[Senate Document 105-35]
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105th Congress, 2nd Session  - - - - - - - - - - Senate Document 105-35


 
                               Dan Coats

                       U.S. SENATOR FROM INDIANA

                                TRIBUTES


                           IN THE CONGRESS OF
                           THE UNITED STATES





                                                         S. Doc. 105-35

                                      Tributes

                                Delivered in Congress


                                      Dan Coats

                              United States Congressman

                                      1980-1988

                                United States Senator

                                      1988-1998

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                                      CONTENTS

             Biography............................................. vii
             Proceedings in the Senate:
                Tributes by Senators:
                    Abraham, Spencer, of Michigan..................  13
                    Boxer, Barbara, of California..................  33
                    Burns, Conrad R., of Montana...................  15
                    Daschle, Thomas A., of South Dakota............  20
                    Dodd, Christopher J., of Connecticut...........   6
                    Dorgan, Byron L., of North Dakota..............   6
                    Feingold, Russell D., of Wisconsin.............  26
                    Ford, Wendell H., of Kentucky..................  18
                    Gorton, Slade, of Washington...................  24
                    Hutchison, Kay Bailey, of Texas................  11
                    Jeffords, James M., of Vermont.................   4
                    Kempthorne, Dirk, of Idaho.....................  17
                    Lautenberg, Frank R., of New Jersey............  14
                    Leahy, Patrick J., of Vermont..................  10
                    Levin, Carl, of Michigan..................... 1, 13
                    Lieberman, Joseph I, of Connecticut............   1
                    Lott, Trent, of Mississippi................. 10, 28
                    Lugar, Richard D., of Indiana..................   9
                    Nickles, Don, of Oklahoma......................   7
                    Sessions, Jeff, of Alabama.....................  26
                    Thurmond, Strom, of South Carolina........... 1, 12
                    Warner, John W., of Virginia...................   3
                Farewell address of Senator Dan Coats..............  33
                Order for printing of individual Senate documents..  39
             Proceedings in the House:
                    Goodling, William F., of Pennsylvania..........  41
             Newspaper Articles and Editorials:
                Seniority Bites, Roll Call.........................  45
                An Urban Agenda, Indianapolis Star.................  46
                Retiring Coats Comfortable Leaving Senate For 
                  Sidelines, Indianapolis Star.....................  47
                Coats is Hero to Man He Helped Like Brother, 
                  Indianapolis Star................................  48
                Coats Bids Farewell to Life in the Senate, 
                  Indianapolis Star................................  50
                Untitled article, Associated Press.................  51
                Dan Coats Stuck To His Principles, Indianapolis 
                  Star.............................................  52
                Indiana's GOP Senator is Cashing Out of Political 
                  Game, Chicago Tribune............................  53



                                      BIOGRAPHY

               Hoosiers elected one of America's leading champions of 
             the family, U.S. Senator Dan Coats, to a 6-year term in 
             the U.S. Senate in November, 1992.
               In the Senate, Coats has been committed to strengthening 
             families, building an effective national defense and 
             fighting for Indiana. Coats has received national 
             attention and recognition as the author and champion of 
             ``The Project for American Renewal.'' The ``Project'' is a 
             major conservative social policy initiative that stresses 
             compassion by shifting power, money, and influence out of 
             Washington back to families, grassroots community 
             organizations, and private and religious charities.
               A member of three of the Senate's most influential 
             Committees--Armed Services, Intelligence, and Labor and 
             Human Resources--Coats is active in shaping America's 
             defense, health care and education policies. Coats chairs 
             the Armed Services AirLand Subcommittee as well as the 
             Labor subcommittee on Children and Families, giving him an 
             instrumental role in policy formation.
               In his duties on the Armed Services Committee, Coats 
             plays a key role in ensuring that in a changing world, 
             America stays strong and our service men and women remain 
             the best equipped and best trained in the world.
               Through his role on the Intelligence Committee, which 
             oversees the Central Intelligence Agency, Coats reviews a 
             variety of national defense and international issues.
               Coats also has leadership responsibilities by serving as 
             the Senate's Republic Midwest Regional Whip.
               Coats, who the Washington Times has called ``a player, a 
             thinking man's conservative,'' is a leading advocate of 
             several congressional measures of importance to Hoosiers 
             and all Americans.
               Coats was a key leader for the Presidential line-item 
             veto, now signed into law, which allows the President to 
             eliminate unnecessary pork-barrel spending from the 
             Federal budget.
               Since 1989, Coats has fought for Indiana as the key 
             Senate champion to give States the right to refuse out-of-
             state garbage. Thanks to Coats' persistent efforts, the 
             bill passed the Senate in 1995. Coats also is a strong 
             advocate of a constitutional amendment to require a 
             balanced Federal budget.
               Coats' record of achievement began early. After 
             graduating from Wheaton College, he served for 2 years 
             with the U.S. Army. Coats then worked full-time as a legal 
             intern while attending Indiana University School of Law at 
             night and serving as Associate Editor of the Law Review. 
             Graduating Cum Laude, he then began his career as an 
             attorney in Fort Wayne.
               Coats served as then-Congressman Dan Quayle's District 
             Director and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1980, 
             serving Indiana's Fourth District from 1981-1988.
               Following appointment to the Senate by former Governor 
             Robert Orr in December, 1988, Coats won election to 
             complete his appointed term in November 1990, by the 
             largest margin of any appointed Senator in Indiana 
             history.
               Senator Coats married the former Marcia Crawford in 
             1965. The Coats have three children and two grandchildren.



                                      TRIBUTES

                                         to

                                      DAN COATS

                              Proceedings in the Senate

                                                Thursday, May 14, 1998.
               Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, this is also the final defense 
             authorization bill for three other members of our 
             committee--Senators Glenn, Coats and Kempthorne. They will 
             be leaving us this year, also through their choice. We 
             will miss them keenly. They have all made tremendous 
             contributions to the work of the Armed Services Committee 
             and to the national security of our country. Sometimes 
             their ways were similar and sometimes they were different, 
             but we are grateful for their contributions. I wanted to 
             note that as we get to work on the defense authorization 
             bill.

               Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I wish to commend the able 
             Senator from Indiana. First, he has delivered a 
             magnificent address on the importance of the Armed 
             Services Committee work and defense in general.
               Next, I want to commend him for the long, faithful 
             service he has rendered to this committee. I don't know of 
             any member of the committee that has worked harder and has 
             stood stronger for defense and has been more knowledgeable 
             in accomplishing what we have been able to do than the 
             able Senator from Indiana. He is truly an expert on armed 
             services matters. I wish him well in all that he does in 
             the future.
               I regret that he has seen fit not to run again. We will 
             miss him here. A vacuum will be created. It will be hard 
             to fill. He is such a fine man, such a knowledgeable man, 
             and such a dedicated man. I want him to know that our 
             country appreciates what he has done.

               Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I rise today in support of 
             the fiscal year 1999 defense authorization bill.
               I do want to add my own voice to those who have offered 
             thanks and praise to the leadership of our committee, the 
             distinguished chairman, the Senator from South Carolina, 
             the Senator from Michigan, who have worked together as 
             chairman and ranking member to do exactly what Senator 
             Coats said earlier, which is to build a strong, 
             bipartisan--in many ways, nonpartisan--effort to meet the 
             defense national security needs of our country.
               We used to say, and sometimes we are still able to, that 
             partisanship stops at the Nation's borders, at the water's 
             edge, when we enter foreign policy, defense policy. It 
             could also be said in good measure that partisanship stops 
             when we enter the rooms of the Senate Armed Services 
             Committee. I thank the leadership of this committee for 
             making that possible.
               I want to pay particular tribute to Senator Thurmond, 
             who is an American institution, a figure that looms large 
             in our history, who, as we all know from personal service 
             with him, manages to do what they used to say only about 
             wine, which is that he gets better as he adds years. He is 
             not only informed and experienced and committed; the truth 
             is, he is a great patriot. In so many ways that will never 
             be visible, his leadership has strengthened the security 
             of the United States of America in the world. It has been 
             a great honor to get to know him at this stage of his 
             career, to work with him, particularly on the Armed 
             Services Committee, to thank him on this historic occasion 
             as he manages the last of these armed services bills 
             through the Senate. The Nation is in his debt, deep debt. 
             I think all of us who have served with him are very proud 
             that we have.
               This is a person who, in the hurly burly and sometimes 
             mean-spirited world of politics, never seems to have 
             anything but a positive word to say--certainly, toward his 
             colleagues. In addition to all of the substance that I 
             have talked about, that notion of spirit is one that I 
             deeply appreciate.
               Mr. President, while we are talking about members of the 
             committee, I do want to thank Senator Coats, the Senator 
             from Indiana, for the remarkable statement he has just 
             made--eloquent, thoughtful, informed. He has made a 
             tremendous contribution on this committee. It has been a 
             real pleasure to work with him on a host of issues. In our 
             case, it almost seems that I don't have to say ``across 
             party lines,'' because we never thought about that; we 
             were focused on common interests.
               We got interested in this business of the military 
             transformation when we were both invited, on the same day, 
             to a day-long seminar that a think tank in town was 
             holding on national security. We spoke at different times 
             during the day. We had not talked to each other about the 
             fact that we were on the same program, and we both 
             essentially gave the same speech about the challenges 
             facing our military--that in a world where we have faced a 
             remarkable range of challenges, post-cold war revolution, 
             technology, and fiscal resources constraint we had to 
             begin to think about how to stay with it and produce the 
             most cost-effective defense we could. From that 
             coincidence, we began to work together on some of the 
             elements of this authorization bill that Senator Coats has 
             spoken of and which I will get back to in a moment. I 
             wanted to thank him, while he was on the floor, for his 
             tremendous contributions, and in a personal way, thank him 
             for the partnership that we have had, which has also 
             become a friendship. I hate to see him leave; I am going 
             to miss him, and the Senate will miss him. I know that 
             wherever he is, by his nature, he will be involved in 
             public service. I wish him Godspeed in that work.

                                              Wednesday, June 24, 1998.
               Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute 
             to a colleague who serves with me on the Senate Committee 
             on Labor and Human Resources and on the Armed Services 
             Committee. This morning, at the Labor Committee's mark-up 
             of S. 2206, the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 
             1998, I offered an amendment to rename the legislation 
             after the author of the bill, Senator Dan Coats of 
             Indiana, which the Committee approved unanimously. As you 
             know, Senator Coats will retire at the end of this 
             Congress after serving in the Senate since 1988. Senator 
             Kennedy, Senator Dodd, and Senator Jeffords, chairman of 
             the committee, joined me in offering the amendment.
               Senator Jeffords renamed the legislation the ``COATS'' 
             Act--the Community Opportunities, Accountability, 
             Training, (and Education) Services Act. S. 2206 
             reauthorizes and makes improvements to the Head Start 
             program, the Community Services Block Grant program, the 
             Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program, and it creates 
             the new Assets for Independence Act.
               In the past, legislation has often been identified by 
             ``legislative shorthand''--identifying legislation by the 
             author instead of by the title. This began in the late 
             nineteenth century with tariff bills named after either 
             the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee or the 
             chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, or 
             whichever body would report and pass the legislation 
             first. One example is the 1890 McKinley Tariff 
             legislation, named after Congressman William McKinley, 
             then-chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and 
             later President of the United States.
               In the twentieth century, naming legislation after a 
             Senator became more commonplace and lent legislative 
             standing and prestige to both the bill and to its author. 
             For instance, in 1935, the Wagner Labor Act was named 
             after Senator Robert Wagner from New York. Another Labor 
             bill in 1947, the Taft-Hartley Act, was named after 
             Senator Robert Taft from Ohio.
               Today, however, it is not as easy or as common to have a 
             Senator's name formally placed on a bill. Only in cases of 
             special recognition for service, or to honor an 
             accomplishment is this done. Throughout his Senate career, 
             Senator Coats has been recognized and identified as a 
             leader on issues dealing with children and families. It is 
             an honor for me along with Senator Kennedy, Senator 
             Jeffords, and Senator Dodd to suggest renaming S. 2206 the 
             COATS Act, and I am pleased the Labor Committee 
             unanimously agreed. I cannot think of a finer Senator to 
             name this legislation after than Dan Coats of Indiana who 
             has worked so tirelessly on these issues.

               Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, as chairman of the Senate 
             Labor and Human Resources Committee, it is my pleasure to 
             come to the floor of the Senate today to inform my 
             colleagues of something very special that happened this 
             morning during the committee's mark-up of S. 2206, the 
             Human Services Reauthorization Act.
               The Human Services Act, as many of my colleagues know, 
             authorizes a number of important programs, such as Head 
             Start and the various activities under the Community 
             Services Block Grant that provide services to families and 
             communities in need. For the past 30 years, the State, 
             local, and Federal Governments have worked jointly under 
             this program to help lift our most vulnerable citizens out 
             of poverty and into self-sufficiency--one of the most 
             noble goals of a responsible government. Moreover, the 
             programs in the Human Services Act has done this 
             effectively, and with widespread community involvement.
               In the Labor and Human Resources Committee, the 
             Subcommittee on Children and Families--which is chaired by 
             our colleague, Senator Dan Coats of Indiana--has been 
             responsible for much of the heavy lifting that has to be 
             done as these programs make their way through our 
             committee for the fifth time in the last 20 years. The 
             Human Services Act is a large and very important Act, so 
             its reauthorization is never an easy process, especially 
             in a committee as diverse as ours. While broad bipartisan 
             support for the reauthorization bill is always a desirable 
             goal, it is never a given. And this year, Senator Coats 
             worked overtime to make sure that his bill would not only 
             responsibly reauthorize the Human Services Act, but would 
             also do so in a way which accommodated the concerns and 
             requests of Members on both sides of the aisle. 
             Consequently, the Labor and Human Resources Committee 
             approved the reauthorization of the Human Services Act by 
             a unanimous vote of 18 to 0.
               But Mr. President, I am not here today to make my pitch 
             for the reauthorization of the Human Services Act--that 
             will come soon enough. Rather, I want to highlight Senator 
             Coats' hard work on this legislation. It is yet another 
             illustrative example of the years of service that Senator 
             Dan Coats has committed to strengthening families, 
             strengthening children, and strengthening communities. It 
             is typical of Senator Coats that he does so in a manner 
             that is always tenacious, but never brash. While he is 
             always accommodating, he never loses sight of the ultimate 
             goal of helping families and communities. And with his 
             quiet demeanor and a wit that I think sometimes surprises 
             even him, Senator Coats is always a pleasure to work with, 
             especially when it is for a common goal, as it was in this 
             morning's mark-up.
               As we all know, Senator Coats has announced he will not 
             be returning to this body when his term expires at the end 
             of the 105th Congress. However, his departure does not 
             mean his voice on behalf of children and families will be 
             any quieter. Senator Coats will move into a new leadership 
             role as President of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the USA. 
             This is a program that I know is very near to Senator 
             Coats' heart, and the Senate's loss is clearly Big 
             Brothers/Big Sisters' gain.
               In the Labor Committee, and in the Senate as a whole, we 
             will miss Dan Coats. We will miss his leadership, and we 
             will miss his friendship. When someone who is such a good 
             friend leaves, it is sometimes difficult to know just what 
             to give that friend of yours as a token of your affection. 
             Well, Mr. President, at this morning's mark-up of the 
             Human Services reauthorization, we gave it a try.
               It is with real pleasure that I inform the Senate that 
             this morning the Labor and Human Resources Committee 
             unanimously agreed to name the 1998 reauthorization of the 
             Human Services Act as the ``Community Opportunities, 
             Accountability, Training and Educational Services Act,'' 
             or, as we prefer to call it, the COATS Act. We did this in 
             recognition of all that Senator Coats has done not only on 
             this bill, but for children and families throughout his 
             career.
               Mr. President, I know there will be more time later to 
             honor Senator Coats for all that he has done here in the 
             Senate. But sometimes time gets away from us and we never 
             let some of our colleagues know how much they mean to us. 
             The action by the Labor Committee this morning is a modest 
             gesture, but a sincere one. I think Senator Coats knows 
             that it is from all of our hearts. We shall miss you, 
             Senator.

