developing the therapies on cardiac catheterization, the first to innovate new forms of laser surgery, and the new minimally invasive surgical methods. Many in this body support NIH funding. We want to double the amount of funding NIH has, but that funding is useless if the research grants cannot go to the top researchers to do the work we hope will come from additional NIH funding. The U.S. health care system delivers some of the highest quality care to be found anywhere. The reason that happens is because we have a partnership. We have our local community hospitals in small towns and rural areas. We have our larger hospitals in bigger cities in every State in the country. Then we have the so-called teaching hospitals that provide what is called tertiary care. When you are really sick, when you need extra special help, that is when everybody at home has said: There is nothing more we can do for you, go to Sloan-Kettering, go to New York Presbyterian, go to Mount Sinai. There is someone there who can give you the help you need. We are very proud to provide that service to our country. I hope we will be successful in the legislation we plan to introduce today to protect our academic medical centers. I am calling on our colleagues in both Houses to ensure the provision to eliminate these IME cuts in any Medicare package we enact this year. I hope what seems like an arcane, somewhat abstract issue, is understood as being the extremely important, critical concern that it is. If one looks at the number of physicians trained, the cures and therapies that have been invented, the last resort care that saves lives that others had given up on, there is no doubt that our teaching hospitals are absolutely essential to the quality of health care in America. We need to do everything we can to make sure they stay healthy and provide the kind of care we have come to take for granted.

Mrs. CLINTON. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

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Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask to speak as in morning business.

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Mrs. CLINTON. The broadband tax credit is a critical component of this economic development plan, in order to get broadband to ``the last mile''--to the households, schools, businesses, local governments and many others that stand most to gain from its deployment and, of course, the jobs and services that are sure to follow.

Mrs. CLINTON. I thank my friend from West Virginia. As an original co-sponsor on Senator Rockefeller's broadband tax credit bill and a supporter of the amendment offered on the energy bill, and having introduced my own bills to enhance broadband deployment in Upstate New York and around the country, I join my colleagues from both sides of the aisle today to express strong support for legislation stimulating broadband infrastructure deployment and demand for broadband services. As we all know, our Nation's economy has suffered a slowdown of staggering proportions in the last year. Investment has slowed, jobs have been lost, and for many companies revenues continue to decline. Few sectors of our economy have been as dramatically affected as the telecommunications and high-tech industry, with job loss estimates in the industry exceeding more than a quarter-million in the past year alone. Of particular concern to me, Upstate New York, like rural areas across America, has continued to face obstacles to full engagement in the new knowledge-based economy. Prior to the recent downturn, the economic growth of the last decade left behind many of our Nation's rural areas--like Upstate New York with its highly educated population--that remain disconnected from major markets. Studies have shown that New York lags behind many states when it comes to Internet connections and usage that are essential to commerce and communications in this new economy. To be sure, communications technologies are important not only for economic reasons. My State of New York suffered more than any other from the devastating attacks of September 11th. On that day, emergency calls, communications between loved ones, and demand for reliable information demonstrated so clearly our dependence on--and the need for--telecommunications technologies. I am extremely proud of the efforts that were made by our rescue personnel, utilities, and others to restore the communications infrastructure that was so damaged by the terrorist activities. Those tragic events underscored the importance of redundant telecommunications systems to enable us to stay connected in times of national emergency. The message here is that broadband deployment and its uses are key for the continuing economic development and growth of our Nation. I recently offered a sense-of-the-Senate, which was adopted on the FY 2003 Budget Resolution passed out of the Budget Committee, that highlights the needs for investments in broadband technology to spur development and job creation in rural and underserved areas. Mr. President, I ask that it be included in the Record at this point.

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Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing titled, `U.S. Mexican Relations: Unfinished Agenda.'' Witnesses Agenda Panel 1: The Honorable Silvestre Reyes, Chairman, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Washington, DC. Panel 2: The Honorable Alan P. Larson, Undersecretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC; the Honorable John Taylor, Undersecretary for International Affairs, Department of Treasury, Washington, DC; and Mr. Stuart Levey, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Panel 3: Ms. Barbara Shailor, Director, International Affairs Department, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC; Mr. Steven M. Ladik, President, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Washington, DC; Mr. Gregori Lebedev, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, International Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC; and Ms. M. Delal Bear, Senior Fellow and Director, Mexico Project, Deputy Director, Americas Program Center for Strategic and International Studies; Washington, DC.

Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 from 2:30 p.m. in Dirksen 192 for the purpose of conducting a forum.

Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Leading the Fight: The Violence Against Women Office'' on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 10:15 a.m. in Dirksen 226. Panel I: Diane Stuart, Director, Violence Against Women Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Panel II: Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker (to be introduced by the Honorable Max Cleland), Office of the Attorney General of Georgia, Atlanta, GA; Chief Judge Vincent J. Poppiti, Family Court for the State of Delaware, Wilmington, DE; Lynn Rosenthal, Executive Director, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC; Laurie E. Ekstrand, Director, Justice Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC; and Casey Gwinn, City Attorney for San Diego, San Diego, CA.

Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Government Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia be authorized to meet on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 10 a.m. for a hearing to examine ``Are You Really Who You Say You Are? Improving the Reliability of State-Issued Drivers' Licenses.''

Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at 9:30 am on the Technology Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, including the Advanced Technology Program (ATP).

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Mrs. CLINTON. Madam President, today I rise to address the importance of another critical issue, and that is the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2001. I believe this measure needs to be passed as soon as possible. Why? Perhaps I speak from a somewhat parochial perspective, but representing New York, which is one of our border States, gives me a firsthand view and understanding of the challenges we face in trying to make our northern border as safe and secure as possible. The nearly 4,000-mile-long U.S. border with Canada is about twice the length of the U.S. border with Mexico, but until very recently it has received but a fraction of the resources available for border security. According to a July 2001 report from the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics, fewer than 4 percent of all the Border Patrol agents work along the northern border. Of course, until recently, we did not have to worry too much about our northern border. It has historically been the longest, most peaceful border in the entire world. Certainly, New York has a great stake in having a peaceful border, one that goods and people can cross easily because there is so much traffic between our two countries that goes through our heavily trafficked crossings, places particularly like Plattsburgh and Buffalo, but also other places--Niagra Falls, Messina-- and all of the communities along New York's Canadian border are deeply concerned about how that border is protected and managed. For too long, that has not been a concern, but now we know it is, and the Federal Government has to step up to provide permanent, long-term protection. Homeland security begins with border security. That is why I strongly support this bill and am an original cosponsor. It is also why last October, after the terrible attacks of September 11, I wrote to Director Ridge asking that he create a position within the Office of Homeland Security devoted to our northern border and all the issues with Canada about which we are concerned to centralize those issues so there would be one person to whom we could go to deal with our various concerns. This legislation attempts to begin to address these concerns. What does it do? First, it authorizes funding for this year and the next 4 years for an additional 200 INS inspectors and 200 INS investigators over the amount already authorized in the terrorism bill for the next 5 years. Increased funding is also authorized for training facilities and security-related technologies for INS agents. Second, it enhances information sharing. It contains provisions that concern how we get information that is critical to law enforcement available to all the Federal agencies and State and local law enforcement personnel who need to know what should be done to protect us and apprehend any violators. The INS, the Border Patrol, the Customs agents, the FBI--all of us need to have better cooperation. In October of last year, I also introduced a bill, along with my colleagues, Senators Schumer, Leahy, and Hatch, that authorizes and encourages Federal intelligence agencies to share relevant information with State and local officials whenever appropriate. It is important, if something is known in one Federal agency that could affect residents of Niagra Falls, that information be shared in a timely manner. This reform act directs Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to share information with the INS and the State Department about the admissibility and deportation of non-U.S. citizens. It also calls upon the President to report regarding admission- and deportation-related law enforcement and intelligence information needed by the INS and the Department of State to develop a formal information sharing plan. Third, it addresses the issue of what is called ``interoperability'' of the INS systems. That is a long word which describes that sometimes the right hand of INS does not know what the left hand or the left foot is doing. That is why we ended up with this absurd situation in which the INS issued a visa for Mohamed Atta months after he piloted one of those planes into the World Trade Center Towers. It was a terrible mistake that never should have happened. The problem is the databases and data systems do not talk to each other; they are not up to speed. They would not even pass muster in most businesses in America today. This bill calls upon the President to develop and implement an interoperable law enforcement and data system for visa admissibility and deportation determination purposes. The INS must integrate their systems. They have antiquated systems that do not do the job, that cannot even talk to each other. It also requires the State Department, upon issuing a visa, to provide the INS with an electronic version of the alien's visa file before the alien enters the United States. In addition to addressing this issue of interoperability, the bill also requires relevant Federal agencies to work toward implementing an integrated entry and exit system and to move toward developing and using tamper-resistant, machine-readable documents containing biometric identifiers. If we are able to put into the sky robot-controlled, predator aircraft to track down and take out enemy artillery installations, we ought to be able to figure out how to have a decent data system for the INS that can provide information to us and uses biometric identifiers right here on the ground to track down, deport, or arrest wherever necessary anyone who intends to do us harm. Next, we have to have the assurance that citizens of countries that sponsor terrorism will not be allowed to enter this country unless the Secretary of State determines that the person seeking entry does not pose a security threat to the United States. We have made it very easy for people to come back and forth. That is the American tradition. Unfortunately, what we learned on 9-11 is that some people in some countries take advantage of our hospitality and our welcome to the United States. We have to support this provision which starts from the premise that if you are coming from a state-sponsored terrorism base, even if you are totally innocent--you have nothing to do with the intelligence services, you have nothing to do with terrorism--the burden is on you. We need to shift that presumption to make sure we are not letting in people who are part of a terrorist network. Finally, with respect to foreign student visas and exchange visitors, the bill requires the Justice Department to develop an electronic means of verifying and monitoring the Foreign Student and Exchange Visitor Information Program, including aspects of documentation and visa issuance, U.S. admission, institution notification, documentation transmittal, registration, and enrollment. All educational institutions at which foreign students are registered must notify the INS of the failure of such a student or an exchange visitor to enroll within 30 days of the registration deadline. Education is a privilege, and we are very pleased that in our country we offer so many first-rate educational institutions to students from around the world, but again we have to be smart about this. We cannot let anyone take advantage of our openness. We have to have a system so if someone says he or she is coming to study at one of our universities, that is not the end; that is the beginning of the process to determine whether that actually is the fact or whether, as we unfortunately learned post-9-11, there are people who claim to be coming to this country to be students and that is not their intention whatsoever. These are a few of the many provisions in this bill that I believe would make us a safer nation by securing our borders. There are probably no people in our country more committed to passing this legislation than the Families of September 11. I have heard from a number of the widows and parents of victims who have made it very clear this is their top priority. MaryEllen Salamone, whose husband John was killed by the terrorists on September 11 at the World Trade Center, was in Washington this past Friday representing Families of September 11 to urge us to act. She appeared before the Immigration Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee and said that all of us need to heed the warnings we now know were flashing but no one could see them, read them, understand or apply them, so that we must now act to make sure nothing like this can happen again. The legislation is long overdue. It is much needed, and I call upon all of our colleagues to support it as soon as possible.

