[Senate Document 113-12]
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                                  Richard G. Lugar

                             U.S. SENATOR FROM INDIANA

                                      TRIBUTES

                                IN THE CONGRESS OF

                                THE UNITED STATES

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                                      Tributes

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                                  Richard G. Lugar

                                United States Senator

                                      1977-2013



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                                      CONTENTS
             Biography.............................................
                                                                      v
             Farewell Address......................................
                                                                    vii
             Proceedings in the Senate:
                Tributes by Senators:
                    Cardin, Benjamin L., of Maryland...............
                                                                  3, 24
                    Coats, Daniel, of Indiana......................
                                                                     10
                    Collins, Susan M., of Maine....................
                                                                      4
                    Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota..................
                                                                     13
                    Coons, Christopher A., of Delaware.............
                                                                     19
                    Durbin, Richard J., of Illinois................
                                                                      8
                    Enzi, Michael B., of Wyoming...................
                                                                     20
                    Harkin, Tom, of Iowa...........................
                                                                  3, 15
                    Isakson, Johnny, of Georgia....................
                                                                      9
                    Kerry, John F., of Massachusetts...............
                                                                      3
                    Leahy, Patrick J., of Vermont..................
                                                                     22
                    Levin, Carl, of Michigan.......................
                                                                     17
                    McConnell, Mitch, of Kentucky..................
                                                                      5
                    Mikulski, Barbara A., of Maryland..............
                                                                     14
                    Murkowski, Lisa, of Alaska.....................
                                                                     27
                    Reed, Jack, of Rhode Island....................
                                                                     18
                    Reid, Harry, of Nevada.........................
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                                      BIOGRAPHY

               Richard Lugar was born in Indianapolis, Marion County, 
             IN, on April 4, 1932, the oldest of three children of 
             Marvin and Bertha Lugar. An Eagle Scout, he graduated 
             first in his class at both Shortridge High School, 
             Indianapolis, and Denison University in Granville, OH. He 
             attended Pembroke College, Oxford, England, as a Rhodes 
             scholar, and received a graduate degree in 1956. He served 
             in the Navy from 1957 to 1960. Upon leaving the Navy he 
             returned to Indianapolis, where he ran, with his brother 
             Tom, the family's food production manufacturing business, 
             and the family farm. He was elected a member of the 
             Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners and served from 
             1964 to 1967. Subsequently he was elected mayor of 
             Indianapolis and served from 1968 to 1975.
               He was elected to the Senate as a Republican in 1976 and 
             reelected in 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, and 2006. He served 
             until January 3, 2013. He served as chair of the 
             Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, 98th Congress; 
             Committee on Foreign Relations, 99th Congress, 108th and 
             109th Congresses; and Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition 
             and Forestry, 104th through 107th Congresses.
               Among his foreign policy contributions were the Lugar 
             Energy Initiative to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign 
             energy sources, the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat 
             Reduction Program to safeguard and dismantle weapons of 
             mass destruction in the former Soviet Union, the Anti-
             apartheid Act to impose economic and political sanctions 
             on South Africa, and the African Growth and Opportunity 
             Act that promotes trade and encourages African countries 
             to integrate into the global economy. He played key roles 
             in Senate ratification of the START I, START II, and INF 
             Treaties and the Chemical Weapons Convention. He was an 
             early supporter of NATO enlargement.
               In agriculture Senator Lugar built bipartisan support 
             for Federal farm program reforms in the 1996 farm bill and 
             for restraining agriculture subsidies and administering 
             farm programs more equitably in the 2002 farm bill debate. 
             He was also a leader of initiatives to streamline the U.S. 
             Department of Agriculture, reform the food stamp program, 
             and require daily price reporting by packers. Recognizing 
             that trade expansion is key to the agricultural economy, 
             he worked to improve trade opportunities for farmers, 
             supported normal trade relations with China, trade 
             promotion authority (fast track) for the President, and 
             vigorous negotiating to lower foreign barriers to U.S. 
             farm products.
               Among Senator Lugar's many other initiatives are a law 
             providing funding for competitive agricultural research 
             grants and the National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals 
             Act of 2000, which promotes production of cost-effective 
             biofuels made from plant material. He supported literacy 
             and school reform and authored the S-CHIP Improvement Act 
             of 1999, which facilitated signups for the Children's 
             Health Care Insurance Program. He authored bills to 
             promote control of soil erosion, improve rural water 
             quality, and control acid rain. He helped facilitate 
             training of first responders. He was a leader in 
             negotiating the bailout programs for Chrysler and New York 
             City loan programs. As a member of the Joint Committee on 
             the Organization of Congress, he was a strong advocate for 
             improving the legislative process, streamlining 
             appointment procedures, adopting a 2-year budget, and 
             limiting the use of Senate ``holds.''
               The Lugars were married in 1956. Richard Lugar and his 
             wife Charlene have four grown children: Mark, Robert, 
             John, and David, and 13 grandchildren.
                               Farewell to the Senate
                            Wednessday, December 12, 2012