                                            Wednesday, October 7, 1998.
               Mr. DODD. I commend my colleague from Indiana who is in 
             his closing days in this body, having made the decision 
             not to seek reelection. A lot of Members, as they wind 
             down, spend their last few days winding up work and not 
             being actively involved in the legislative process. It is 
             a tribute to Senator Coats that in his remaining days in 
             this body, he is still very active and involved in issues 
             he has cared deeply about. This is one such issue. I 
             commend him for this amendment. I think it is a very 
             creative way to advance this issue and provide some safety 
             for young people who are being exposed today to an 
             alarming amount of pornography on the Internet.

               Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I will take 1 minute. I want 
             to use this unique opportunity to add my comments about 
             the Senator from Indiana. I have told people that I am 
             enormously proud to serve in this body. One of the major 
             reasons for that is the men and women with whom I serve, 
             both Republicans and Democrats, liberals and 
             conservatives, I think are the best men and women I have 
             been associated with in my entire life.
               One of those is the Senator from Indiana. We became 
             acquainted in 1981 when we both were elected to the House 
             of Representatives in the same election, and although we 
             perhaps have agreed and disagreed many times on many 
             issues throughout the years, I have deep admiration for 
             Senator Coats and his family.
               When he leaves the Senate, as is the case with so many 
             of our colleagues, the Senate will have lost a very 
             important contributor on a good many issues, this one most 
             notable. He has been persistent on this issue and, as the 
             Senator from Arizona just described, we have had hearings 
             in the Commerce Committee about this issue. It desperately 
             needs attention, desperately needs a solution, and the 
             Senator from Indiana has been a significant contributor in 
             that effort. I did not want to let this moment pass 
             without sharing my respect for Senator Coats.

                                             Thursday, October 8, 1998.
               Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I also wish to pay my 
             compliments and accolades to Senator Dan Coats of Indiana. 
             I have had the pleasure of knowing Dan Coats. He actually 
             was elected to the House of Representatives in 1980, the 
             same year I was elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. He 
             had something unusual happen.
               When Dan Quayle was selected as Vice President and 
             elected in 1988, Dan Coats was appointed to take his place 
             in 1988.
               That almost sounds like it was easy, but it turned out 
             he had to run for reelection in 1990; and he won. But that 
             was only for a partial term, and so he also had to run for 
             reelection in 1992. So he had the unenviable task of 
             having really challenging races both in 1990 and in 1992 
             for the U.S. Senate. He won both, and deservedly so, 
             because he has been an outstanding U.S. Senator.
               I remember Dan Quayle telling me, ``You're really going 
             to like Dan Coats.'' Dan Quayle and I were good friends. 
             And Dan Coats and I have become very good friends. And he 
             was exactly right. Dan Coats and his wife, Marcia, his 
             family, are not only good friends of our family, but I 
             would say anybody serving in this body--anybody--whether 
             they be on the House side or the Senate side, cannot help 
             but like Dan and Marcia Coats. They are a couple--they are 
             a couple--in the greatest tradition of the Senate.
               His wife Marcia has been active in the Senate wives' 
             groups and active with the prayer groups that many of our 
             wives are involved with. They go to functions together. 
             They are athletically involved. They both play tennis. 
             They both play golf. They both have a good time. They keep 
             their priorities straight. They both have a very strong 
             belief in God and in their families, and work comes down 
             somewhere below that.
               He has done an outstanding job as a Senator for the 
             great State of Indiana. I would say he has done an 
             outstanding job as a Senator for all of us in America, 
             whether it be his work on the Armed Services Committee, 
             whether it be his tireless efforts on welfare reform in 
             the Labor Committee, his efforts to try to reduce poverty, 
             his efforts to alleviate suffering amongst kids.
               Many of our colleagues are not aware of it, but he is 
             national president of the Big Brothers program, which 
             could probably be a full-time job for anybody, but he is 
             able to do that. He has been a Big Brother. He actually 
             was a Big Brother in a town for a youngster who did not 
             have a dad, did not have a mentor. Dan Coats became his 
             mentor--as a matter of fact, became his best man at his 
             wedding.
               What a great compliment for an individual who, of 
             course, had unlimited demands on his time, was willing to 
             take time out and serve as a Big Brother to a youngster 
             who did not have a dad, and he did it for years. 
             Ultimately this young man became quite a success, a 
             success in his own right, and I think in large part 
             because of the time and attention and love that Dan Coats 
             gave to him. He selected Dan Coats as his best man at his 
             wedding, which is quite a compliment.
               Dan Coats was recently selected as Christian Statesman 
             of the Year by a national organization. They had a big 
             banquet honoring him, and it was well deserved. I have the 
             pleasure of knowing Dan Coats in many respects. His belief 
             in God, it is sincere, it is real. He is the embodiment of 
             a Christian statesman. And so that award was well 
             deserved.
               He has been leader, as many of us know, of the Senate 
             Prayer Breakfast that we have ongoing in the Senate that 
             goes back for years and years. He has been chairman or 
             president of that group for us for the last year or so and 
             has done a good job--done an outstanding job in every 
             respect.
               So he is absolutely a dear friend, and I hate to see him 
             leave the Senate. He has served now in the Senate since 
             1988, so only for 10 years. But he also served 8 years in 
             the House, and before that he served a couple years in the 
             Army. So he has given a lot of years in public service, 
             and he deserves, I guess, a chance to do something else.
               But I am confident--absolutely confident--that whatever 
             he does will be a great service to this country. He has 
             been a real blessing to this body. He and his wife have 
             been a real blessing to this country. And it is with great 
             regret that I see Dan Coats join the group of retiring 
             Senators. But I do wish every best wish to him and his 
             family, and I compliment them for their outstanding 
             service to their State, to their country, to God, and to 
             their family.

                                               Friday, October 9, 1998.
               Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I would like to take this 
             opportunity before the 105th Congress adjourns to honor 
             our distinguished colleague and my friend, Dan Coats, who 
             will be returning to private life at the end of this 
             Congress.
               For the past 10 years it has been my privilege to join 
             with Senator Coats in serving the people of Indiana. 
             During that time, he has epitomized strong character and 
             devotion to public service.
               Senator Coats has been a determined advocate for his 
             point of view, but also a good listener who has often 
             forged compromises that benefited our Nation. He has been 
             a work horse able to shoulder the daily burdens of a 
             thousand details, but also a thoughtful observer who sees 
             beyond the politics of the moment to provide perspective 
             on the direction of our country. And he has been an 
             effective defender of the interests of Indiana, while 
             always upholding his national responsibilities.
               Dan Coats has applied his expertise and commitment to 
             many of the most critical areas of public policy. He has 
             become one of our foremost advocates for protecting 
             America's children and strengthening American families. 
             His knowledge of military issues and his leadership on the 
             Armed Forces Committee will be difficult to replace.
               Of particular note is his Project for American Renewal, 
             because it speaks to both Dan's personal convictions and 
             his legislative innovation. With this project--a set of 19 
             legislative proposals--he has succeeded in articulating a 
             coherent philosophy of compassionate conservatism.
               Senator Coats understands that the limits of government 
             do not limit our responsibilities to each other as 
             citizens of a great Nation. His project promotes 
             volunteerism, charitable giving, personal responsibility, 
             and the cohesiveness of communities. His proposal embodies 
             both Senator Coats' insightful reading of modern American 
             social conditions and his optimism for our future. I know 
             that Senator Coats will continue to be an eloquent 
             spokesman for the Project for American Renewal as he 
             returns to private life.
               I am especially sad to see Senator Coats leave because 
             he has been an outstanding partner. Ever since he arrived 
             in the Senate in 1989, he and I have operated a unique 
             joint office arrangement in Indiana designed to maximize 
             our efforts on behalf of Hoosiers. By combining our 
             resources, we have been able to provide better service at 
             less expense to the citizens of Indiana.
               Many Senate colleagues over the years have been 
             surprised when they learn that we share office space and 
             staffs in Indiana. They understand the daunting challenges 
             of combining the staffs of two independent-minded Senators 
             with distinct responsibilities and committee assignments. 
             But our Hoosier partnership has been strong and 
             supportive, for which I am deeply appreciative.
               Senator Coats leaves the Senate after 10 years having 
             established a legion of friendships and a legacy of 
             achievement and integrity. The Senate will miss his 
             expertise, his hard work, his thoughtful reflection, and 
             his talent for innovation. I am confident that Dan will 
             continue to serve the public in the many challenges that 
             lie ahead of him. I wish Dan and Marcia Coats all the best 
             as they move on to these new adventures.

               Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I wish to compliment the 
             distinguished senior Senator from Indiana for his parting 
             words about our colleague. I agree with him. It will come 
             as no surprise that there are those on this side of the 
             aisle, like myself, who also will miss Dan Coats and who 
             are most impressed by the way that he and his 
             distinguished colleague work together.

               Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, while our colleagues express 
             their appreciation to our good friend from Indiana, I 
             would like to just say a few words about him and spread 
             those on the Record of the U.S. Senate.
               We are all losing some good friends in the Senate 
             Chamber this year on both sides of the aisle, and we will 
             have a chance over the next few hours to talk about each 
             one of them. I want to say a few special words about my 
             good friend, Dan Coats.
               Senator Dan Coats succeeded Senator Dan Quayle in the 
             Senate. He was a Member of the House, and he worked as a 
             staff member before that. I have actually known this 
             distinguished Senator from Indiana going back about 20 
             years now, as a staff member, which I was, as a 
             Congressman, and as a Senator. I have to say that I truly 
             believe that no man or woman who serves in the Senate 
             today has had a greater influence on my own life and on my 
             own career than Dan Coats from Indiana. He was always 
             there for me when I sought advice in the House. And every 
             time I have sought elective office in the Senate, he was 
             one of the nominators. I referred to him as my ``rabbit's 
             foot'' because he always said just the right things. 
             Whenever the going is the toughest, I know I can go to Dan 
             and seek good advice, and it will come from him. He is a 
             man that has his priorities in order--honesty, integrity, 
             family, and also those special things a lot of people 
             don't know about, such as his involvement in the Big 
             Brothers Program. One of the things he enjoyed the most, 
             which he didn't mention today, is that he served in the 
             House for quite some time as the ranking member on the 
             Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families. He 
             enjoyed that assignment. I always wanted to eliminate all 
             of the select committees. But for Dan and that committee, 
             they did a great service for the families and the children 
             of this country.
               Dan is the kind of guy also who will run late to a 
             meeting with the archbishop and will stop and visit with a 
             homeless man on the street to try to talk to him about his 
             needs, and try to help him, try to get him to go to a 
             shelter. He is really a good human being.
               He has been a valuable asset to the Senate when it came 
             to our services, when it came to working with any of us 
             who have problems here in the Senate.
               So I am going to dearly miss him as a personal friend, 
             as a great Senator, a great family man. He and Marcia are 
             great people. In fact, I was sitting on my patio a couple 
             of weeks ago on Saturday, and I got to thinking about Dan 
             Coats. I got melancholy, and I got tears in my eyes. I 
             called him on a Saturday afternoon and said, ``You can't 
             leave. I can't go forward in the Senate without you.'' I 
             found out that he and Marcia had been playing tennis on a 
             nice clay tennis court instead of being out campaigning in 
             the backwoods somewhere. And, somehow or other, it seemed 
             OK.
               He is leaving the Senate, but he is not leaving us. I 
             have a feeling that he is going to have a real influence 
             in many ways for the rest of his life, and he is going to 
             stay close to all of us.
               So on a very personal basis on behalf of the Senate, I 
             wish you God's grace in everything you do, Dan Coats.

               Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I want to add to the 
             wonderful words that were said about Senator Dan Coats by 
             our distinguished majority header. He has affected many of 
             us. I think by his example we have all been enriched in 
             this body, and in the U.S. Congress. We thank him very 
             much.

               Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, there is perhaps no other 
             legislative body in the world that attracts a more 
             competent group of public servants than the U.S. Senate. 
             In the almost 45 years I have spent in this institution, I 
             have had the good fortune to serve with a number of very 
             capable, dedicated, and selfless individuals who have 
             worked hard to represent their constituents and do what is 
             best for the Nation. One person who is an excellent 
             example of the high caliber of person who is drawn to 
             public service is my good friend and colleague, Dan Coats.
               The Midwest has the uncanny way of producing men and 
             women of imminent sense and decency, individuals who have 
             the ability to see to the heart of a matter and find a way 
             to resolve a problem. Such skill is extremely valuable in 
             the U.S. Senate, a body by its very design that is 
             supposed to foster compromise between legislators on 
             issues before the Nation. Without question, Dan Coats is a 
             Senator who worked hard to bring parties together, find 
             common ground, and to get legislation passed. That is 
             certainly a fine legacy with which to leave this 
             institution.
               More than being an able legislator, Senator Coats 
             developed a strong expertise on defense matters, 
             particularly those related to his responsibilities as 
             Chairman of the Airland Subcommittee of the Committee on 
             the Armed Services. In this role, Senator Coats was 
             responsible for providing advice and helping shape policy 
             on matters related to how to describe what the threat and 
             future threats to our Nation are, how our military should 
             be structured in order to guarantee our security, and what 
             sort of ground and aviation assets our troops need in 
             order to do our jobs. Senator Coats had to be well versed 
             in everything from the GoreTex booties that go into the 
             boots of our soldiers to the advanced aerodynamical 
             concepts that are being used in the helicopters and jets 
             being developed for our forces. Few other individuals 
             could have mastered these disparate topics so well, and 
             that Senator Coats was able to do so, and make it look so 
             easy, is a testament to this man's intellect, dedication, 
             and ability.
               Without question, we are going to miss the many 
             contributions of Senator Coats, both to the Committee and 
             to the full Senate. He had a wry sense of humor, a civil 
             demeanor, and a desire to serve our Nation. His departure 
             from the Senate is truly a loss, but I am confident that 
             he will continue to find a way to serve and to make a 
             difference. I will miss him, both as a friend and a 
             colleague, and I would like to take this opportunity to 
             wish both he and his lovely wife Marcia great success and 
             happiness in all his future endeavors.

               Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, when the Congress ends, 
             Senator Dan Coats of Indiana will retire from the Senate. 
             Dan Coats and I have served together on the Armed Services 
             Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
               On the Armed Services Committee, Dan Coats has served 
             ably as the Chairman of the Airland Forces Subcommittee. 
             He is a forceful proponent of a strong national defense 
             and has consistently supported efforts to assure that our 
             men and women in the military remain the best trained and 
             equipped in the world.
               Although Dan Coats was one of the leading proponents in 
             the Senate of the version of the line-item veto which was 
             passed and signed into law, and I joined with Senators 
             Byrd and Moynihan in arguing in an amicus curiae brief to 
             the Supreme Court that that legislation was 
             unconstitutional, I greatly respected the diligence and 
             integrity with which he fought that battle.
               My friend from Indiana and I have worked together for 
             several years to prevent our States and communities from 
             becoming dumping grounds for solid waste from other areas 
             of the country and outside the country. He has been a 
             persistent advocate of giving States and local governments 
             the power to stem the flow of garbage flooding into their 
             jurisdictions. I would like to thank him for all he has 
             done on this matter, hopefully paving the way to a 
             resolution which will give more power to the people whose 
             quality of life is being harmed by a free interstate flow 
             of trash.
               Mr. President, Dan Coats' outstanding service as a U.S. 
             Senator came as no surprise to me or my constituents. He 
             was born and raised in Jackson, MI, and naturally this has 
             prepared him, like most Michiganders, to excel in life. 
             However, even though he has wandered off to Indiana, and 
             wandered even further into the GOP, I have enjoyed the 
             opportunities which I have had to work with Dan Coats and 
             will miss his friendship next year.

               Mr. ABRAHAM. Before he leaves the floor, I would like to 
             pay tribute, as several of our colleagues have, to our 
             distinguished friend, the Senator from the State of 
             Indiana, Dan Coats.
               Obviously, his career in the Senate is coming nearly to 
             the end here, but those of us who have had the chance to 
             serve with him and who are friends of his will miss him 
             greatly in this body.
               When I came to the Senate 4 years ago, I thought about 
             the kinds of people whose advice and counsel I wanted to 
             have. And the first name on the list as I was planning my 
             first trip to the Senate after the election was Dan Coats. 
             From that point on, he has been a friend, a mentor, 
             somebody whose judgment and advice I have respected as 
             highly as anyone's in this Chamber.
               He has served his State with great distinction, but 
             those of us who live in Michigan have a special fondness 
             for him because, of course, he is a native of our State. 
             He grew up in Jackson, MI, so although he represents 
             Indiana in the Senate, to many Michiganites and many of my 
             constituents when I am in the southern portion of my 
             State, they look at Dan Coats as their third Senator.
               So he has not only been a great friend to Michigan as a 
             native but also as a Senator who has worked closely with 
             us. I wish to say to him before he leaves the floor how 
             much I value his friendship, how much I look forward to 
             working with him in the future on other causes, and how 
             much I hope that, at whatever point I bring my career in 
             the Senate to an end, I will be thought of even half as 
             fondly and with half as much respect as he has, because I 
             think all of us who serve here hold him in the very 
             highest of esteem.

                                            Saturday, October 10, 1998.
               Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I rise today to pay 
             tribute to the distinguished Senator from Indiana, Dan 
             Coats. While he has only been in the Senate 10 years, he 
             has made an important contribution. One example is the 
             work he put into developing the historic, bipartisan 
             Family and Medical Leave Act.
               Mr. President, believe it or not, even though I am a 
             Democrat from the Northeast and Senator Coats is a 
             Republican from the Midwest, we have worked together on 
             legislation. Senator Coats has consistently fought to 
             improve the lives of our Nation's children. This 
             commitment led him to join me in support of the Juvenile 
             Mentoring Program--otherwise know as JUMP. This program 
             supports mentoring programs across the country, including 
             Big Brothers and Big Sisters. We have fought together for 
             funding and reauthorizing the program because we share the 
             belief that all children can succeed if we lend a helping 
             hand.
               Senator Coats also became a leading expert in the Senate 
             on military issues as a member of the Armed Services 
             Committee. He also worked hard on education and poverty 
             legislation as a member of the Senate Labor and Human 
             Resources Committee.
               Mr. President, during Senator Coats' tenure in the 
             Senate, we did have disagreements over policy issues. One 
             environmental issue consistently put the State of Indiana 
             at odds with the State of New Jersey. We always had a 
             vigorous debate when this issue came to the floor. Despite 
             our differences, he showed me great respect and courtesy 
             during these deliberations. I left these debates with a 
             great respect for his energy and determination to help his 
             State.
               Mr. President, I wish Senator Coats, his wife Marcia, 
             and their children and grandchildren the very best for the 
             future.

               Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, five Senators will move on at 
             the closing of this session of the 105th Congress. And 
             they are Senators that have, with the exception of one, 
             been here ever since I joined this body back in 1989.
               Dirk Kempthorne from Idaho was elected after I was. And 
             now after one term he has elected to go back to his home 
             State of Idaho.
               It seems like it becomes more and more difficult, as 
             time goes by, to attract men and women to public service, 
             and especially to public service when there are elections.
               He brought a certain quality to this Senate. On his work 
             on the Environment and Public Works Committee, he was 
             sensitive to the environment and all the public 
             infrastructure that we enjoy across this country. It just 
             seemed to fit, because he had come here after being the 
             mayor of Boise, ID. And his very first objective was to 
             tackle this business of unfunded mandates. He took that 
             issue on and provided the leadership, and finally we 
             passed a law that unfunded mandates must be adhered to 
             whenever we tell local government, State government that 
             it is going to take some of your money to comply with the 
             laws as passed by the Federal Government.
               He, like me, had come out of local government. He knew 
             the stresses and the pains of city councilmen and mayors 
             and county commissioners every time they struggle with 
             their budget in order to provide the services for their 
             people, when it comes to schools and roads and public 
             safety--all the demands that we enjoy down to our 
             neighborhoods.
               We shall miss him in this body.
               To my friend, John Glenn of Ohio, who has already made 
             his mark in history that shall live forever, he has left 
             his tracks in this body. And not many know--and maybe not 
             even him--but I was a lowly corporal in the U.S. Marine 
             Corps when he was flying in the Marine Corps. So my memory 
             of John Glenn goes back more than 40 years to El Toro 
             Marine Corps Air Station in Santa Anna, CA.
               As he goes into space again at the end of this month, we 
             wish him Godspeed. He gave this country pride as he lifted 
             off and became the first American to orbit the Earth. And 
             he carried with him all of the wishes of the American 
             people.
               To Dan Coats of Indiana, a classmate, we came to this 
             body together in 1989. Our routes were a little different, 
             but yet almost the same--he coming from the House of 
             Representatives and me coming from local government.
               He is a living example of a person dedicated to public 
             service. But it never affected his solid core values. He 
             has not changed one iota since I first met him back in 
             1989.
               The other principal is on the floor today. It is Wendell 
             Ford of Kentucky. I was fortunate to serve on two of the 
             most fascinating and hard-working committees in the U.S. 
             Senate with Senator Ford: the Commerce Committee and the 
             Energy Committee. Those committees, folks, touch every 
             life in America every day.
               We flip on our lights at home or in our businesses. We 
             pick up the telephone, listen to our radio, watch our 
             televisions, move ourselves from point A to point B, no 
             matter what the mode--whether it is auto, train, or plane. 
             Yes, all of the great scientific advances this country has 
             made, and research and the improvement of everyday life 
             and, yes, even our venture into space comes under the 
             auspices of the Commerce, Science and Transportation 
             Committee and the Energy Committee. Those two committees 
             play such a major role in the everyday workings of 
             America.
               Wendell Ford was one great champion and one of the true 
             principals in formulating policies that we enjoy today. He 
             played a major role in each and every one of them.
               Again, it was my good fortune to work with Senator 
             Bumpers on two committees: the Small Business Committee 
             and the Energy Committee. There is no one in this body 
             that has been more true to his deeply held beliefs than 
             Senator Bumpers. Our views did not always mesh--and that 
             is true with Senator Ford. It was their wisdom and the way 
             they dealt with their fellow Senators that we worked our 
             way through difficult issues and hard times with a sense 
             of humor. I always say if you come from Arkansas you have 
             to have a pretty good sense of humor. My roots go back to 
             Missouri; I know we had to develop humor very early. 
             Nonetheless, it was the integrity and the honesty that 
             allowed us to settle our differences, even though we were 
             180 degrees off plumb.
               I think I have taken from them much more than I have 
             given back to them. This body has gained more than it can 
             repay. This Nation is a better Nation for all of them 
             serving in the U.S. Senate.
               In our country we don't say goodbye, we just say so 
             long. But we say so long to these Senators from our 
             everyday activities on the floor of the U.S. Senate. I am 
             sure our trails will cross many times in the future. 
             Should they not, I will be the most disappointed of all.

               Mr. KEMPTHORNE. Mr. President, I appreciate you 
             presiding as you do in such a class fashion. I would like 
             to make a few comments here. I have been touched and 
             impressed by the fact of colleagues coming to the floor 
             and paying tribute to those Members who are departing. I 
             have listened because, as one of those Members who are 
             departing, I know personally how much it means to hear 
             those kind comments that are made.
               Senator Ford, who just spoke, is leaving after a very 
             illustrious career. I remember when the Republican Party 
             took over the majority 4 years ago and I was new to the 
             position of Presiding Officer, it was not unusual for 
             Wendell Ford, who knows many of the ropes around here, to 
             come and pull me aside and give me a few of the tips on 
             how I could be effective as a Presiding Officer. I think 
             probably one of the highest tributes you can pay to an 
             individual is the fact that you see their family and the 
             success they have had. I remember when Wendell Ford's 
             grandson, Clay, was a page here. I think Clay is probably 
             one of the greatest tributes paid to a grandfather.
               Dale Bumpers, often mentioned here on the floor about 
             his great sense of humor, is an outstanding gentlemen. He 
             is someone whom I remember before I ever became involved 
             in politics. I watched him as a Governor of Arkansas and 
             thought, there is a man who has great integrity, someone 
             you can look up to. And then to have the opportunity to 
             serve with him has been a great honor.
               John Glenn. Whenever any of the astronauts--the original 
             seven--would blast off into space, my mother would get all 
             the boys up so we could watch them. I remember when John 
             Glenn blasted off into space. Again, the idea that somehow 
             a kid would end up here and would serve with John Glenn is 
             just something I never could dream of at the time. In 
             fact, John Glenn became a partner in our efforts to stop 
             unfunded Federal mandates. You could not ask for a better 
             partner.
               Speaking of partners, he could not have a better partner 
             than Annie. I had the great joy of traveling with them 
             approximately a year ago when we went to Asia. That is 
             when you get to know these people as couples. I remember 
             that we happened to be flying over an ocean when it was 
             the Marine Corps' birthday. On the airplane we had a cake 
             and brought it out, to the surprise of John Glenn. But you 
             could see the emotion in his eyes. I know the Presiding 
             Officer is a former U.S. Marine, so he knows what we are 
             talking about.
               Dan Coats. There is no more genuine a person than Dan--
             not only in the Senate but on the face of the Earth. He is 
             a man of great sincerity, a man who can articulate his 
             position so extremely well. He is a man who, when you look 
             into his eyes, you know he is listening to you and he is 
             going to do right by you and by the people of his State of 
             Indiana, and he has done right by the people of the United 
             States. He is a man who has great faith, a man to whom I 
             think a number of us have looked for guidance.
               When you look at the Senate through the eyes of a 
             camera, you see just one dimension. But on the floor of 
             the Senate we are just people. A lot of times we don't get 
             home to our wives and kids and sometimes to the ball games 
             or back-to-school nights. There are times when some of the 
             issues don't go as we would like, and it gets tough. At 
             these times, we hurt. There are people like Dan Coats to 
             whom you can turn, who has said, ``Buddy, I have been 
             there and I am with you now.'' So, again, he is an 
             outstanding individual.