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Mrs. CLINTON. Madam President, I commend my colleague from New Jersey and my colleague from Wisconsin for raising this very important issue. It deserves the attention of every American, not just those who serve in this body.

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Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, the congregation of Christ Church and the Village of Garden City experienced a great loss when the Reverend Dr. Byron Howell Brown, Jr. passed away on Saturday, April 13. Father Brown, as he was affectionately known by all those who knew him, was a life-long resident of Garden City and was instituted as Rector of Christ Church in 1967. Throughout his tenure as Rector, Father Brown was the spiritual leader of several generations of parishioners, but it would be impossible to quantify how many lives he touched. Father Brown truly practiced the lessons that he preached. He was a faithful and committed rector, husband, father, grandfather, coach, counselor, mentor, and friend. He will be deeply missed by all those who were fortunate enough to know him, learn from him, and hear his message of God's abiding love. Through his devotion and kindness to his congregation, his family, and all those he served, he set a standard to which we should all aspire. Father Brown will be laid to rest tomorrow, with a mass of Christian burial at the Cathedral of the Incarnation. But Father Brown's spirit and kindness will live on through his beloved wife Marylou, his children Jeanne, Thomas, Timothy and Janice, his daughters in law Lisa, and Mary Patricia, and especially through his grandchildren Aidan Byron, Sarah Margaret, Frances Anne, and Matthew George.