               Mr. LUGAR. Madam President, I rise today to address my 
             colleagues on a number of issues important to the future 
             of the United States and to offer some perspective on 
             Senate service.
               In a few weeks, I will leave the Senate for new pursuits 
             that will allow me to devote much deeper attention to a 
             number of issues that have been a part of my Senate 
             service. Among these are preventing the proliferation of 
             weapons of mass destruction and developing more efficient 
             ways to feed the world. I am especially pleased that I 
             will be serving on the faculty of the University of 
             Indianapolis and helping that institution establish a 
             Washington internship program. I look forward to 
             announcing additional endeavors of service in coming 
             weeks.
               My service in the Senate would not have been possible 
             without the encouragement and constant support of my 
             loving wife Char, our four sons--Mark, Bob, John, and 
             David--and the entire Lugar family. Their strength and 
             sacrifices have been indispensable to my public service. I 
             also am indebted to a great number of talented and loyal 
             friends who have served with me in the Senate, including 
             more than 300 Senators, hundreds of personal and committee 
             staff members, and more than 1,000 interns. In my 
             experience, it is difficult to conceive of a better 
             platform from which to devote oneself to public service 
             and the search for solutions to national and international 
             problems. At its best, the Senate is one of the Founders' 
             most important creations.
               A great deal has been written recently about political 
             discord in the United States, with some commentators 
             judging that partisanship is at an alltime high. Having 
             seen quite a few periods in the Congress when political 
             struggles were portrayed this way, I hesitate to describe 
             our current state as the most partisan ever. But I do 
             believe that as an institution we have not lived up to the 
             expectations of our constituents to make excellence in 
             governance our top priority.
               Many of us have had some type of executive experience as 
             Governors, mayors, corporation chiefs, and Cabinet 
             officials. I had the good fortune of serving two terms as 
             the mayor of Indianapolis prior to my Senate service. For 
             the last 36 years I have attempted to apply lessons 
             learned during those early governing experiences to my 
             work in the Senate. As mayor, my responsibility for what 
             happened in my city was comprehensive and inescapable. 
             Citizens held the mayor's office accountable for the 
             prosaic tasks of daily life, like trash collection and 
             snow removal, but also for executing strategies for the 
             economic and social advancement of the city.
               In legislative life, by contrast, we are responsible for 
             positions expressed through votes, cosponsorships, 
             interviews, and other means. It takes courage to declare 
             dozens or even hundreds of positions and stand for office, 
             knowing that with each position, you are displeasing some 
             group of voters. We do our country a disservice if we 
             mistake the act of taking positions for governance. They 
             are not the same thing. Governance requires adaptation to 
             shifting circumstances. It often requires finding common 
             ground with Americans who have a different vision than 
             your own. It requires leaders who believe, like Edmund 
             Burke, that their first responsibility to their 
             constituents is to apply their best judgment.
               It is possible to be elected and reelected, again and 
             again and gain prominence in the Senate while giving very 
             little thought to governance. One can even gain 
             considerable notoriety by devoting one's career to the 
             political aspects of a Senator's job--promoting the party 
             line, raising money, and focusing on public relations. 
             Responsibility for legislative shortcomings can be pinned 
             on the other party or even intractable members of one's 
             own party. None of us is above politics, nor did the 
             Founders expect us to be. But, obviously, we should be 
             aspiring to something greater than this.
               Too often in recent years, Members of Congress have 
             locked themselves into a slate of inflexible positions, 
             many of which have no hope of being implemented in a 
             divided government. Some of these positions have been 
             further calcified by pledges signed for political 
             purposes. Too often we have failed to listen to one 
             another and question whether the orthodox views being 
             promulgated by our parties make strategic sense for 
             America's future. The result has been intractably negative 
             public perceptions of Congress. A Rasmussen Reports poll 
             conducted this month found that only 10 percent of likely 
             voters gave Congress a rating of ``excellent'' or 
             ``good.''
               For me, the irony is that having seen several 
             generations of lawmakers pass through this body, I can 
             attest that the vast majority are hard working, genuinely 
             interested in public service, and eager to contribute to 
             the welfare of our country. Often, the public does not 
             believe that. It is easier to assume that congressional 
             failings arise from the incompetence or even the 
             malfeasance of individual legislators. Or perhaps, as some 
             believe, Washington, DC, itself is corrupting. It is far 
             more disconcerting to think that our democracy's 
             shortcomings are complex and defy simple solutions, but 
             the Founders were realists who understood the power of 
             factionalism, parochialism, and personal ambition. They 
             understood that good intentions would not always prevail. 
             Accordingly, they designed a system to check abuse and 
             prevent power from accumulating in a few hands. But they 
             knew that the efficient operation of such a republic would 
             require a great deal of cooperation. They knew that it 
             would require most elected officials to have a dedication 
             to governance, and they trusted that leaders would arise 
             in every era to make their vision work.
               The Senate has a unique role to play in good governance. 
             We have attributes not possessed by the executive branch, 
             including staying power. Administrations turn over every 4 
             or 8 years. But Senators can have careers spanning decades 
             that allow them to apply expertise and political 
             understanding to problems over many years, even as 
             administrations come and go. We can also confer a 
             bipartisan framework on a policy. Even a small bipartisan 
             group of Senators cooperating on a difficult problem is a 
             powerful signal of the possibility for a unifying 
             solution.
               My hope is that Senators will devote much more of their 
             energies to governance. In a perfect world, we would not 
             only govern, we would execute a coherent strategy. That is 
             a very high bar for any legislative body to clear. But we 
             must aspire to it in cooperation with the President 
             because we are facing fundamental changes in the world 
             order that will deeply affect America's security and 
             standard of living.
               The list of such changes is long, but it starts in Asia 
             with the rise of China and India as economic, political, 
             and military powers. The Obama administration has 
             conspicuously announced a ``pivot'' to Asia. At the center 
             of this pivot is China, which exists as both an adversary 
             to certain U.S. interests, and a fellow traveler sharing 
             mutual goals and vulnerabilities on others. The ongoing 
             challenge will be for the United States to discern, 
             sometimes issue by issue, whether China is an adversary or 
             a partner. This calibration will impact America's 
             relations with the rest of Asia and may ultimately 
             determine prospects for war or peace in this world.
               While visiting Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines 
             in October, I was reminded of the economic vitality of 
             Southeast Asia and the fact that the 10 countries 
             comprising ASEAN represent the fourth largest export 
             market of the United States. These countries are center 
             stage to the circumstances with China. We must stand firm 
             with our friends throughout Asia and actively pursue 
             prospects for free trade with open sealanes and other 
             policies that will strengthen America's economic growth.
               More broadly, we face the specter of global resource 
             constraints, especially deficiencies of energy and food 
             that could stimulate conflict and deepen poverty. We have 
             made startling gains in domestic energy production, but we 
             remain highly vulnerable to our dependency on oil. Perhaps 
             equally important, even if we are able to produce more 
             energy at home, we cannot insulate ourselves from energy-
             driven shocks to the global economy. In other words, we 
             have to cooperate with other nations in improving the 
             global system of manufacturing and moving energy supplies. 
             Currently, a key to this is helping to ensure the 
             completion of the southern energy corridor serving Central 
             and Southeastern Europe and unleashing our own liquefied 
             natural gas exports to address the energy vulnerabilities 
             of our closest allies.
               The potential global crisis over food production is less 
             well understood. Whereas research is opening many new 
             frontiers in the energy sphere, the productivity of global 
             agriculture will not keep up with projected food demand 
             unless many countries change their policies. This starts 
             with a much wider embrace of agriculture technology, 
             including genetically modified techniques. The risks of 
             climate change intensify this imperative.
               Even as we deal with potential resource constraints, our 
             country remains vulnerable to terrorism and asymmetric 
             warfare. Access to the Internet and social media has 
             deeply altered international politics, in most cases for 
             the better. But it also has contributed to instability 
             through sudden upheavals like the Arab Spring; it has 
             allowed destructive terrorist movements like Al Qaeda to 
             franchise themselves; and it has intensified risks of 
             cyberattacks, espionage, and the proliferation of weapons 
             of mass destruction. The potential catastrophe remains of 
             a major terrorist attack on American soil employing 
             weapons of mass destruction. If that happens, in addition 
             to the lives lost, our expectations for economic growth 
             and budget balancing could be set back by a decade or 
             more. Having devoted considerable time to this problem, my 
             experience is that there are no silver bullets. Protecting 
             the United States from weapons of mass destruction is a 
             painstaking process that every day must employ our best 
             technological, diplomatic, and military tools.
               Amidst all these security risks, we must maintain the 
             competitiveness of the United States in the international 
             economy. We should see education, energy efficiency, 
             access to global markets, the attraction of immigrant 
             entrepreneurs, and other factors as national security 
             issues. My own view is that the fundamentals of American 
             society still offer us the best hand to play in global 
             competitiveness. No other country can match the quality 
             and variety of our postsecondary education. We have the 
             broadest scientific and technological base and the most 
             advanced agricultural system. Our population is younger 
             and more mobile than most other industrialized nations. We 
             can still flourish in this global marketplace if we 
             nurture the competitive genius of the American people that 
             has allowed us time and again to reinvent our economy.
               But we must deal with failures of governance that have 
             delayed resolutions to obvious problems. No rational 
             strategy for our long-term growth and security, for 
             example, should fail to restrain current entitlement 
             spending. No attempt to gain the maximum strategic 
             advantage from our human resource potential should fail to 
             enact comprehensive immigration reform that resolves the 
             status of undocumented immigrants and encourages the most 
             talented immigrants to contribute to America's future.
               Faced with immense responsibilities, there is a need to 
             elevate our Senate debate. It is vital that the President 
             and Congress establish a closer working relationship, 
             especially on national security. This is not just a matter 
             of process. It is necessary to undergird national unity in 
             the event of severe crises, such as war with Iran or 
             another catastrophic terrorist attack.
               This cooperation depends both on congressional leaders 
             who are willing to set aside partisan advantage and on 
             administration officials who understand that the benefits 
             of having the support of Congress is worth the effort it 
             takes to secure it. Currently the national security dialog 
             between the President and Congress is one of the least 
             constructive that I have ever witnessed. There is little 
             foundation for resolving national security disputes or 
             even the expectation that this can occur. Before the next 
             9/11, the President must be willing to call Republicans to 
             the Oval Office to establish the basis for a working 
             partnership in foreign policy. And Republicans must be 
             willing to suspend reflexive opposition that serves no 
             purpose but to limit their own role in strategic questions 
             and render cooperation impossible. All parties should 
             recognize the need for unity in the coming year when 
             events in Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, North Korea, and other 
             locations may test American national security in extreme 
             ways.
               I commend each of you, my Senate colleagues, for the 
             commitment that led you to stand for election to the U.S. 
             Senate. Running for office is a difficult endeavor that is 
             usually accompanied by great personal risk and cost. Each 
             one of you is capable of being a positive force for 
             changing the tone of debate in our country. Each one of 
             you has a responsibility not only to act with integrity 
             and represent your constituents, but also to make the 
             informed and imaginative choices on which good governance 
             for our country depends.
               I am optimistic about our country's future. I believe 
             that both internal divisions and external threats can be 
             overcome. The United States will continue to serve as the 
             inspiration for people seeking peace, freedom, and 
             economic prosperity. And the U.S. Senate should and will 
             be at the forefront of this advancement.
               May we seek each day from God our creator, the wisdom 
             and the will to do our best in the governance of our 
             country. And may God continue to bless the United States 
             of America.
               I yield the floor.
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                                      TRIBUTES