                                              Monday, October 12, 1998.
               Mr. FORD. Mr. President, as the 105th Congress comes to 
             a close, I want to take a moment to say thank you to my 
             fellow colleagues who, like me, will be retiring this 
             year.
               I came to the Senate in 1974 with Senators Glenn and 
             Bumpers. It was a different time, when campaigns were 
             still won by going door to door, when the Senate itself 
             was much more open to compromise and bipartisanship.
               Despite the changes in the Senate, Senator Bumpers has 
             continued to be a voice for his State, never giving up the 
             fight for something in which he believed. And when the 
             Senate itself began to listen, they began to respond. In 
             fact, after fighting 19 years to reform the National Parks 
             concessions operations, he finally won approval of the 
             legislation on last Thursday.
               And while it's true the Senate long ago lost its 
             reputation as a place of eloquent debate, my colleague 
             from Arkansas has proven time and again the power of words 
             with his skillful oratory, whether the issue was arms 
             control, education or balancing the budget. In all my 
             years here in Washington, I was never so moved as I was by 
             a speech he gave on preserving the Manassas, VA, Civil War 
             Battlefield. He not only changed votes, but he reminded 
             his colleagues and the American people that our greatest 
             strength lies in our ability to give voice to our beliefs 
             and to our constituent's concerns.
               Like Mark Twain who came into this world with Halley's 
             comet and left this world with the return, Senator Glenn 
             came into the public eye with his historic orbit around 
             the Earth and he will close out his public career with 
             another historic flight into space. In between, he's 
             demonstrated over and over that he's truly made of the 
             ``right stuff.''
               As the ``Almanac of American Politics'' wrote, he is 
             ``the embodiment of the small town virtues of family, God-
             fearing religion, duty, patriotism, and hard work * * *''. 
             And over the years, he has brought the same fight and 
             determination that made him a brilliant fighter pilot to 
             his efforts to expand educational opportunities, increase 
             funding for scientific research, to clean up nuclear waste 
             sites, promote civil rights, and to make our government 
             more efficient.
               Despite their long list of contributions in the Senate, 
             perhaps their greatest contributions to this Nation are 
             still to come. Senator Bumpers has talked about going back 
             to Arkansas to teach and Senator Glenn has said once he 
             gets back down to Earth, he'll work to steer young people 
             toward public service. I can't think of a greater honor 
             than to say I've served alongside these two men and shared 
             their vision of a better America.
               I also want to thank my two retiring colleagues on the 
             other side of the aisle. We may not have always agreed on 
             which road to take, but I believe we always shared a deep 
             commitment to our country and its betterment. Whether you 
             agree or not with Senator Coats' position on the issues, 
             everyone in this chamber will agree he's willing to roll 
             up his sleeves and do the hard work necessary to 
             accomplish his goals. He's brought the same tenacity to 
             the Senate that found him at 3 percent in the polls when 
             he began his first congressional bid and had him winning 
             by 58 percent on election day. He got that win the old-
             fashioned way, organizing block by block and pressing his 
             case one-on-one.
               Senator Kempthorne has only been a part of this 
             institution for just one term, but he has already proven 
             that he can work with his colleagues to pass laws, like 
             the unfunded mandates bill, in a place where it's often 
             easier to move mountains than a piece of legislation. The 
             Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 was a perfect example of 
             his ability to bring together scientists, activists on 
             both sides of the issue, and public health experts to 
             craft legislation that each one had a stake in seeing 
             succeed. So, while he may have spent just a short while in 
             these Halls, he demonstrated that it is only through 
             compromise that we can achieve solutions in the best 
             interest of the Nation.
               So, Mr. President, let me tell my fellow retirees what a 
             privilege it has been to serve with you over the years and 
             how grateful I am for your commitment to public service 
             and the American people.

               Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, on Saturday, I had a chance 
             to talk about our good friend, Dale Bumpers. I'd like to 
             take a few minutes to talk about four other friends who 
             will be leaving us at the end of this Congress.
               Shortly after he left the White House, Calvin Coolidge 
             was called on to fill out a standard form. After filling 
             in his name and address, he came to a line marked 
             ``occupation.'' He wrote ``retired.'' When he came to the 
             next line, labeled ``remarks,'' he wrote ``Glad of it.'' I 
             suspect that our colleagues who are retiring at the end of 
             this Congress are also ``glad of it''--at least in some 
             small measure. But, in addition to relief, I hope they 
             also feel a sense of pride--both for what they have 
             accomplished here, and the dignity with which they have 
             served.
               In a short time here, Dirk Kempthorne has made all of 
             our lives a little better. Thanks in large part to him, 
             the Safe Drinking Water Act is now the law. Senator 
             Kempthorne has also reminded us of the importance of State 
             and local involvement in our decisions. We will all miss 
             him.
               I had the good fortune to travel with Senator Kempthorne 
             to the Far East. As most of our colleagues know, as we 
             travel we get to know one another even better. I know him 
             and I admire him and I wish him well in his life after the 
             Senate. I also applaud him for the nature with which he 
             has continued to work with all of us. He has a very 
             conciliatory, very thoughtful, a very civil way with which 
             to deal with colleagues on issues. If we would all follow 
             Dirk Kempthorne's example, in my view, we would be a lot 
             better off in this body. His manner, his leadership, his 
             character, his personality is one that we are going to 
             miss greatly here in the U.S. Senate.
               We will also miss Dan Coats. With his thoughtful 
             approach and uncompromising principles, Senator Coats has 
             followed his heart above all else. And, as a result of his 
             support of the Family and Medical Leave Act, millions of 
             Americans are able to follow their hearts, too, and spend 
             more time with their families when they need them most.
               When Senator Coats announced his retirement in 1996, he 
             said, ``I want to leave (politics) when I am young enough 
             to contribute somewhere else. * * * I want to leave when 
             there is still a chance to follow God's leading to 
             something new.'' Wherever Senator Coats and Senator 
             Kempthorne are led, we wish them both the best. I am 
             confident that they will continue to contribute much to 
             their country and to their fellow citizens.
               And we will surely miss our own three departing 
             Senators.
               Dale Bumpers, Wendell Ford and John Glenn are three of 
             the sturdiest pillars in this institution. They have much 
             in common. They came here--all three of them--in 1974. For 
             nearly a quarter-century, they have worked to restore 
             Americans' faith in their government.
               Their names have been called with the roll of every 
             important question of our time. And they have answered 
             that call with integrity and dignity.
               They are sons of small town America who still believe in 
             the values they learned back in Charlestown, AR; 
             Owensboro, KY; and New Concord, OH. They are also modest 
             men.
               Perhaps because they had already accomplished so much 
             before they came to the Senate, they have never worried 
             about grabbing headlines here. Instead, they have been 
             content to work quietly, but diligently--often with 
             colleagues from across the aisle--to solve problems as 
             comprehensively as they can. They have been willing to 
             take on the ``nuts and bolts'' work of the Senate--what 
             John Glenn once called ``the grunt work'' of making the 
             Government run more efficiently.
               They were all elected to the Senate by wide margins, and 
             re-elected by even wider margins. And they all would have 
             been re-elected this year, I have no doubt, had they 
             chosen to run again.
               What I will remember most about each of them, though, is 
             not how much like each other they are, but how unlike 
             anyone else they are. Each of them is an American 
             original.
               As I said, I've already shared my thoughts about Dale 
             Bumpers. No Senator has ever had more courage than Dale 
             Bumpers.
               And no Senate leader has ever had the benefit of a 
             better teacher than Wendell Ford.
               No leader has ever enjoyed such a loyal partnership as I 
             have. No leader has ever had a better friend and 
             counselor.
               For the past 4 years, Senator Ford has been my right 
             hand and much more. He is as skilled a political mind, and 
             as warm a human being, as this Senate has ever known.
               Carved inside the drawer of the desk in which Wendell 
             sits is the name of another Kentucky Senator, ``the Great 
             Compromisor,'' Henry Clay. It is a fitting match.
               Like Henry Clay, Wendell Ford believes that compromise 
             is honorable and necessary in a democracy. But he also 
             understands that compromise is, as Clay said, ``negotiated 
             hurt.''
               I suspect that is why he has always preferred to try to 
             work out disagreements behind the scenes. It allows both 
             sides to bend, and still keep their dignity.
               In 1991, Wendell's quiet, bipartisan style convinced a 
             Senator from across the aisle, Mark Hatfield, to join him 
             in sponsoring the ``Motor Voter'' bill. Working together, 
             they convinced the Senate to pass that legislation. To 
             this day, it remains the most ambitious effort Congress 
             has made since the Voting Rights Act to open up the voting 
             booth to more Americans.
               Wendell Ford has served the Bluegrass State as a State 
             senator, Lieutenant Governor, Governor and U.S. Senator. 
             His love for his fellow Kentuckians is obvious, and it is 
             reciprocated.
               In his 1980 Senate race, Wendell Ford became the first 
             opposed candidate in Kentucky history to carry all 120 
             counties. In 1992, he received the highest number of votes 
             ever cast for any candidate in his State.
               Throughout his years in the Senate, Senator Ford has 
             also been a tenacious fighter for the people of Kentucky. 
             He has also been a leader on aviation issues, a determined 
             foe of government waste and duplication, a champion of 
             campaign finance reform, and--something we are especially 
             grateful for on this side of the aisle--a tireless leader 
             for the Democratic Party.
               He chaired the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee for 
             three Congresses, from 1976 through 1982. And, in 1990, 
             Democratic Senators elected him unanimously to be our 
             party whip, our second-in-command, in the Senate--a 
             position he still holds today.
               We will miss his raspy and unmistakable voice, his good 
             humor and wise counsel.
               Finally, there is John Glenn. What can one say about 
             John Glenn that has not already been said?
               In all these 24 years, as hard as he tried to blend in 
             with the rest of us, as hard as he tried to be just a 
             colleague among colleagues, it never quite worked, did it?
               I used to think that maybe I was the only one here who 
             still felt awed in his presence. Two years ago, on a 
             flight from China with John and a handful of other 
             Senators and our spouses, I learned that wasn't so.
               During the flight, we were able to persuade John to 
             recollect that incredible mission aboard Friendship 7, 
             when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. He 
             told us about losing all radio communication during re-
             entry, about having to guide his spacecraft manually 
             during the most critical point in re-entry, about seeing 
             pieces of his fiberglass heat panel bursting into flames 
             and flying off his space capsule, knowing that at any 
             moment, he could be incinerated.
               We all huddled around him with our eyes wide open. No 
             one moved. No one said a word.
               Listening to him, I felt the same awe I had felt when I 
             was 14 years old, sitting in a classroom in Aberdeen, SD, 
             watching TV accounts of that flight. Then I looked around 
             me, and realized everyone else there was feeling the same 
             thing.
               I saw that same sense of awe in other Senators' faces in 
             June, when we had a dinner for John at the National Air 
             and Space Museum. Before dinner, we were invited to have 
             our photographs taken with John in front of the Friendship 
             7 capsule. I don't think I've ever seen so many Senators 
             waiting so patiently for anything as we did for that one 
             picture.
               A lot of people tend to think of two John Glenns: 
             Colonel John Glenn, the astronaut-hero; and Senator John 
             Glenn. The truth is, there is only John Glenn--the 
             patriot.
               Love for his country is what sent John into space. It's 
             what brought him to Washington, and compelled him to work 
             so diligently all these years in the Senate.
               People who have been there say you see the world 
             differently from space. You see the ``big picture.'' You 
             see how small and interconnected our planet is.
               Perhaps it's because he came to the Senate with that 
             perspective that John has fought so hard against nuclear 
             proliferation and other weapons of mass destruction.
               Maybe because he'd had enough glamour and tickertape 
             parades by the time he came here, John chose to immerse 
             himself in some decidedly unglamorous causes.
               He immersed himself in the scientific and the technical. 
             He looked at government with the eyes of an engineer, and 
             tried to imagine ways it could work better and more 
             efficiently.
               As early as 1978, he called for Congress to live by the 
             same workplace rules it sets for everyone else. More 
             recently, he spearheaded the overhaul of the Federal 
             Government procurement system, enabling the Government to 
             buy products faster, and save money at the same time.
               In 1974, the year he was elected to the Senate, John 
             Glenn carried all 88 counties in Ohio. In 1980, he was re-
             elected with the largest margin in his State's history. 
             The last time he ran, in 1992, he became the first Ohio 
             Senator ever to win four terms.
               As I said, I'm sure he would have been re-elected had he 
             chosen to run again. But, as we all know, he has other 
             plans.
               For 36 years, John Glenn has wanted to go back into 
             space. On October 29, he will finally get his chance. At 
             77 years old, he will become the oldest human being ever 
             to orbit the Earth--by 16 years.
               Many of us will be in Houston to see John and his 
             Discovery crew mates blast off. If history is any 
             indication, I suspect we will be wide-eyed once again.
               In closing, let me say, Godspeed, John Glenn and Dale 
             Bumpers, Wendell Ford, Dirk Kempthorne and Dan Coats. You 
             have served this Senate well. You are all ``Senators' 
             Senators,'' and we will miss you dearly.

                                             Tuesday, October 13, 1998.
               Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, at this desk on the floor of 
             the Senate, I am surrounded by Indiana--the senior Senator 
             from Indiana on my left, the junior Senator from Indiana 
             on my right. Together, they have come to reflect the 
             character of their sober, peaceful, and productive section 
             of middle America. So close are the two Senators to one 
             another, almost alone among Members of this body, they 
             share offices in the State of Indiana, they share a strong 
             and calm temperament, and they share a commitment to the 
             people they represent and to the people of the United 
             States.
               When this Congress adjourns in a few short hours, 
             however, we will be losing one of those Senators, Dan 
             Coats. Dan Coats has grown in wisdom and in the respect 
             that his fellow Senators have for him in each of the 10 
             years during which he has served in the Senate--10 years 
             that seem to me, in retrospect, to be all too short. With 
             Dan Coats, what you see is what you get, a man who lives 
             and defends and projects solid American values, a love of 
             family, a love of country, a love of God, a man who works 
             hard, a man whose convictions are strong and unshakeable 
             but who combines with those convictions a willingness to 
             listen to views different from his own and to reach 
             accommodations on matters of policy when those 
             accommodations do not shake his solid philosophical 
             foundation.
               During the course of his 10 years in the Senate, Dan 
             Coats has become a good friend. I do not believe I can say 
             that he is my closest friend in the Senate, nor I his. I 
             can say, however, that I will greatly miss his calm good 
             humor, his ability to get to the central point of any 
             debate over policy or political philosophy, his rich 
             dedication to the Constitution of the United States, to 
             this body, and to the friends he has made in this body.
               We are only 100 men and women in the Senate, Mr. 
             President. We see a great deal of one another, and we see 
             ourselves and our colleagues under great stress and under 
             high pressures. As a consequence, it is very difficult for 
             any of us to hide the vital features of our character or 
             our personality from one another. Dan Coats, I must say, 
             has never attempted to hide anything about his character 
             or about his personality, and with me and with all of us 
             it has worn well. He is the kind of individual whom you 
             like and respect more and more with each passing day, and 
             it is for just that reason that even if this Congress ends 
             up by accomplishing many of the purposes that each of us 
             as individuals set out to accomplish at the beginning of 
             this Congress, we will still go home with an empty heart, 
             knowing that those of us who return in January will return 
             without the daily advice, counsel, and friendship of a 
             magnificent U.S. Senator, Dan Coats of Indiana.