                                         TO

                                  RICHARD G. LUGAR
                              Proceedings in the Senate
                                             Tuesday, November 27, 2012
               Mr. HARKIN. ... I thank Senator Lugar for all of his 
             efforts through so many years on so many different issues, 
             and on this issue especially [the rights of persons with 
             disabilities], going back to the beginning of the 
             Americans with Disabilities Act. If I might divert from 
             this just for one brief moment to thank Senator Lugar for 
             his leadership in making the world safer by getting rid of 
             nuclear weapons in the Soviet Union. What a singular 
             effort that has been. Senator Lugar has done much to make 
             the world a better place for us and for our kids and 
             grandkids. So I salute him for his wonderful leadership in 
             that area. ...

               Mr. KERRY. Madam President, I thank the Senator from 
             Iowa and I want to comment quickly before I yield the 
             floor to the Senator from Minnesota. I also have a 
             unanimous consent request.
               I heard the Senator pay appropriate tribute to Senator 
             Lugar for his accomplishments in terms of making the world 
             safer. I say to my friend, without any question whatsoever 
             in reserve that the accomplishment of the ADA is one of 
             those singular moments in the career of any U.S. Senator 
             and it made the world better here at home, and a lot of 
             other places if we get this done. The Senator from Iowa 
             helped set that gold standard, so I thank him for that and 
             for the pleasure--there are only three of us left from our 
             class, so it is good to stand up with him today, and I 
             appreciate it enormously. ...

               Mr. CARDIN. ... I want to acknowledge the work of 
             Senator Lugar, who is on the floor. He has been a real 
             champion on basic human rights issues and advancing it 
             through treaties on which the United States has taken 
             leadership. I applaud his unstinting commitment to 
             advancing the rights of people with disabilities. ...
                                             Thursday, December 6, 2012
               Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, in his 36 years of service 
             in the Senate, Richard Lugar has established a reputation 
             as an extraordinary leader on such issues as foreign 
             relations, national security, energy policy, agriculture, 
             and economic growth. He is the Senate's most senior 
             Republican and the longest serving Member of Congress in 
             Indiana's history.
               Senator Lugar has established a well-deserved reputation 
             as a true statesman. At a time when the coarsening 
             political discourse across our Nation and in Congress is a 
             growing concern, Dick Lugar is a shining example of 
             civility and mutual respect we must regain if our Nation 
             is to meet the challenges that lie ahead.
               Thirty-six years in the Senate is a part of Dick Lugar's 
             long time of service. After attending Oxford University as 
             a Rhodes scholar, Dick volunteered for the U.S. Navy in 
             1957, eventually serving as an intelligence briefer for 
             the Chief of Naval Operations. As the two-term mayor of 
             Indianapolis, beginning in 1968, he was a trailblazer in 
             unifying local government, setting his city on a 
             remarkable path of economic growth and prosperity as well 
             as efficiency. As mayor, he served three terms on the U.S. 
             Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and as 
             president of the National League of Cities. It is evident 
             Dick Lugar always rises to the top of any organization 
             because his colleagues recognize his extraordinary 
             capability and his outstanding leadership.
               Dick's life experiences and character have served the 
             people of Indiana and our country so well. He has been the 
             leader in reducing the threat of nuclear, chemical, and 
             biological weapons. What better tribute or legacy could 
             anyone leave the world than to reduce the inventory of 
             these dangerous weapons. The bipartisan partnership he 
             forged in 1991 to destroy these weapons of mass 
             destruction in the former Soviet Union has resulted in the 
             deactivation of more than 7,600 nuclear warheads that once 
             were aimed at the United States.
               As chairman of the Agriculture Committee, Dick Lugar has 
             led the way for reforming our Federal farm programs and 
             has promoted research advancements and increased export 
             opportunities that have generated higher net income for 
             America's family farms. Through the Lugar Energy 
             Initiative, he has combined his foreign policy and 
             agricultural expertise to promote policies to spur 
             economic growth.
               In the dark days following the attacks of September 11, 
             2001, Senator Lugar set forth a set of principles to guide 
             our Nation in these difficult times. The Lugar doctrine 
             calls upon the United States to ``use all of its military, 
             diplomatic and economic power--without question--to ensure 
             that life-threatening weapons of mass destruction 
             everywhere are accounted, contained and hopefully 
             destroyed.''
               In addition, the Lugar doctrine asserts that America 
             should encourage democratic institutions and decrease 
             reliance on foreign energy sources.
               These accomplishments, and so many more, stem from a 
             profound intellect combined with character. There is 
             nothing I love more than to hear Dick Lugar give a 
             tutorial on any country in the world, and he can talk 
             knowledgeably and teach us about any country in the world. 
             That is the depth of his experience, his knowledge, and 
             his expertise.
               Dick has also always been a voice of reason in the 
             Senate. No matter how bitter the debate, he has always 
             stood by his values and engaged in thoughtful discussions 
             that result in solutions. That is why his advice has so 
             often been sought by Presidents, military leaders, Cabinet 
             secretaries, Governors, and so many of his colleagues, 
             including me.
               As Dick Lugar returns to the private life he left behind 
             so many years ago, his advice will continue to be sought 
             after and I hope heeded. His knowledge and insight will 
             still be valued, and the example of his decency and 
             civility he has set throughout his life should guide us 
             all. The people of Indiana and America are grateful for 
             his service, and I am so grateful for his friendship and 
             guidance over the years we have served together.
                                             Tuesday, December 11, 2012
               Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, as we enter the final 
             weeks of the 112th Congress, one of the toughest tasks for 
             me is saying goodbye to colleagues who will not be with us 
             at the start of the next Congress.
               I would like to kick it off this morning by spending 
             just a few minutes bragging on my longtime friend and 
             neighbor to the north, Senator Dick Lugar.
               Let me start by saying I am grateful to have served 
             alongside this good man and to have had a front-row seat 
             for much of his illustrious career.
               To give an idea of the kind of career Dick Lugar has 
             had, consider this: He was an Eagle Scout, first in his 
             class in high school, first in his class in college, a 
             Rhodes scholar, Naval intelligence briefer, corporate 
             turnaround artist, and big city mayor. That was all by the 
             age of 35. He has excelled at everything he has ever done. 
             Most incredibly, he has done it with perfectly smooth 
             elbows. Walk into any office on Capitol Hill and you would 
             not find a single person who would say a bad word about 
             Dick Lugar. He has earned the respect and admiration of 
             everyone who ever crossed his path. I assure you, in the 
             world of politics, that is nothing short of a miracle. Now 
             Dick has decided to press his luck. He is moving into the 
             only line of work where rivalries are even more vicious 
             than in politics--he is becoming a college professor.
               Dick and I go all the way back to my first Senate race 
             in 1984. He was the head of the NRSC at the time. He took 
             a chance on me, and I have always been grateful. He has 
             been a friend ever since.
               A lot of Hoosiers cross the Ohio River every day to work 
             in Kentucky, but it is not often a Hoosier Senator crosses 
             it to help a Kentuckian making his first bid for the 
             Senate. Since we are from neighboring States, our work in 
             the Senate has often overlapped over the years. I truly 
             lucked out. Dick has always been helpful and cooperative 
             and a perfect gentleman.
               With his six terms in the Senate, Senator Lugar is the 
             longest serving Member of Congress in Indiana history. He 
             ranks 10th on the list of Senators who have cast the most 
             rollcall votes.
               As the longtime chair or ranking member on the Foreign 
             Relations Committee, he has become one of America's most 
             respected voices on matters pertaining to foreign policy. 
             Indeed, Senator Lugar commands the highest respect not 
             only from his peers in the Senate but around the world, 
             for his deep knowledge of foreign policy, national 
             security, agriculture, and trade.
               To a lot of liberals, he is a walking contradiction: a 
             Republican intellectual. He has always worn that 
             reputation lightly. Anyone who has ever been on a codel 
             with Dick has seen his method. He stuffs his carry-on to 
             the point of bursting with memos, newspapers, magazines, 
             journals, reports, survey data, you name it. Apparently, 
             Trent Lott sat next to him on the plane once and was 
             horrified at the way he tore out the pages and scribbled 
             notes on them. We all know Trent would never be so 
             indelicate.
               Senator Lugar has always had a global view. It started 
             during his days as a Rhodes scholar and an intelligence 
             briefer in the Navy and he brought that global view back 
             to Indiana. After the untimely death of his dad, Dick and 
             his brother took over the family business and reinvented 
             it from a struggling domestic operation to a global leader 
             in the manufacture of baking machinery.
               He went from success to success, moving from a seat on 
             the Indianapolis school board into the mayor's office, and 
             then, in 1996, on to the Senate. What a Senate career it 
             has been.
               For my part, I think Senator Lugar's achievement in 
             passing the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threats Reduction 
             Program in 1991 was a great achievement, not just for 
             himself but for the entire world.
               The Nunn-Lugar program provides assistance to former 
             Soviet states such as Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and 
             Belarus in helping them dismantle and destroy their 
             nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, in order to 
             prevent them from coming under the control of terrorists.
               As of 2011, Nunn-Lugar has deactivated over 7,600 
             strategic warheads, 791 intercontinental ballistic 
             missiles, 669 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, 32 
             nuclear submarines, and 194 nuclear test tunnels. It has 
             neutralized 1,395 metric tons of chemical weapons, and it 
             has certified that the countries of the Ukraine, 
             Kazakhstan, and Belarus--which once held the third, 
             fourth, and eighth largest nuclear arsenals in the world, 
             respectively--are now nuclear-free. What an incredible 
             legacy.
               After the 9/11 attacks, Senator Lugar called for and 
             helped pass the expansion of the Nunn-Lugar approach, 
             resulting in the Global Threat Reduction Initiative, which 
             aims to prevent chemical and biological weapons from 
             falling into the hands of terrorists. He has been a leader 
             in Congress on the issue of ensuring food safety and 
             supply internationally for years.
               It is the mark of a leader that he thinks not only of 
             his own moment in time but of the future of his community 
             and of his fellow man, here and around the world. I think 
             it is safe to say few Senators embody that spirit as fully 
             as Senator Lugar. That is not just my opinion. For his 
             work to make the world a safer place, Senator Lugar has 
             been justly nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
               Senator Lugar was first elected to the Senate in 1976 
             and has served for six terms. He is beloved in his home 
             State of Indiana and in bordering Kentucky too. There is 
             not only a lot of admiration but a lot of affection for 
             this giant of the Senate just south of Hoosier territory.
               Senator Lugar has put his extraordinary talent to the 
             service of this institution and his fellow countrymen, and 
             I have no doubt he will be remembered as one of the best.
               Senator Lugar would probably tell us his greatest 
             achievement was marrying Char. They have been married now 
             for more than 50 years. They are proud of their 4 sons and 
             their 13 grandchildren, and they can be proud of the great 
             teamwork they have had together over the years, from their 
             time as copresidents of their senior class at Denison 
             University. Char and the boys were involved in all his 
             campaigns. The Senate family is sad to see them go as 
             well.
               Senator, you are a treasure to the Senate and a model of 
             the public servant. We are sorry to see you go, and I am 
             sorry to lose your wise counsel. I know that whatever you 
             turn to next, you will be a great success, and I look 
             forward to hearing all about it. Thank you for your 
             tremendous service to this body, to the State of Indiana, 
             and to the Nation.

               Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, let me first echo the 
             comments of the Republican leader, Senator McConnell, 
             about our colleague and friend, Senator Dick Lugar of 
             Indiana.
               It has been my good fortune now for some 16 years to 
             serve in the Senate with Senator Dick Lugar and to come to 
             know him and his wife Char and, more important, to come to 
             know their work together on behalf of Indiana and the 
             United States. Dick Lugar is truly a giant in the Senate. 
             We are going to miss him. There aren't many with the 
             vision of Dick Lugar.
               There is something about standing in the middle of this 
             country, Adlai Stevenson II once noted, with the flatlands 
             all around you that gives you a perspective on the world a 
             little different. Dick Lugar's perspective on the world 
             has been so insightful and so important for decades.
               His work with Senator Nunn in dealing with the 
             proliferation of nuclear weaponry and the dissolution of 
             the Soviet Union was truly historic and may have saved the 
             world from catastrophe time and again. He reached out to a 
             young Senator from Illinois by the name of Barack Obama 
             and took him on a congressional delegation tour to look 
             into this issue. I think at the end of the day their 
             friendship was solid, and President Obama notes it was one 
             of the more important overseas visits he made as a Member 
             of the Senate.
               I know Dick Lugar as well from the many times we came 
             together with our wives at the Aspen Institute. It is 
             truly unfortunate that there aren't more Senators 
             participating in the Aspen Institute. It is a meeting, 
             usually overseas, of Members of the Senate and their 
             spouses with experts to discuss some of the most important 
             problems facing us in this world. No lobbyists are allowed 
             to attend; it is truly 2 or 3 days of work. It is also a 
             time in the evening to sit together and come to know a 
             family. Loretta and I have come to know Char and Dick 
             Lugar as exceptional people. Char and I would sit and talk 
             about books--which she loves to read and I do too--and 
             Dick and I would talk about the topic of the day, and we 
             created a bond of friendship in those experiences.
               He has done so much work in the Senate, as Senator 
             McConnell noted, starting as the mayor of Indianapolis and 
             working his way up to the Senate. He became a powerful 
             force in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and I was 
             honored to serve on that committee over the last several 
             years and watch his work unfold and evolve.
               Dick Lugar is going on to great things, I am sure. This 
             is not the end of his service to our country. I wish him 
             and Char the very best, whatever their next undertaking 
             may be.
               As you receive praise from the Senator from Kentucky to 
             the south of Indiana, accept some from the Senator from 
             west of Indiana in the State of Illinois. I am honored to 
             count Dick Lugar as a friend, and I am sure going to miss 
             you. You have been an extraordinary ally and colleague on 
             so many important issues.