                                           Wednesday, October 14, 1998.
               Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I want to offer my best 
             wishes to Senator Coats as he retires from the Senate this 
             year. I have enjoyed working with him in areas where we 
             agree, and I have always respected his viewpoint when we 
             have differed. He is a gentleman in the best tradition of 
             the Senate.
               I have appreciated Senator Coats leadership in several 
             areas, including his commitment to the line-item veto, 
             which I agree can be a powerful tool against wasteful 
             spending. Senator Coats has also taken on the issue of 
             solid waste disposal, calling for more State discretion 
             over what types of waste are disposed of within individual 
             States. In Wisconsin, where we have a strong recycling 
             program and create less solid waste than many States, we 
             share Senator Coats' belief that States deserve to be 
             heard on this issue, and not be forced to accept unwelcome 
             garbage.
               Senator Coats has also been a leader among the ``donor 
             States'' in ISTEA funding for a more equitable 
             distribution of highway funds, another issue of great 
             importance to Wisconsin, where we again appreciate his 
             commitment to fairness.
               Senator Coats now voluntarily walks away from the 
             Senate, still a young man, with humility and dignity, sure 
             to find success in private life. As he leaves the Senate, 
             I thank him for his years of service in this body and in 
             the House of Representatives, and I wish him all the best 
             in his new endeavors.

               Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, many have spoken more 
             eloquently than I of the contributions made to this body 
             and to this Nation by Dan Coats. I will not try to 
             describe his distinguished career or to list his 
             legislative achievements, but I will, once again, attempt 
             to review the qualities that have made Dan Coats special 
             to me and to so many others.
               First, he is a man of faith who lives that faith and 
             allows it, shockingly to some, to actually affect how he 
             votes and how he does his job. He is fully apprised of all 
             the technical data and the Senate procedures required for 
             effective service in the Senate on the Armed Services 
             Committee and the Labor and Human Resources Committee. But 
             the strength of his service goes beyond technical skills--
             Dan brings honesty, strong principle, and faith to every 
             issue he faces. He does not approach these issues in a 
             shallow or parochial fashion, but instead brings 
             perspective to these matters that only comes from faith. 
             Faith shapes what he does. It inspires others. It has 
             inspired me, an event for which I am most grateful. Dan 
             Coats is generous, kind, loving, and courteous. He is also 
             courageous. He cares about our Nation and he wants it to 
             achieve its highest and best goals. He knows that 
             coarseness, selfishness, dishonesty, and meanness must not 
             be our norm. So, while Dan tended to the daily duties of 
             the Senate, he always kept his eye on the permanent 
             things. Whether he was working quietly behind the scenes, 
             or passionately on the floor, Dan has sought to ensure 
             that our Nation's policies result not only in making us 
             stronger and richer, but also better. Dan knows, to the 
             depth of his being, that God desires goodness, humility, 
             honesty, and justice more than power, fame, and wealth. 
             Indeed, Dan has steadfastly and in a winsome manner, 
             worked, perhaps more than any other Senator, to cause the 
             Members of this body to think on these things. He has 
             encouraged us, as the prophet Habakkuk says, ``to walk on 
             my high places''. He has shown that one person can improve 
             the lives of others by articulating and living a message 
             of faith. That Dan is national president of the Big 
             Brothers organization is not surprising. He knows that 
             profound change comes one life at a time, not through the 
             expenditure of a few more governmental dollars. And, 
             though he has served in the most exemplary fashion as a 
             U.S. Senator, still, to paraphrase, nothing has so become 
             him as his manner of leaving. He, with grace and dignity, 
             has just walked away. Dan knows, he really knows, that 
             this great Senate, this earthy pit, too often leads us to 
             believe, by our own pride and self deception, that we 
             control our own destinies, the destinies of others, and 
             the destiny of the world. And, most importantly, he knows 
             that such pride is false. Dan knows that another power 
             controls this world, a power far beyond our imaginings. 
             While we have governmental duties to fulfill, we must also 
             listen to that still, small voice. It is not only 
             important to listen, but to obey. Dan does both. He has 
             just walked away from this Senate, and the wise think this 
             decision is foolish. But, as he leaves this body and 
             begins a new period in his life of obedience, none can 
             know precisely what the future will hold anymore than 
             Abraham did when he was called. But when he was called, he 
             went. As Dan Coats leaves this Senate, we are all saddened 
             because we love him, admire him, and because we will miss 
             his guidance. Certainly, he has loved us first and 
             uplifted this Senator and others with his example. With 
             grace and strength he has dropped the trappings of power 
             to serve in another way. His example, Mr. President, is 
             bright and pure. We watch with love and awe. Godspeed Dan 
             Coats.

                                           Wednesday, October 21, 1998.
               Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, in this last day of the 105th 
             Congress, I think it is appropriate that we take a little 
             more time to express our appreciation and our admiration 
             for our retiring Senators. I look down the list: Senator 
             Bumpers of Arkansas; Senator Coats of Indiana; Senator 
             Ford, the Democratic whip, of Kentucky; Senator Glenn, who 
             will soon be taking another historic flight into space; 
             and Senator Kempthorne, who I believe is also going to be 
             taking flight into a new position of leadership and honor. 
             This is a distinguished group of men who have been 
             outstanding Senators, who have left their mark on this 
             institution. I believe you could say in each case they 
             have left the Senate a better place than it was when they 
             came.
               Have we had our disagreements along the way? Sure, 
             within parties and across party aisles. I have to take a 
             moment to express my appreciation to each of these 
             Senators. I especially want to thank Senator Ford for his 
             cooperation in his position as whip. We worked together 
             for a year and a half as the whip on our respective side 
             of the aisle and we always had a very good relationship. 
             Of course, I have already expressed my very close 
             relationship for Senator Coats and for Senator Kempthorne.
               To all of these Senators, I want to extend my fondest 
             farewell.
               As majority leader, I feel a responsibility to speak for 
             all of us in bidding an official farewell to our five 
             colleagues who are retiring this year.
               It was 1974 when Dale Bumpers left the Governorship of 
             Arkansas to take the Senate seat that had long been held 
             by Senator Fulbright. There are several Senators in this 
             Chamber today who, in 1974, were still in high school.
               Four terms in the Senate of the United States can be a 
             very long time--but that span of nearly a quarter-century 
             has not in the least diminished Senator Bumpers' 
             enthusiasm for his issues and energy in advancing them.
               He has been a formidable debater, fighting for his 
             causes with a tenacity and vigor that deserves the title 
             of Razorback.
               It is a memorable experience to be on the receiving end 
             of his opposition--whether the subject was the space 
             station or, year after year, mining on public lands.
               Arkansas and Mississippi are neighbors, sharing many of 
             the same problems. From personal experience, I know how 
             Senator Bumpers has been an assiduous and effective 
             advocate for his State and region.
               No one expects retirement from the Senate to mean 
             inactivity for Senator Bumpers, whose convictions run too 
             deep to be set aside with his formal legislative duties.
               All of us who know the sacrifices an entire family makes 
             when a spouse or parent is in the Congress can rejoice for 
             him, for Betty, and for their family, in the prospect of 
             more time together in a well earned future.
               Senator Dan Coats and I have a bond in common which most 
             Members of the Senate do not share. We both began our 
             careers on Capitol Hill, not as Members, but as staffers.
               I worked for the venerable William Colmer of 
             Mississippi, chairman of the House Rules Committee, who 
             left office in 1972 at the age of 82. Senator Coats worked 
             for Dan Quayle, who came to Congress at the age of 27.
               Despite the differences in our situations back then, we 
             both learned the congressional ropes from the bottom up.
               Which may be why we both have such respect for the 
             twists and turns of the legislative process, not to 
             mention an attentive ear to the views and concerns of our 
             constituents.
               Now and then, a Senator becomes nationally known for his 
             leadership on a major issue. Senator Coats has had several 
             such issues.
               One was the constitutional amendment for a balanced 
             budget. Another was New Jersey's garbage, and whether it 
             would be dumped along the banks of the Wabash.
               The garbage issue is still unresolved, but on other 
             matters, his success has been the Nation's profit.
               He has championed the American family, improved Head 
             Start, kept child care free of government control, and 
             helped prevent a Federal takeover of health care.
               His crusade to give low-income families school choice 
             has made him the most important education reformer since 
             Horace Mann. His passionate defense of children before 
             birth has been, to use an overworked phrase, a profile in 
             courage.
               Senator Coats does have a secret vice. He is a baseball 
             addict. On their honeymoon, he took Marcia to a Cubs game. 
             And when he was a Member of the House, he missed the vote 
             on flag-burning to keep a promise to his son to see the 
             Cubs in the playoffs.
               To Dan, a commitment is a commitment. That is why he is 
             national president of Big Brothers. And why, a few years 
             ago, he kept a very important audience waiting for his 
             arrival at a meeting here on the Hill.
               He had, en route, come across a homeless man, and spent 
             a half-hour urging him to come with him to the Gospel 
             Rescue Mission.
               Here in the Congress, we must always be in a hurry. But 
             Senator Coats and his wife, Marcia, have known what is 
             worth waiting for.
               They have been a blessing to our Senate family, and they 
             will always remain a part of it.
               Senator Wendell Ford stands twelfth in seniority in the 
             Senate, with the resignation of his predecessor, Senator 
             Marlow Cook, giving him a 6-day advantage over his 
             departing colleague, Senator Bumpers.
               He came to Washington with a full decade of hands-on 
             governmental experience in his native Kentucky. He had 
             been a State senator, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor. 
             With that background, he needed little time to make his 
             mark in the Senate.
               In that regard, he reminds me of another Kentuckian who 
             make a lasting mark on the Senate.
               Last month, I traveled to Ashland, the home of Henry 
             Clay, to receive a medallion named after the man once 
             known as Harry of the West. Senator Ford was a prior 
             recipient of that award, and appropriately so.
               Henry Clay was a shrewd legislator, a tough bargainer, 
             who did not suffer fools lightly. That description sounds 
             familiar to anyone who has worked with Senator Ford.
               He can be a remarkably effective partisan. I can attest 
             to that. There is a good reason why he has long been his 
             party's second-in-command in the Senate.
               At the same time, he has maintained a personal autonomy 
             that is the mark of a true Senator. He has been outspoken 
             about his wish that his party follow the more moderate 
             path to which he has long adhered.
               Senator Ford's influence has been enormous in areas like 
             energy policy and commerce. Contemporary politics may be 
             dependent upon quotable sound-bites and telegenic 
             posturing, but he has held to an older and, in my opinion, 
             a higher standard.
               One of the least sought-after responsibilities in the 
             Senate is service on the Rules Committee.
               It can be a real headache. But it is crucial to the 
             stature of the Senate. We all owe Senator Ford our 
             personal gratitude for his long years of work on that 
             Committee.
               His decisions there would not always have been my 
             decisions; that is the nature of our system. But his work 
             there has set a standard for meticulousness and gravity.
               All of us who treasure the traditions, the decorum, and 
             the comity of the Senate will miss him.
               We wish him and Jean the happiness of finally being able 
             to set their own hours, enjoy their grandchildren, and 
             never again missing dinner at home because of a late-night 
             session on the Senate floor.
               There are many ways to depart the Senate. Our colleague 
             from Ohio, Senator John Glenn, will be leaving us in a 
             unique fashion, renewing the mission to space which he 
             helped to begin in 1962.
               In the weeks ahead, he will probably be the focus of 
             more publicity, here and around the world, than the entire 
             Senate has been all year long.
               It will be well deserved attention, and I know he 
             accepts it, not for himself, but for America's space 
             program.
               For decades now, he has been, not only its champion, but 
             in a way, its embodiment.
               That is understandable, but to a certain extent, unfair. 
             For his astronaut image tends to overshadow the 
             accomplishments of a long legislative career.
               In particular, his work on the Armed Services Committee, 
             the Commerce Committee, and our Special Committee on Aging 
             has been a more far-reaching achievement than orbiting the 
             Earth.
               With the proper support and training, others might have 
             done that, but Senator Glenn's accomplishments here in the 
             Senate are not so easily replicated.
               This year's hit film, ``Saving Private Ryan,'' has had a 
             tremendous impact on young audiences by bringing home to 
             them the sacrifice and the suffering of those who fought 
             America's wars.
               I think Senator Glenn has another lesson to teach them. 
             For the man who will soon blast off from Cape Canaveral, 
             as part of America's peaceful conquest of space--is the 
             same Marine who, more than a half century ago, saw combat 
             in World War II, and again in Korea.
               His mission may have changed, but courage and idealism 
             endure.
               In a few days, along with Annie and the rest of his 
             family, we will be cheering him again, as he again makes 
             us proud of our country, proud of our space program, and 
             proud to call him our friend and colleague.
               Senator Dirk Kempthorne came to us from Idaho only 6 
             years ago. He now returns amid the nearly universal 
             expectation that he will be his State's next Governor. It 
             will be a wise choice.
               None of us are surprised by his enormous popularity back 
             home. We have come to know him, not just as a consummate 
             politician, but as a thoughtful, decent, and caring man.
               This is a man who took the time to learn the names of 
             the men and women who work here in the Capitol and in the 
             Senate office buildings.
               In fact, his staff allots extra time for him to get to 
             the Senate floor to vote because they know he will stop 
             and talk to people on the way.
               During the memorial ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda for 
             our two officers who lost their lives protecting this 
             building, Senator Kempthorne noticed that the son of one 
             of the officers, overwhelmed by emotion, suddenly left the 
             room.
               Dirk followed him, and spent a half-hour alone with him, 
             away from the cameras. The public doesn't see those 
             things, but that's the kind of concern we expect from him.
               His willingness to share credit gave us our Unfunded 
             Mandates Act and reauthorization of the Safe Drinking 
             Water Law. And his eye for detail and pride in his own 
             home State led to the transformation of that long, sterile 
             corridor between the Capitol and the Dirksen and Hart 
             office buildings.
               Now, as tourists ride the space-age mechanized subway, 
             they enjoy the display of State flags and seals that form 
             a patriotic parade. It delights the eye and lifts the 
             spirit.
               If you've ever visited Idaho, known its people, and seen 
             its scenic wonders, you don't have to wonder why he's 
             leaving us early.
               You wonder, instead, why he ever left.
               Years ago, he explained his future this way: That he 
             would know when it was time to leave the Senate when he 
             stopped asking ``why'' and started saying ``because.''
               We're going to miss him and Patricia, and no one needs 
             to ask ``why.'' Even so, we know the Governor will be 
             forceful a spokesman on the Hill for all the Governors.
               They could not have a better representative. The Senate 
             could not have a better exemplar. We could not have a 
             better friend.

               Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I take this opportunity, on 
             our last day of session, to say farewell to my colleague, 
             Senator Dan Coats of Indiana. While we have disagreed on 
             many issues, I note that he was a supporter of one of the 
             most important legislative accomplishments of the past few 
             years--the Family and Medical Leave Act. He has also long 
             been a champion of government support for adoption, and 
             is, as am I, a strong advocate for after school, tutoring 
             and mentoring programs. Recently, he helped move through 
             the Congress the reauthorizing bill for ``Head Start'', 
             one of our most effective programs for disadvantaged 
             children.
               Dan Coats is a long time member of the Big Brothers/Big 
             Sisters of America, and was recently elected president of 
             the organization. I know that he is looking forward to 
             devoting more time to his Big Brother responsibilities, 
             and I wish him all the best.

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                        FAREWELL ADDRESS OF SENATOR DAN COATS

               Mr. COATS. Mr. President, the end of the 105th Congress 
             marks the beginning of my transition from Senator to 
             citizen. This ends 24 years for me of public service: 2 in 
             the U.S. Army, 4 as a legislative assistant and district 
             director for then-Congressman Dan Quayle, and 18 in the 
             Congress. While I look forward to life after politics, I 
             know how much I will miss this place and its people, and 
             so I want to acknowledge some debts.
               I want to acknowledge the privilege of serving under two 
             remarkable Republican leaders and one Democratic majority 
             leader, all of whom I hold a great deal of respect. 
             Senator Mitchell was majority leader when I arrived. He 
             gave me nothing but the utmost courtesy, fairness and 
             respect. I have a great deal of respect for him in the way 
             he conducted this Senate. Senator Dole became my friend 
             and mentor. His life is a tribute to a true patriot and to 
             someone whose commitment to public service, I think, is 
             nearly unequal. Our current leader, Senator Lott, is 
             someone who is a dear friend, someone who I greatly 
             respect, and I think certainly has a great future as 
             majority leader.
               There are many others that have made a deep impression 
             on me and provided friendship and support in ways that I 
             will never be able to adequately acknowledge: The senior 
             Senator from Indiana, whose lifetime of public service 
             serves as a model to many; my staff, who have faithfully 
             and tirelessly served. I have always said good staff makes 
             for good Senators. I don't know if I fit the quality of a 
             good Senator, but I know I had a good staff. Any failings 
             on my part are not due to my staff, they are due to me. 
             They have been exceptional. I think they are the best 
             Senate staff assembled. I say that for the very few who 
             are left that have not secured employment. Some of you are 
             passing up great opportunities if you don't grab them.
               I have had three very, very able administrative 
             assistants, chiefs of staff: David Hoppe, who now serves 
             as the floor's chief of staff and served with me for my 
             first 4 years; David Gribbin, who many of you know, 
             assistant secretary of staff for Dick Cheney for many, 
             many years in the House; and now Sharon Soderstrom. All 
             have been exceptional chiefs of staff. They have assembled 
             a wonderful staff.
               The Senate support team: All those who man the desks and 
             work the cloakroom and make sure we vote on time; the 
             guards who protect us and make sure we are safe in our 
             jobs; the staff who serve us, and the people who make this 
             place work, they are a family. They have treated me like 
             part of the family. I have tried to treat them as part of 
             the family. They make it possible for us to do so many 
             things and they certainly deserve our acknowledgment.
               Our Chaplain, who has meant so much to me from a 
             spiritual perspective, and my colleagues, my friends, who 
             I can't begin to thank; those who share my ideals and have 
             voted with me and those who don't but who have engaged in 
             respectful, meaningful dialog in debate, and who, at the 
             end of the debate, we have been able to meet at the center 
             aisle, shake hands, acknowledge, ``Well done, we will get 
             you next time,'' or ``See you at the next debate?''--all 
             of those mean a great deal to me. I come from here with 
             many, many memories.
               I want to thank my wife for her love and support and 
             sacrifice. She is the best mother that any three children 
             could ever have had. She has been a father many times when 
             I haven't been there to do the job as a father. My 
             children have been patient and had stolen moments which I 
             will never be able to recover. I thank my colleagues, as I 
             said, those who have shared ideals and those who we had 
             honorable and honest disagreement. Finally, the people of 
             Indiana who have seen fit to elect me many times to the 
             Congress and twice to the Senate, thank you for giving me 
             a privilege beyond my ability to earn the privilege of 
             their trust, the honor of their votes.
               In times of change you become reflective, and it is nice 
             to think about your accomplishments. It is also a time to 
             reflect on unfinished business, business that I hope will 
             help shape the direction of this Congress that some have 
             indicated an interest in, and hopefully others will pick 
             up that interest.
               By constitutional design, the measure of success in the 
             Senate, I think, is different from other parts of 
             government. We are employed to take a longer view, 
             insulated from the rush of hours to see the needs of 
             future years. This is the theory. In practice, the pace of 
             politics makes this very different, very difficult. This 
             has been the greatest source of personal frustration 
             during my years in this institution, that we have not 
             spent nearly enough time dealing with the larger issues 
             that face us, things that will matter down the road, 
             topics that will be chapters in American history, not 
             footnotes in the congressional Record.
               If you allow me the privilege, I will briefly mention 
             three of those matters that I trust will remain central to 
             the questions of our time.
               All of you know of my interest in the issue of life. I 
             believe there is no higher call of government than to 
             protect the most defenseless among us. There is no greater 
             honor in this Senate than to use our voice to speak for 
             those who cannot speak for themselves. Perhaps uniquely 
             among our deliberations, the cause of life is informed and 
             ennobled by a simple truth: Humanity is not an 
             achievement. It is an endowment, and that that endowment 
             is made by a Creator who gives inalienable rights, first 
             among them the right to life. This is a founding principle 
             of our political tradition. It is the teaching of our 
             moral heritage. And it is the demand of our conscience.
               Abraham Lincoln wrote of our Founders:

               This was their majestic interpretation of the economy of 
             the universe. This was their lofty, and wise, and noble 
             understanding of the justice of the Creator to his 
             creatures. * * * In their enlightened belief, nothing 
             stamped with the divine image and likeness was sent into 
             the world to be trodden on. * * * They grasped not only 
             the whole race of man then living, but they reached 
             forward and seized upon the farthest posterity. They 
             erected a beacon to guide their children, and their 
             children's children, and the countless myriads who should 
             inhabit the Earth in other ages.

               My question is: Will that beacon shine for all our 
             children, those born and yet to be born? Or will we, in 
             the name of personal liberty, stamp out the divine image 
             and likeness of the most defenseless of all? I believe it 
             is one of the central questions of our time.
               I know we are divided on that issue. I hope, though, 
             that we would all put aside some of the harsh rhetoric and 
             continue to engage in the discussion about the meaning and 
             the value of life and what our duties and responsibilities 
             are to protect that life, to expand the ever-widening 
             circle of inclusion that our great democracy is known for: 
             bringing women, the defenseless, the handicapped, African-
             Americans, and minorities within this circle of protection 
             in our democracy. And I believe--my personal view, and I 
             hope one we would certainly debate and discuss--that 
             extends to the unborn.
               Second, another great issue that I believe demands our 
             continued attention is the long-term strength of our 
             Nation, the resource and planning that we devote to the 
             defense of liberty. Here we are, not weak as a Nation, but 
             I fear that we are on a trajectory toward weakness--that 
             our power and authority are being spent and not 
             accumulated.
               It has been one of the highest callings and privileges 
             for this Senator to serve on the Senate Armed Services 
             Committee and to use that position to advance the cause of 
             our men and women in uniform. I deeply respect and honor 
             those who have served our Nation in war and peace as 
             watchmen on the wall of freedom, but the test of our 
             appreciation is measurable by the firmness of our 
             determination that their lives will not be needlessly 
             sacrificed because we have allowed the deterrent power of 
             America's military to decay. The history of this country 
             is a history of military victories, but it is also a 
             history of how our Nation often invited future conflict 
             and unnecessary loss of American life by too swiftly 
             disarming after our victories and squandering the 
             opportunities of peace.
               In 1939, Army Chief of Staff, Malin Craig said:

               What transpires on prospective battlefields is 
             influenced vitally years before in the councils of the 
             staff and in the legislative halls of Congress. Time is 
             the only thing that may be irrevocably lost, and it is the 
             first thing lost sight of in the seductive false security 
             of peaceful times.

               Mr. President, I believe we have been living in peaceful 
             times. We have enjoyed prosperity and peace that is almost 
             unprecedented in America these past several years. I fear 
             that storm clouds are gathering, however, on America's 
             horizon, that the ``seductive false security of our 
             peaceful times'' is fast fading. We see a frightening 
             proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. We see 
             worldwide terrorism, much of it directed at Americans and 
             American interests. We see political instability and human 
             suffering, social disorder resulting from ethnic hatred, 
             power-hungry dictators, and the very real prospect of 
             global financial distress with all of its attendant 
             consequences. All of this, I believe, calls for eternal 
             vigilance, a national defense second to none, a military 
             equal to the threats of a new century.
               We have a unique opportunity, I believe, and a strategic 
             pause that is fast fading to build a new military equal to 
             the new challenges and the new threats of the future. 
             Closer to home, it is my hope that the Senate, in every 
             future debate on social policy, will focus on the role of 
             families, churches and community institutions in meeting 
             human needs and touching human souls. This is a world of 
             heroic commitment and high standards and true compassion 
             that must be respected and fostered and protected, not 
             harassed or undermined by government or Hollywood. It is a 
             world of promise that I urge all of you to take the time 
             to discover.
               I believe our Nation needs a bold, new definition of 
             compassion. We need compassion that shows good outcomes, 
             not just good intentions. We need to get rid of the 
             destructive welfare culture. We have taken a great step in 
             that direction, but we still need to fulfill our 
             responsibilities to the less fortunate and disadvantaged, 
             the children and the helpless. We need to abandon our 
             illusions about government bureaucracies, but we still 
             need to keep our human decency.
               How is this possible? I am convinced there is a way--a 
             hopeful new direction for change, because there are people 
             and institutions in our society that can reach and change 
             these things. Families and neighborhoods, churches, 
             charities, and volunteer associations have the tools to 
             transform people's lives. They can demand individual 
             responsibility. They can practice tough love. They can 
             offer moral values and spiritual renewal--things that 
             government can't do, and we should not want government to 
             do.
               I believe a bold, new definition of compassion will 
             adopt this bold dream: to break the monopoly of government 
             as a provider of compassion and return its resources to 
             individuals, churches, synagogues, charities, volunteer 
             associations, community organizations, and others. This, I 
             believe, is the next step of the welfare debate and the 
             next stage of reform, the next frontier of compassion in 
             America.
               Before I close, let me add a personal note, and it is 
             difficult for me to say this. I have deliberated long on 
             whether I should say this. But I believe, since I am not 
             going to be here next year, this is something I would want 
             to have said. So allow me to briefly do that.
               I resolved when I came here, like many of you, from the 
             moment I took the oath, that I would do my best not to do 
             anything to bring this body into disrepute, that I would 
             try not to tarnish it by word or action, that whatever I 
             did in public policy, I would try my best not to 
             contribute to public cynicism or a diminishing of the 
             office. I think all of us feel this burden. It is one of 
             the reasons that I believe this impeachment process, which 
             we are contemplating, which looms large on the horizon of 
             this Senate, has to be taken seriously. I don't presume 
             that any of us should draw a conclusion at this point. But 
             I believe it is a serious thing to consider. I don't 
             believe that moral deregulation of public office is 
             ratified by public apathy. It will be a terrible thing if 
             the ethical expectations of public office are allowed to 
             wither. The Nation could double its wealth, but we could 
             have a shrunken legacy. I believe each of you who will be 
             here have a high duty and moral responsibility to address 
             this with the utmost seriousness and the absolute smallest 
             amount of partisanship that is possible, and I speak to my 
             colleagues on the Republican side, as well as the Democrat 
             side.
               It is my hope that when the time comes, the Senate will 
             give evidence to the ideals that I have seen displayed so 
             many times in this body. I believe these things strongly, 
             but I don't want to end on this point. I make the points 
             because I have learned from so many here in the Senate and 
             from so many great Americans who served before me how 
             honorable public service can be. I am not leaving the 
             Senate disillusioned in any way. I leave having seen how 
             important and how sometimes noble elective office can be, 
             after nearly two decades of service. I believe in this job 
             and in its goals, and I am confident that the country is 
             well served by my many friends and colleagues who will 
             continue to serve and lead this institution.
               Again, I thank my great State of Indiana and the people 
             and friends who made it possible for me to serve here. I 
             thank my God for the privilege of service in this place, 
             and I thank each of you for being my friends and my 
             colleagues and leaving me with memories that I will never, 
             ever forget. I will leave here extolling this institution 
             as the greatest deliberative body in the greatest country 
             in the history of the world, and I have been privileged to 
             be a part of it. Thank you very much.

                                         ---

                  ORDER FOR PRINTING OF INDIVIDUAL SENATE DOCUMENTS

               Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
             there be printed as individual Senate documents a 
             compilation of materials from the Congressional Record in 
             tribute to Senators Dan Coats of Indiana, Dirk Kempthorne 
             of Idaho, Dale Bumpers of Arkansas, Wendell Ford of 
             Kentucky, and John Glenn of Ohio.
               The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Craig). Without objection, it 
             is so ordered.
               Mr. LOTT. These clearly are five great Senators who have 
             served their States and their country so well. And I am 
             sure they will continue to do so, albeit in a different 
             arena. Of course, I have said here, Dan Coats has been one 
             of my closest friends for the past 20 years. I will miss 
             him here but I will be with him in other areas.
               And, of course, John Glenn makes history once again 
             flying off into space. And many Senators and their spouses 
             will be there to see that event.

                              Proceedings in the House

                                             Thursday, October 8, 1998.
               Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
             may consume.
               Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the conference report 
             on S. 2206, the COATS Human Services Reauthorization Act 
             of 1998 named after the retiring Senator from Indiana.
               I would like to take this opportunity to recognize 
             Senator Dan Coats, not only for his remarkable efforts on 
             what will be known as the COATS Human Services Act of 
             1998, but for his years of service and dedication to 
             education and human services issues. He has been a staunch 
             and compassionate advocate for children. We will miss his 
             insight and wisdom that are reflected in dozens of laws 
             that have and will continue to have positive impact on the 
             lives of millions of American families.