               Mr. ISAKSON. I would like to turn to Richard Lugar from 
             Indiana. Richard Lugar is one of those rare people who are 
             referred to as an institution, and he is truly an 
             institution: Six terms in 36 years in the Senate, a 
             candidate for President of the United States in the 
             Republican primary a number of years ago, a bipartisan man 
             who worked with then-chairman of the Armed Services 
             Committee Sam Nunn to put together the Nunn-Lugar 
             agreement, which is allowing us to tear apart nuclear 
             warheads, reprocess those nuclear warheads, tear down 
             nuclear missiles and ballistic missile launchers, and have 
             a safer world. The reason there is not a terrorist attack 
             using nuclear fission materials today so far is probably 
             more because of Dick Lugar and Sam Nunn than any two 
             individuals in the United States.
               Dick Lugar is a man I admire greatly. When I came here, 
             I hoped one day I could work on the Foreign Relations 
             Committee so I would have the opportunity to work with 
             Dick Lugar. That opportunity took place, and the Presiding 
             Officer and I have served together with Dick Lugar for 4 
             years. I watched Dick Lugar during tough times, during 
             happy times, during good times, and during challenging 
             times. He is always even. He has always got an even keel. 
             His rudder is in the water. He knows where he wants to 
             take the committee, but he doesn't drive it, he leads it.
               One of the great negotiators of our time, one of the 
             great men of our time in terms of foreign relations, Dick 
             Lugar is the man who has meant more to our country than 
             anybody I can possibly think of today, and he has a legacy 
             of supporting the State of Indiana in any way he possibly 
             could, from the school board, to mayor of Indianapolis, to 
             U.S. Senator, to a great lecturer and leader on the 
             national and international stage. We will miss Dick Lugar 
             very much, and I am sure he will miss us, but I hope all 
             of us will remember and learn that he taught us about a 
             steady hand, good diplomacy, and the importance of 
             diplomacy over guns any day of the week.
                                           Wednesday, December 12, 2012
               Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I rise today to honor the 
             service of Senator Richard Lugar and to pay tribute to his 
             legacy. I served alongside Senator Lugar as the junior 
             Senator of Indiana during my two tours of service in the 
             Senate. All of us who seek public service want to make a 
             difference, and most certainly Senator Lugar has done 
             that.
               At an early age Dick Lugar developed a passion for 
             knowledge. A native of Indianapolis, he was valedictorian 
             at Shortridge High School. It was then and is still a 
             distinguished institution where knowledge is at the 
             forefront of everything done in that school. One of our 
             former Members, Ted Stevens, was also a graduate of 
             Shortridge High School.
               Dick Lugar then went on to become valedictorian in 
             college when he graduated from Denison University with a 
             bachelor's degree in economics. He went on to attend 
             Pembroke College at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar 
             and obtained a second bachelor's degree and master's 
             degree in politics, philosophy, and economics. Today he is 
             one of the most decorated scholars in the Senate with 46 
             honorary degrees from 15 States and the District of 
             Columbia.
               Following these most impressive academic achievements, 
             Senator Lugar spent several years in the U.S. Navy 
             ultimately serving as an intelligence briefer for ADM 
             Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations. The Navy and 
             Admiral Burke chose the best person they could for that 
             particular job. Dick Lugar quickly became well known for 
             not only his hard work but his leadership ability and his 
             intellectual prowess. Senator Lugar then returned to 
             Indiana where at the young age of 35 he became the mayor 
             of Indianapolis, serving two terms from 1968 to 1975. 
             There is no question that Dick Lugar is recognized as one 
             of the most influential and visionary mayors Indiana has 
             ever seen, and maybe the country has ever seen.
               Having just left military service myself, I was working 
             full time attending Indiana Law School at night. That 
             didn't leave much time for Marsha and me to enjoy the 
             amenities of Indianapolis but, frankly, there were very 
             few amenities to enjoy at that particular time. It was 
             then that our newly elected mayor began a remarkable 
             transformation of Indianapolis into what has now become 
             one of the most attractive and livable cities in America.
               As mayor, Dick Lugar worked carefully with the Indiana 
             General Assembly and then-Governor Ed Whitcomb to extend 
             the boundaries of the city and merge the governments of 
             Indianapolis and Marion County to provide common essential 
             services more efficiently--a concept then called Unigov. 
             Unigov wasn't without controversy, but because of Dick 
             Lugar's vision, careful negotiations, and decisive action, 
             Indianapolis became a model for other cities across the 
             Nation.
               When the law took effect in 1970, Indianapolis' 
             population rose from 476,000 to 793,000. Indianapolis 
             moved from the 26th largest city to one of the Nation's 
             largest dozen cities literally overnight. When I think of 
             the numerous positive changes in Indianapolis over the 
             past 40 years, I see the fulfillment of the vision of 
             then-Mayor Dick Lugar.
               The Midwest has a way of producing men and women of 
             sense and decency. However, not all of us fall into that 
             category. Sometimes that sense is questioned, but we do 
             have individuals who have the ability to see to the heart 
             of the matter and to find a way to resolve a problem. Such 
             skill is extremely valuable in the U.S. Senate, a body 
             that by its very design is supposed to foster compromise 
             between legislators on issues before the Nation. So it was 
             a natural progression that following his success as mayor, 
             Dick Lugar's next job would be serving Hoosiers as a U.S. 
             Senator.
               Since 1977, Senator Lugar has represented Hoosiers and 
             served our Nation admirably. Without question, Senator 
             Lugar is the type of lawmaker and leader who works hard to 
             bring both parties together, find common ground, and pass 
             needed legislation. Although his contributions are many--
             including his long and valued service on the Senate 
             Agriculture Committee--Senator Lugar's most important role 
             in the Senate has to be his leadership on the Senate 
             Foreign Relations Committee. As a two-time chairman of 
             this committee, he has been one of the most influential 
             minds on foreign policy in the Senate's history. He has 
             worked tirelessly on policies and legislation to promote 
             arms control, control and dismantle nuclear arms, and to 
             address the global food crisis.
               Among his many accomplishments in the field of foreign 
             relations, his signature piece of legislation, no doubt, 
             is the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, more commonly 
             known as Nunn-Lugar. When Senator Lugar joined the Foreign 
             Relations Committee in 1979, he traveled to the former 
             Soviet Union on multiple occasions to gain a better 
             understanding of how the United States could secure and 
             dismantle weapons of mass destruction.
               His experiences led him to champion the landmark 
             legislation that successfully resulted in the deactivation 
             of nuclear warheads, making this world a safer place. To 
             date, the Nunn-Lugar Program has deactivated more than 
             7,600 nuclear warheads that were once aimed at the United 
             States. It is a contribution to which Americans can never 
             give enough thanks.
               Over his 36 years in this institution, Senators from 
             both sides of the aisle have considered Dick Lugar a 
             trusted resource when it comes to foreign policy and many 
             other important issues. He has been a consistent resource 
             for those who seek thoughtful answers to difficult 
             political questions.
               When I first arrived here in 1989, Senator Lugar and I 
             operated a unique joint office arrangement in Indiana. We 
             shared office space and staff in our State. Many of our 
             colleagues were surprised by this arrangement, but Dick 
             Lugar and I like to tell Hoosiers that they are getting 
             twice the service for half the price. All those who work 
             in this Chamber can learn from Dick Lugar's passion for 
             public service. His sincere desire to reach across the 
             aisle and find common ground complements his unique talent 
             for forging coalitions and bringing people together to 
             accomplish big things.
               A tribute to Senator Lugar would be incomplete without 
             recognizing the support of his wife Charlene, his four 
             sons, and his extended family. Public service places 
             unique demands on our families, and their sacrifice and 
             support plays an important role in any Senator's success.
               It has been an honor for me to work with Senator Lugar. 
             I am thankful for his service to Indiana and to our 
             country.
               My wife Marsha and I wish Senator Lugar, Char, and his 
             family nothing but the best as my dear friend begins this 
             next chapter of his life. Senator Lugar has dedicated so 
             much of his service to our country. He has outlined many 
             other ways in which he will be continuing to do that and 
             that is a great benefit to our Nation and to our State. I 
             am certain we will continue to learn and benefit from the 
             Senator's lifetime of public service.
               I know my colleagues join me in thanking Senator Lugar 
             for his many years of dedicated and distinguished service. 
             It has been a pleasure to serve as a junior Senator from 
             Indiana under the Senator's leadership.
               With that, I yield the floor.

               The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.

               Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, let me add my words of 
             commendation to those of Senator Coats for Senator Lugar. 
             I have often joked with him that he has been my Secretary 
             of State while I have served here in the Senate. We could 
             count on Senator Lugar to give good, unbiased advice on 
             complicated foreign relations issues, and we will very 
             much miss Senator Lugar's voice here in the Senate, and 
             also his better half, Char Lugar, who I think we all know 
             is a bright light. It has been an honor and a privilege to 
             serve with Senator Lugar, and I know his voice will 
             continue to be heard on the important issues of the day.
               In both Indiana and North Dakota, agriculture is a 
             pillar of the economy. Senator Lugar fully understands the 
             importance of farming, and it has always been near his 
             heart. He still manages a 600-acre corn, soybean, and tree 
             operation back home. Here in the Senate, he has been a 
             champion for his State's farmers, serving on the 
             Agriculture Committee since his first term. I have worked 
             with him as a member of that committee since I joined the 
             Senate a decade later. He twice served as chairman, most 
             notably during the passage of the 1996 farm bill.
               I had the privilege to work with Senator Lugar in 
             crafting numerous farm bills. During the Agriculture 
             Committee's debate of the last farm bill, Senator Lugar 
             and I teamed up to fund rural energy programs. We both 
             understand the importance of getting more energy from the 
             Midwest instead of the Middle East. Rather than sending 
             our dollars outside of the country to buy oil, we can 
             invest in renewable energy that is produced at home. 
             Without Dick's support, the Senate's version of the farm 
             bill would have lacked these important provisions.
               When the history books are written about our era, 
             Senator Lugar will be remembered as one of the Senate's 
             leading voices on foreign policy. A proven leader, Dick 
             has been recognized by his colleagues for his clear-eyed 
             analysis and practical solutions to global problems. His 
             expertise has been invaluable to the Senate, whether it 
             was regarding the threats of the Soviet Union during the 
             cold war or Islamic terrorism today. One of Senator 
             Lugar's brightest achievements was the creation of the 
             Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, commonly known as 
             Nunn-Lugar. Through this program, the United States helps 
             partner countries destroy and secure weapons of mass 
             destruction. It has deactivated over 7,600 nuclear 
             warheads that once threatened our Nation. Our world is 
             undoubtedly a safer place because of Senator Lugar's 
             unwavering commitment to secure nuclear material.
               Dick has been one of the most pragmatic Members of the 
             Senate. He understood that compromising with others does 
             not mean betraying one's beliefs. He was willing to work 
             with Members on both sides of the aisle to achieve 
             sensible solutions to our Nation's problems. At a time 
             when our country desperately needs to set aside inflexible 
             partisan rigidity in order to advance the common good, 
             Senator Lugar will be greatly missed.
               I thank Senator Lugar for his service in the Senate, to 
             his State and the country. I thank him for being a friend 
             to me, and I wish him and his family the very best in the 
             future.

               Ms. MIKULSKI. Madam President, I rise to comment about 
             some wonderful men in the Senate who are retiring on both 
             sides of the aisle. Earlier today I spoke about my deep 
             affection and sorry-to-see-go friends Olympia Snowe and 
             Kay Bailey Hutchison, but I want to rise as the dean of 
             the women in the Senate to say some very special words 
             about very special men on both sides of the aisle. Because 
             when I came to the Senate, it was only Nancy Kassebaum and 
             me, and yet we worked on so many issues together. There 
             are really wonderful men here who supported me, supported 
             our issues, but really stood up for those States and their 
             communities. ...
               I also wish to pay tribute to someone on the other side 
             of the aisle, my very good friend and someone I admire 
             tremendously, Senator Dick Lugar from Indiana. Who does 
             not admire Senator Lugar, a gentleman, a scholar, I might 
             even add a Rhodes scholar, a definite advocate for 
             Indiana, an incredible leader on foreign policy.
               I am so proud of him and the work he did and the way he 
             reached across the aisle to work with our colleague 
             Senator Sam Nunn on their famous Nunn-Lugar Cooperative 
             Threat Reduction Program. They truly worked together to 
             begin to end the threat of weapons of mass destruction in 
             the former Soviet Union and made the world a better and 
             safer place.
               We want to wish Senator Lugar a fond farewell and let 
             him know he will be deeply missed. I certainly will miss 
             him. I valued his thought, his counsel, his observations, 
             particularly in the area of foreign policy. He taught me a 
             little bit about foreign policy too. ...
               I wanted to be sure that the day would not end without 
             my acknowledging these wonderful people who have given a 
             big part of their lives to making this country a better 
             place. I want to, in the most heartfelt way--I am so sorry 
             we did not have a bipartisan dinner or party to be able to 
             express this. I would have liked to have been in the same 
             room, breaking bread with them, in order to be able to 
             tell them how much we appreciate them, across party lines, 
             across those lines that ordinarily divide us. They came 
             from different parts of the country, they arrived in the 
             Senate with different objectives, they will leave under 
             different circumstances. But I want to again let them know 
             that each and every one of them had a positive impact on 
             me and I think a wonderful impact on the future of this 
             country. So I wish them well. God bless and Godspeed.
                                            Thursday, December 13, 2012
               Mr. HARKIN. In these closing weeks of the 112th 
             Congress, the Senate is saying farewell to a number of 
             retiring colleagues. One of our most poignant farewells is 
             to a Member respected and esteemed on both sides of the 
             aisle. I speak of Senator Dick Lugar of Indiana.
               He is a friend, a fellow Midwesterner. But to all of us, 
             he is much more. Dick Lugar is truly a Senator's Senator. 
             He epitomizes the very best in this institution, and it is 
             a sad commentary on the state of our Nation's politics 
             that the main reason why Senator Lugar is leaving the 
             Senate is because his primary opponent attacked him for 
             the very qualities we admire and need here: his readiness 
             to forge fair and honorable compromises, his insistence on 
             putting country ahead of party or ideology, his enormous 
             decency and civility.
               As we all know, Senator Lugar has been the Senate's most 
             passionate and effective advocate of arms control and 
             nuclear nonproliferation. The program he created with 
             former Senator Sam Nunn has assisted Russia and other 
             countries of the former Soviet Union to secure and dispose 
             of their weapons of mass destruction. What an amazing 
             accomplishment by Senator Lugar. I also want to salute 
             Senator Lugar's record of principled, conscientious 
             leadership on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
             Forestry, including as chairman from 1995 to 2001.
               He is a key author of landmark measures strengthening 
             Federal agricultural conservation policies and programs, 
             particularly in the 1985 farm bill and succeeding farm 
             bills.
               He has been instrumental in strengthening--and in 
             fighting for at critical junctures--Federal nutrition 
             assistance, including school lunch, breakfast, and other 
             child nutrition programs through the Supplemental 
             Nutrition Assistance Program and through support for food 
             banks and other emergency food assistance. Dick Lugar has 
             also been an outstanding leader in enacting Federal 
             initiatives to research, develop, and market farm and 
             forest commodities by converting them to energy and bio-
             based products.
               For me, it has been a great honor to be Senator Lugar's 
             friend and colleague for 36 years and to serve all of that 
             time with him on the Agriculture Committee. Our 
             friendship, of course, will continue, but I will miss, as 
             we all will, Senator Lugar's calm, positive, always 
             constructive influence on this body. Across 36 years of 
             distinguished service, this Senator and statesman has 
             faithfully served the people of Indiana and the United 
             States. There is no doubt that he will pursue new avenues 
             of public service in retirement.
               So I will miss his day-to-day friendship and his counsel 
             in the Senate. I wish Dick and his wonderful wife Char all 
             the best in the years ahead.
                                             Tuesday, December 18, 2012
               Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, the Senate has traditionally 
             been seen as a moderating force in American politics, as a 
             place where partisan interests give way to practical 
             problem solving, and where men and women of good will 
             could, while they might often disagree and debate, find 
             agreement on the challenges our Nation must face.
               Richard Lugar has, for more than 30 years, upheld that 
             Senate tradition. All of us, regardless of party, have 
             great respect for his intelligence, his integrity, and his 
             concern for the good of our country.
               We have worked together on many matters. Manufacturing 
             is a vital sector in the economies of both our States, and 
             Senator Lugar has been a strong supporter of Federal 
             programs that benefit manufacturing, including the 
             Manufacturing Extension Partnership, which helps U.S. 
             manufacturers research and develop new technologies, 
             increase efficiency, improve supply chains and out-
             innovate our overseas competitors. We have worked together 
             on other issues of mutual interest to Indiana and 
             Michigan, including preservation of the Great Lakes and 
             strengthening America's agricultural sector.
               These are important contributions. Senator Lugar's most 
             lasting legacy, however, is likely to be his work 
             protecting Americans, and people all over the world, from 
             the threat of proliferation of weapons of mass 
             destruction. As a Midwestern Senator, he has followed in 
             the finest tradition of Arthur Vandenberg, a Republican 
             Senator from Michigan who famously coined the concept that 
             ``politics stops at the water's edge.''
               In 1991 Senator Lugar joined with Senator Sam Nunn in a 
             bipartisan effort to deal with a pressing national 
             security challenge arising from a major national security 
             success: the collapse of the Soviet Union. While the end 
             of the cold war made the world a safer place, the 
             splintering of a superpower meant the fearsome Soviet 
             arsenal of nuclear and chemical weapons was now in the 
             possession of 15 separate nations. Many worried, with good 
             reason, that these newly independent nations, struggling 
             in the aftermath of the Soviet collapse, might be unable 
             or unwilling to prevent the misuse or diversion of these 
             weapons.
               The answer was the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, 
             commonly known as Nunn-Lugar, and widely hailed as one of 
             the smartest investments America has ever made in our 
             security. Nunn-Lugar has eliminated more than 7,600 former 
             Soviet nuclear warheads, and nearly 2,500 nuclear-capable 
             missiles. It has secured two dozen nuclear weapon storage 
             sites, and significantly strengthened controls over 
             remaining weapons of mass destruction, WMD, and their 
             deadly materials. As the WMD proliferation challenge has 
             evolved, Senator Lugar has worked hard to ensure that 
             Nunn-Lugar has adapted to meet that challenge, in new 
             regions such as Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. It has 
             been an integral part of our national security strategy 
             ever since the end of the cold war, making our Nation more 
             secure, keeping us safe.
               This is a legacy of which any Senator would be 
             justifiably proud, and it is one on which Senator Lugar 
             has continued to build. We saw the value of his leadership 
             as the Senate debated and passed the New START Treaty, and 
             we've seen it in the countless instances when Senator 
             Lugar has advocated for and helped the Senate approve 
             international agreements that have made our Nation, our 
             allies, and our planet a safer place.
               The Senate will miss Richard Lugar's leadership. I hope 
             that each of us who will return to the Senate in the new 
             year can keep in mind his legacy of bipartisan leadership 
             and practical problem solving as we confront our Nation's 
             challenges.
                                            Thursday, December 20, 2012
               Mr. REED. Madam President, at this time, I wish to take 
             a few minutes to salute my colleagues who are retiring at 
             the end of this year with the conclusion of the 112th 
             Congress: Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Jeff Bingaman of New 
             Mexico, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Kent Conrad of North 
             Dakota, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Kay Bailey Hutchison 
             of Texas, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, Jon Kyl of Arizona, 
             Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Richard Lugar of Indiana, 
             Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Olympia Snowe of Maine, and Jim 
             Webb of Virginia. They have all worked ceaselessly to give 
             their constituents the best representation and give the 
             country the benefit of their views, their wisdom, and 
             their experience. They are men and women who are committed 
             to the Nation, and they have every day in different ways 
             contributed to this Senate and to our great country.
               I wish to thank them personally for their service, and, 
             in so many cases, their personal kindness to me; for 
             listening to my points and for, together, hopefully, 
             serving this Senate and this Nation in a more positive and 
             progressive way.
               In particular, let me say a few words about some of the 
             Members with whom I have had the privilege to work more 
             closely. ...
               Richard Lugar is one of the most decent and thoughtful 
             individuals ever to serve in this body. We will miss his 
             wisdom and his voice, particularly on nuclear 
             nonproliferation and arms control. I am also pleased to 
             have joined him on so many other issues, and he leaves an 
             extraordinary mark on this institution. ...
               I could go on with all of my colleagues, just thanking 
             them for their friendship, for their camaraderie, and for 
             their commitment to the Nation and the Senate. As they 
             depart, they have left an extraordinary legacy. Now it is 
             our responsibility to carry on in so many different ways, 
             and I hope we measure up to what they have done. If we do, 
             then we can go forward confidently.