                               ARTICLES AND EDITORIALS

                         [From Roll Call, January 26, 1998]
                                   Seniority Bites
             members with collective 437 years of service in the house 
             and senate are leaving political office, taking with them 
              some colorful memories, major legislative achievements, 
                                and political lessons
                             (By Francesca Contiguglia)
               When Representative Lee Hamilton (D-IN) first came to 
             Congress in 1965, septuagenarian House Speaker John 
             McCormack (D-MA) had trouble remembering the freshman's 
             name.
               All that changed on the eve of a Caucus vote for 
             Speaker, when McCormack called for Hamilton's vote. 
             Hamilton said he would not be supporting the Speaker.
               ``From that day on, McCormack remembered my name,'' said 
             Hamilton.
               That's just one of the dozens of lessons learned over 
             the years by Hamilton and the 17 other Members retiring at 
             the end of this year. But even after a collective 390 
             years of service, 437 including resigning Members, some of 
             these Members have regrets about not mastering those 
             lessons sooner.
               ``I only wish I had known in 1975 what I know now,'' 
             said Senator Dale Bumpers (D-AR), who is retiring after 
             four terms in the Senate. ``I would have been a more 
             effective Senator.''
               ``You must live through the battles and develop an 
             institutional memory,'' said Bumpers. He counsels 
             newcomers to remember that ``you only have so many battles 
             in you,'' so pick them carefully.
               Bumpers has picked plenty of battles, having been known 
             as an unabashed liberal who is an adamant supporter of 
             arms control. He once accused Reagan of not wanting ``to 
             spend money on anything that does not explode.'' Bumpers, 
             who is also known as a passionate orator, tells newcomers 
             to remember that the life of a legislator can be 
             frustrating.
               ``My goal from the time I was 12 years old was to come 
             to Congress,'' he said.
               ``But it's not long till you realize you're just one of 
             the hundred,'' a sobering realization, he said.
               Other Senate retirees include Glenn and Senators Wendell 
             Ford (D-KY) and Dan Coats (R-IN). ``There's never been 
             three finer men serve in the U.S. Senate than those 
             three,'' said Bumpers.
               Although Glenn is a national hero, he has had his share 
             of disappointments.
               He dropped out of the 1984 presidential race after a 
             surprisingly weak showing.
               He later was dragged through the mud during the Keating 
             Five affair, even though the Senate Ethics Committee 
             cleared him of any wrongdoing.
               ``One of the greatest miscarriages of justice was Glenn 
             being brought into the Keating Five hearings,'' said 
             Bumpers. ``You couldn't hold a gun on me and make me think 
             John had done anything wrong, ever in his whole life.'' 
             Glenn's clean-cut image was also scarred a bit by his role 
             as ranking member in the Senate Governmental Affairs 
             campaign finance investigation last year.
               Republicans accused Glenn of being a defense attorney 
             for the Clinton administration and said he muffed a golden 
             opportunity to make a bipartisan case for reform on the 
             eve of his retirement--a charge that Glenn vociferously 
             denied.
               Ford, who came to the Senate in 1974 along with Bumpers 
             and Glenn, has distinguished himself as a fierce defender 
             of the institution both as chairman of the Rules and 
             Administration Committee and as Democratic Whip for 7 
             years.
               Known as a plain-spoken man from Kentucky, Ford has 
             looked out for one of his State's top industries: tobacco. 
             With an ever-present cigarette in his mouth--either during 
             congressional hearings or in the hallways of power--Ford 
             has made sure that Senate rules allow individuals to smoke 
             on his side of the Capitol.
               Now 73, Ford is not slowing down. He gave a speech in 
             September 1996 for a departing colleague, Senator James 
             Exon (D-NE), and said, ``I hope you live to be 105 and I'm 
             one of your pallbearers.'' Coats has spent less time in 
             the Senate than his retiring colleagues, but he has made 
             his mark for being upbeat and humorous, making his staff 
             ``more like a family,'' according to his press secretary 
             of 9 years, Tim Goeglein.
               Goeglein recalled Coats's first day in the Senate. The 
             staff was unpacking the office when a squirrel snuck in 
             through an open window and ran about wreaking havoc. Coats 
             ran off a list of puns and jokes about having a small 
             rodent running around a Senate office.
               One of Coats's larger causes was the line-item veto, 
             which passed in the 104th Congress. But he has also been 
             devoted to family causes. Among other things, he supported 
             the Family Leave Act and sponsored a law allowing parents 
             to block dial-a-porn numbers.
               Outside of politics, Coats is an enormous Chicago Cubs 
             fan and has said if he weren't a Senator, he'd want to be 
             the shortstop for the team. His wish almost came true on 
             his 50th birthday, when he was called from the stands at 
             Wrigley Field to throw out the first pitch, a surprise 
             arranged by his staff.

                                         ---

                    [From the Indianapolis Star, April 13, 1998]
                                   An Urban Agenda
               With time running out to promote his ideas as a U.S. 
             Senator, Indiana's Dan Coats is trying one last time to 
             move through Congress an agenda for urban renewal.
               Along with 12 other Senators and 16 House members who 
             have come together as the ``Renewal Alliance,'' Coats is 
             pushing a package of bills to strengthen the non-profit 
             and religious sector through tax credits and protection of 
             charitable donations, empower depressed urban 
             neighborhoods through tax relief and wage credits and 
             expand educational choice for families trapped in sub-
             standard public schools.
               The legislation is a sequel to the Project for American 
             Renewal that Coats introduced last year. The idea behind 
             both packages is to move the conservative revolution 
             forward to shape America in the post-welfare era. As Coats 
             has often said, ending the welfare state is just the 
             beginning of what needs to be done to address the social 
             and cultural problems associated with poverty, things such 
             as single parenthood, chemical addiction, and neighborhood 
             decay.
               ``For more than three decades, the Federal Government 
             has tried to rebuild urban areas from the top down. 
             Liberals declared war on poverty, and poverty won,'' say 
             the alliance members. ``The Renewal Alliance has rejected 
             the failed model of the past that combined too much money 
             with too little wisdom and wreaked devastation in inner-
             city communities. We have also rejected the hands-off 
             approach that believes the best Federal urban policy is no 
             policy at all.
               ``Our initiative acknowledges a Federal role, but makes 
             the Government a junior partner to local leaders and 
             institutions.''
               The alliance is absolutely right that conservatives need 
             an aggressive agenda to restore inner-city neighborhoods 
             and replace failed government programs with grass-roots 
             programs that work. Yes, government has a role to play in 
             making the transition to the post-welfare state.
               While it's unlikely an election-year Congress will make 
             much progress toward that goal, Coats has brought needed 
             visibility to an important issue. Just as important, he 
             has attracted new converts to the cause who can continue 
             to fight for his ideas in Congress after his retirement.

                                         ---

                      [From the Indianapolis Star, May 5, 1998]
               Retiring Coats Comfortable Leaving Senate For Sidelines
                                 (By David L. Haase)
               WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Dan Coats has seen his name on 
             Indiana ballots 14 times during the past 18 years.
               Today, as a scattering of Hoosiers trickle to schools 
             and town halls to vote in the primary election, three 
             other Republican names will appear under the Senate 
             section of the ballot instead.
               The conservative Christian Republican, whose current 
             term expires in January, announced December 16, 1996, that 
             he would not run for re-election.
               ``There was a time when I very much wanted my name on 
             the ballot,'' he said. ``The time has come when I am able 
             to fully accept that my name is not on the ballot.'' 
             Talking to the intensely competitive 54-year-old Senator, 
             one gets the sense that he really wanted to endorse 
             someone to take his place. But he won't say who. ``I 
             backed off from a lot of pressure to select a candidate 
             and anoint a successor,'' he said. ``Why should I go out 
             and try to deny someone the same chance that I had?
               ``Let them take their case to the people and let the 
             people decide.''
               Three lawyers are vying to take a shot at halting the 
             Evan Bayh express to the Senate seat Bayh's father once 
             held. They are Fort Wayne Mayor Paul Helmke, Christian 
             conservative John Price and former presidential speech 
             writer Peter Rusthoven.
               With no incumbent in the contest, most observers believe 
             the Senate race is Bayh's to lose, particularly given his 
             popularity after 8 years as Governor and a campaign chest 
             of more than $3.2 million.
               At best, the winner of the Republican primary can expect 
             to start his general election campaign with nothing in the 
             bank.
               Coats ran back-to-back Senate campaigns in 1990--a 
             special election to complete the term of then-Vice 
             President Dan Quayle--and 1992. He does not discount the 
             advantage that Bayh's money will give him.
               But the Senator thinks Bayh can be beaten.
               He said Republicans must show the differences in 
             philosophy of government and point out that this is not 
             just a vote for a candidate but a referendum on a larger 
             issue, ``the morality and integrity of this President. The 
             only chance they have to vote for or against Bill 
             Clinton's conduct is in the voting booth this fall.''
               Coats might believe a Republican can win the Senate race 
             because he and another notable underdog from northeast 
             Indiana--Quayle--beat the odds themselves.
               Coats did it when he ran for the 4th Congressional 
             District seat Quayle was vacating in 1980. He started the 
             race at 3 percent in the polls and went on to beat two 
             better-known Republicans, including Helmke.
               Quayle, then a second-term Congressman from Huntington, 
             IN, beat the odds that year by making what was considered 
             an ill-advised run for Senate against Birch Bayh, a 
             Democratic incumbent so entrenched that he had run for 
             President in 1976.
               Coats and crew won that first House campaign because 
             they worked from the bottom up, having coffees from 
             morning until night, organizing block by block, and 
             bypassing the party organization, which was committed to 
             Helmke.
               When the votes were counted, Coats won with 58 percent. 
             Helmke came in second with 24 percent.
               ``It was a surprise, a big surprise, because Paul Helmke 
             had tremendous name recognition,'' said Michael C. Downs, 
             chairman of the political science department at Indiana 
             University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne.
               Downs thinks Coats found the key to his win among the 
             relatively affluent, religiously conservative Republican 
             voters just outside Fort Wayne.
               ``They shared a religious conservatism that Helmke did 
             not try to tap into, (and) I think took for granted,'' 
             Downs said. Coats did court them, and reaped their votes.
               In the largely Republican 4th District, Coats then 
             skated to an easy win in the fall and has avoided primary 
             opponents ever since.
               Downs said that's because Coats has broadened his base 
             since that first run.
               With his retirement from Congress just 8 months off, 
             Coats says he has not made a decision about his next move. 
             That will come after Congress adjourns, probably in early 
             October.
               He says he will never run for office again, but he 
             expects to keep his hand in, advising his many candidate 
             friends and keeping a close eye on the presidential 
             politics of 2000.
               ``Frankly, so many of my close friends are running for 
             higher office, it's probably going to be impossible not to 
             be involved to some extent,'' he said.

                                         ---

                     [From the Indianapolis Star, June 20, 1998]
                     Coats is Hero to Man He Helped Like Brother
                senator will be installed today as president of the 
                  national organization of big borthers/big sisters
                               (By George Stuteville)
               WASHINGTON--In 1973, an angry little boy--headed for 
             trouble--met a gentle man who changed his life. In each 
             other, they found a friend for the rest of their lives.
               They were newcomers to the Big Brothers and Big Sisters 
             program that had just started in Fort Wayne.
               Dan Coats, a young lawyer in the city, thought it was 
             something he should do. The mother of young Jason Bundy, 
             known as CJ, thought it was the last hope for a son she 
             could hardly control. A relationship begun on exciting 
             weekend trips but cemented in the quiet and frank moments 
             in between, bonded them as close as father and son.
               That's why today both are prepared to shed tears for the 
             other when Coats is installed as the national president of 
             Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America.
               ``He is my hero,'' said Coats, speaking of Bundy. ``He's 
             had to overcome so much more than I ever had to. It shaped 
             his character and priorities. I find that inspirational.''
               ``He is my hero,'' said Bundy, speaking of Coats. ``By 
             his example, he has shown me his capacity for love. He 
             believes that people with good intentions must always step 
             forward.''
               Through the years, Coats said his friendship with Bundy 
             has deepened even though the demands on his free time 
             increased when he entered Washington politics--rising from 
             a congressional aide to Representative to Senator.
               At the same time, Coats' commitment to the program also 
             increased. In 1993, he was appointed to the national Big 
             Brothers/Big Sisters program.
               The same was true for Bundy as he grew older--leaving 
             northern Indiana to join the Navy. He was stationed at 
             Charleston, SC, and now lives there. At 36, he is 
             president of the Charleston Big Brothers/Big Sisters 
             association.
               After nearly three decades together, their relationship 
             sometimes blurs between who is counseled and who is 
             counselor.
               Coats, 55, said when he was considering his 1999 
             retirement from the Senate, he asked Bundy's opinion.
               Bundy recalled the scene: ``I told him I was 
             disappointed. I told him that I had always felt that as 
             long as he was in Congress, I knew there was at least 
             someone there ready to do the right thing.''
               As Coats prepares to leave Washington, the unpaid 
             volunteer position as Big Brothers/Big Sisters president 
             is the only commitment he has made thus far.
               Tom McKenna, executive director of Big Brothers and Big 
             Sisters of America, said that a defining moment occurred a 
             couple of years ago when Coats was in a board meeting in 
             Philadelphia and had to chose between rushing to 
             Washington and casting a Senate vote or helping Bundy who 
             had a problem at the time.
               Coats chose Bundy and the Big Brothers/Big Sisters 
             program.
               Bundy said he was not aware of the occasion.
               ``It wouldn't surprise me. It was at about the same time 
             my first marriage ended. Dan came to the wedding. I 
             remarried a month ago, and Dan came to that wedding. He 
             was my best man,'' Bundy said.
               McKenna, who will help install the Hoosier Republican 
             during the ceremony in Denver, said Coats' actions spoke 
             much louder than any words.
               ``We have seen Coats' commitment to this organization 
             first hand. We are very, very glad that he wants this 
             position,'' McKenna said.
               Coats said his main efforts as president will be 
             increasing the number of adult mentors to 200,000 during 
             the next 3 years. To accomplish that, the organization 
             must raise as much as $150 million.
               Though the program is all voluntary, most of the funds 
             go into paying for background checks of prospective 
             mentors and administrative costs of the 500 chapters 
             across the country, Coats said.
               ``If we can achieve those goals, think of how many 
             youngsters can be helped; think what an impact that can 
             have on the country.''
               Bundy knows.

                                         ---

                   [From the Indianapolis Star, October 10, 1998]
                      Coats Bids Farewell to Life in the Senate
              retiring republican's last week is crowned by passage of 
                    several bills he fought for during his tenure
                               (By George Stuteville)
               WASHINGTON--These are the final days of the political 
             career of U.S. Senator Dan Coats. And they might have been 
             his finest days.
               As the Senate raced to complete its legislative 
             schedule, several amendments and bills that Coats has 
             fought for through the years--from the elimination of 
             Internet pornography to reforms in the Central 
             Intelligence Agency--have been sent to President Clinton's 
             desk for his signature.
               And on Friday night, the Indiana Republican took to the 
             Senate floor to bid goodbye to the chamber where he has 
             served since 1989. In a short speech, Coats reflected on 
             his 22-year career in Congress, which started in 1981 as a 
             staff member to Dan Quayle, who was then a U.S. 
             Representative from Indiana.
               Coats especially thanked his wife, Marcia. He said she 
             was a mother and often a father to their three children 
             during the long hours he spent working for Quayle, and 
             later as the Congressman who succeeded Quayle.
               ``I have stolen moments that I will never be able to 
             recover,'' Coats said.
               The 55-year-old Coats used his time to also outline his 
             three greatest concerns: right-to-life issues, the 
             readiness of the U.S. military and the need for churches 
             and individuals to assert stronger roles in social issues.
               ``I believe there is no higher calling than to protect 
             the most defenseless. The first among human rights is the 
             right to life,'' Coats said.
               Coats said he also was troubled by what he sees as a 
             trend toward a weakening of the U.S. military. ``I fear 
             that storm clouds are gathering on America's horizon,'' 
             Coats said.
               He also challenged Senators to move toward a new 
             definition of compassion by pushing for legislation to 
             give greater power to churches, charities, and individuals 
             to provide greater involvement in social welfare.
               His speech crowned a week in which at least eight pieces 
             of legislation he had long advocated passed the Senate.
               Those included:
                The Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act to 
             reauthorize Head Start and other programs for 5 years.
                The Coats-Lieberman Charter Schools Expansion 
             Act of 1998.
                Criminal and tax penalties for those who 
             promote on-line pornography.
                Tax-sheltered savings accounts that low income 
             citizens can use toward education, business startups, or 
             home purchases.
               With humor, Coats said he believed his pending 
             retirement speeded the passage of much of the legislation.
               ``It was me going to some of my colleagues who didn't 
             quite agree with me and saying I worked a long time and 
             would like to have their support because I wouldn't be 
             back,'' he said.
               ``I guess it is because of some goodwill I built up, but 
             it gave us a strong finish and that that's the benefit of 
             announcing your retirement. ``
               He is committed to working only as the national 
             president of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization 
             after he officially leaves the Senate. But he said that 
             despite his frustrations at times in the Senate, he would 
             leave the chamber with no disillusionment.
               Noting Coats extraordinary final week, his Hoosier GOP 
             colleague, Senator Richard Lugar, especially called 
             attention to Coats' work in blending traditional 
             conservative values with social compassion.
               Lugar said Coats had always been a determined advocate.
               ``But he's also (been) a thoughtful observer who sees 
             beyond the politics of the moment to provide perspective 
             on the direction of our country.''
               After Coats joined the Senate, he and Lugar worked out a 
             shared office arrangement--believed to have been unique in 
             Congress--that resulted in hundreds of thousands of 
             dollars of savings.
               Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-MS, also praised 
             Coats.
               ``I want to say a few words about my good friend Dan 
             Quayle,'' Lott began, then broke into laughter after 
             realizing he had misspoken.
               Lott and Coats, however, have been friends for more than 
             20 years.
               ``I have to say that I truly believe that no man or 
             woman in the Senate has had a greater influence on my life 
             than Coats. Whenever the going is the toughest, I know I 
             can go to Dan,'' Lott said, ``He's leaving the Senate, but 
             not leaving us. ``
               Immediately after making his speech, Coats met with 
             Senator Edward Kennedy, D-MA, with whom he has frequently 
             clashed in legislative matters.
               Friday, however, they shook hands vigorously, while 
             Coats took the gavel and presided over the Senate as it 
             prepared for a long night of voting.

                                         ---

                    [From the Associated Press, October 10, 1998]
               WASHINGTON (AP)--With his staff standing behind him, 
             Senator Dan Coats wrapped up 18 years in Congress by 
             encouraging lawmakers to eliminate abortion, beef up 
             America's military, and tread carefully on the issue of 
             President Clinton's impeachment inquiry.
               Coats made his final comments Friday. The Indiana 
             Republican is one of five Senators retiring this year. 
             Coats said he struggled with whether to talk about the 
             possibility of Clinton's impeachment and Senate trial 
             during his farewell speech.
               ``I feel like since I am not going to be here next year, 
             this is something I would want to have said,'' he 
             explained.
               Coats asked the lawmakers who remain to deal with 
             President Clinton's impeachment ``with the absolute 
             smallest amount of partisanship possible.''
               After the last vote of the day Friday, Senators remained 
             in the ornate, blue-carpeted chamber to pay tribute to the 
             retirees and listen to their last speech.
               Coats asked his Senate colleagues to continue to work on 
             ``topics that will be chapters in American history, not 
             footnotes.''
               He also thanked his wife, Marcia, for being a mother and 
             often a father to their three children during the long 
             hours he spent building his political career.
               ``I have stolen moments * * * that I will never be able 
             to recover,'' Coats said.
               The 55-year-old Senator listed eliminating abortion, 
             shoring up the military, and putting more compassion in 
             social policy as his primary concerns.
               ``I believe there is no higher calling that to protect 
             the most defenseless,'' he said. ``The first among human 
             rights is the right to life.''
               Coats also encouraged the lawmakers to spend more money 
             on the military.
               ``I fear storm clouds are gathering on America's 
             horizon,'' he said. ``I fear that we are on a trajectory 
             to weakness, and our power and authority (are) being spent 
             and not accumulated.''
               Coats said America ``needs a bold new definition of 
             compassion'' that should be part of every debate on social 
             issues.
               ``We need to get rid of the destructive welfare 
             culture--and we've taken a great step in that direction--
             but we still need to fulfill our responsibilities to the 
             less fortunate and disadvantaged, the children and the 
             helpless,'' he said.
               His speech capped a week in which several pieces of 
             legislation he had long fought for passed the Senate. 
             Those included: The Coats Human Services Reauthorization 
             Act to reauthorize Head Start and other programs for 5 
             years, criminal and tax penalties for those who promote 
             on-line pornography, and tax-sheltered savings account 
             that low-income citizens can use toward education, 
             business startups, or home purchases.
               Coats has been Indiana's junior Senator since 1989, when 
             he was appointed to the Senate seat vacated when Quayle 
             became Vice President. He won a special election to serve 
             the remaining 2 years of the term in 1990 and won re-
             election to a 6-year term in 1992.
               Coats, a former aide to Quayle, was elected to Quayle's 
             former U.S. House seat representing northeast Indiana in 
             1980 before following Quayle to the Senate 8 years later.
               He has committed to working as the national president of 
             the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization after he 
             officially leaves the Senate.

                                         ---

                   [From the Indianapolis Star, October 14, 1998]
                          Dan Coats Stuck To His Principles
                                (By Larry Macintyre)
               Two of the retiring members of the 105th Congress hail 
             from Indiana, and one is enjoying a shower of tributes in 
             the national media.
               I don't begrudge Democrat Lee Hamilton the praise being 
             heaped upon him as he ends a distinguished 34-year career 
             in the House. He earned it.
               Washington Post columnist David Broder paid Hamilton the 
             ultimate tribute by saying he ``consistently placed 
             principle above partisanship and worked comfortably with 
             like-minded Republicans.'' But I would point out that 
             Indiana's other retiring lawmaker, Dan Coats, also 
             compiled a strong record of placing principle above 
             partisanship in the 18 years he served in the House and 
             Senate.
               Coats deserves national recognition, too, but I doubt 
             he'll get it. Beltway pundits tend to shy away from 
             politicians, especially Republicans, who take un-hip 
             positions on today's hot-button social issues, such as 
             abortion and gay rights.
               That's too bad because Coats' career would serve as an 
             uplifting antidote to the deep cynicism many Americans 
             hold about the character and conduct of their elected 
             officials.
               I will remember him as a beacon of consistent, 
             principled, and at times even courageous behavior.
               This was very apparent in 1992 when Coats, facing a 
             tough re-election challenge, voted for a package of 
             military base closings that included two in Indiana--Fort 
             Benjamin Harrison and Grissom Air Force Base. He did so 
             knowing full well it would be used against him.
               Democrats did just that, claiming Coats didn't care 
             about the loss of 12,000 jobs. Coats' response was that he 
             couldn't ask other States to suffer base closings while 
             fighting them in Indiana.
               In 1993 when President Clinton pushed for gays in the 
             military, many Republican Senators were opposed, but they 
             didn't want to publicly confront the issue because they 
             feared negative publicity from a press corps enraptured 
             with the new President and his activist wife. Coats, who 
             served in the Army from 1966-68, was not unnerved. He was 
             the first in the Senate to speak up against the plan, and 
             it was his principled opposition that helped turn the tide 
             against it.
               Coats did not condemn gays on moral grounds, but rather 
             focused the debate on the practical issue of the 
             difficulty of providing a degree of privacy to soldiers 
             and sailors living in close quarters.
               Coats also braved a hostile press in his long battle to 
             put controls on Internet pornography. Sophisticates in the 
             Nation's media elite viewed that effort as yet another 
             irksome attempt to legislate morality.
               They applauded last year when the Supreme Court struck 
             down Coats' Communications Decency Act. But their disdain 
             never fazed Coats, who managed to pass another version of 
             it this year.
               Coats has been anything but predictable. He angered 
             members of his own party when he voted for President 
             Clinton's family leave bill. It was simply that Coats saw 
             family leave as being just as important to families as 
             helping parents prevent 12-year-olds from accessing 
             Internet porn.
               Like most Republicans, Coats supported cuts in 
             federally-funded welfare programs, but he confounded 
             conservatives and liberals alike by arguing that private 
             sector programs needed strengthening. His idea was to 
             allow families to donate up to $1,000 of their Federal 
             income taxes to charities that fight poverty rather than 
             turn it over to the IRS.
               Coats truly believes that community and faith-based 
             organizations are better able to provide a safety net than 
             government programs.
               This belief carries through to his personal life. He 
             makes no mention of it publicly, but Coats tithes 10 
             percent of his income to charitable causes. And he gives 
             his time, too. He recently was elected national president 
             of Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
               Those of us who believe character does count will miss 
             Dan Coats.

                                         ---

                    [From the Chicago Tribune, November 1, 1998]
               Indiana's GOP Senator is Cashing Out of Political Game
                                  (By James Warren)
               U.S. Senator Dan Coats was somewhere in southern Indiana 
             on Friday, on the car phone, and telling me why he felt 
             terrific.
               ``The sun is shining, the trees are in full color, and I 
             don't have to ask anybody for money,'' he said. Indeed.
               Coats, 55, is leaving the Senate, having decided 2 years 
             ago that 18 years of service in Congress, first as a 
             Member of the House, then as Dan Quayle's Senate 
             successor, is more than enough.
               He will not have left huge legislative footprints. But 
             he will also not leave as the initial caricature would 
             have had it, namely as a Quayle-coatholder who was an 
             accidental Senator when appointed in 1989 after Quayle 
             became Vice President. In fact, he may stand as an example 
             of someone who actually grew in office, gained a fair bit 
             of stature, and proved his own man, a sort of bleeding-
             heart conservative.
               The Army veteran and attorney was a sophisticated voice 
             on defense issues and thoughtful in suggesting 
             alternatives to government involvement in our lives. To 
             that end, he was a founding member of the Project for 
             American Renewal and the Renewal Alliance, groups seeking 
             to underscore the role of community, volunteer, and faith-
             based organizations.
               The purpose was to offer alternatives to ``the liberal, 
             money-solves-all-problems methods,'' as well as the 
             bedrock conservative notion of virtually no role for 
             government. For sure, he's a conservative who's voted 
             against abortion, raising the minimum wage, the Endangered 
             Species Act, and gay employment rights, while supporting a 
             constitutional amendment on flag burning, a Star Wars-like 
             anti-missile defense, the embargo on Cuba, and cutting aid 
             to Vietnam.
               But he supported the Family Medical and Leave Act, 
             reserving a portion of public housing for intact families, 
             a tax credit for adoptions, residential academies for at-
             risk kids, and reducing various forms of ``corporate 
             welfare.''
               ``I will miss raising money the least,'' he said. ``It 
             had become an all-consuming effort. The escalation of 
             costs and campaigns seems to almost double every time you 
             run. You spend an inordinate amount of time doing that.''
               For many people Washington is seductive. Coats, who has 
             yet to decide whether he'll settle here or back home in 
             Indiana, knows that to be the case. ``But if you keep your 
             eyes open, and some balance in your life, it's not quite 
             as difficult to leave,'' said Coats, who is national 
             chairman of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America.
               Over 18 years here he saw what he finds positive change, 
             namely a growing recognition, even among liberal 
             Democrats, that government can't do everything. When asked 
             about negative changes, he returns to campaign finance 
             though he believes first amendment considerations raise 
             doubts about limiting the amount of money coming into the 
             system.
               ``What really surprised me is that even at the Senate 
             level, it has become a year-round endeavor. California, 
             Florida, and New York are one thing but even in smaller 
             States like Indiana, you can't simply wait until your 
             election cycle. You have to hop on planes everywhere, go 
             to endless fundraisers in your State, wear out your 
             supporters (for money), and then go over to (Republican 
             Party) headquarters (here) to make hours of phone calls to 
             people for money.''
               ``It detracts from the real purpose for which we're 
             here,'' he said.
               I noted to Coats my surprise at how many House races 
             Tuesday are uncontested (nearly 100, or close to 25 
             percent). Is it because those incumbents are doing such a 
             stellar job?
               ``The apathy, the low voter turnout, the cynicism that 
             exists toward elected officials. In the long run, it's 
             dangerous to democracy,'' he said.
               ``What's missing is the real public dialog, the public 
             debate on issues that is important for the future of the 
             country,'' he said. ``The whole focus is who can raise so 
             much money that the opposition is deterred from running.''
               Coats is not sure what he will be doing. He might 
             practice law, possessing what he suggested are attractive 
             offers. Maybe it will be something else. Regardless, he 
             does not appear to be one of those--and there are many--
             who stick around here and never really cut the cord.
               ``I was never real sure how I would feel near the end,'' 
             he said Friday. ``But now, in all honesty, I am looking 
             forward to life beyond politics. I had 18 good years.
               ``But I have always believed you ought to give part of 
             your life to public service, but not necessarily a 
             lifetime.''

                                     
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