               Mr. COONS. ... There are so many other Senators I want 
             to speak about today [besides Daniel Inouye], but let me 
             turn to a few, if I might, and give some insight for the 
             folks who only see Members of this Chamber on cable TV 
             shows or in the give-and-take of election season or who 
             only know them as the cutout and caricatures that the 
             public thinks of as Senators. If there is a common thread 
             between them, it is that they share that loyalty, work 
             ethic, and humility that so characterized Senator Inouye 
             in his decades here.
               I had the honor to serve with Senator Dick Lugar of 
             Indiana on the Foreign Relations Committee. Over the 35 
             years he served in the Senate, he applied the practical 
             perspective that experience as the mayor of Indianapolis 
             gave him. He worked to make the world a safer place for 
             all of us.
               Along with 12 of our colleagues, Senator Lugar will 
             retire from this Chamber this month after a remarkable 
             career. He knew the stakes were too high to let partisan 
             politics and personality prevent progress. He partnered 
             with Senator John Kerry, Senator Sam Nunn, and then-
             Senator Joe Biden of Delaware on the Foreign Relations 
             Committee. Because of their work together, there are 
             thousands fewer nuclear weapons in our world. Serving with 
             Dick Lugar these last 2 years has been a tremendous honor. 
             ...
               So here we are, 5 days before my family celebrates 
             Christmas and 12 days before the new year and the 
             beginning of the so-called fiscal cliff. Our politics have 
             paralyzed this Chamber and this town. But what the example 
             of all of these remarkable Senators has shown us, what it 
             has taught me is that we can still be better than our 
             politics.
               The humanity of this place, too often shoved aside by 
             the politics of the moment, shows us that we can do 
             better. One by one, these Senators, in delivering their 
             farewell addresses to this Chamber, stood at their desks 
             and each in turn urged us to find a way to return to the 
             days when Senators knew each other and worked together. 
             What will it take to get us to that point again--a 
             horrific tragedy in an elementary school, a dangerous 
             economic cliff, some devastating attack, a cyberassault on 
             America?
               Our retiring colleagues are each telling us, each in 
             turn, that it is not too late to restore the humanity of 
             this Chamber and make a positive difference in the lives 
             of all we serve. Will we heed their call? I hope and pray 
             we will because we can do better. We must do better. And 
             in the spirit of each of these departing colleagues, I 
             will do my level best. I hope we all can commit to doing 
             the same.
                                              Friday, December 21, 2012
               Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, at the end of each Congress the 
             Senate has a custom of taking a moment to express our 
             appreciation to those Members who will be returning home 
             when the gavel brings the current session to a close. This 
             tradition provides us with an opportunity to acknowledge 
             each Senator's efforts and take note of the difference 
             they have made both back home and here in Washington, DC.
               One Senator I know I will miss in the months to come is 
             Senator Richard Lugar. He has had a great influence on my 
             service here in the Senate. During his six terms of 
             service in the Senate, I know I'm not the only one who 
             learned a great deal from him about how to be the kind of 
             legislator who gets results.
               I was fortunate to have had Senator Lugar reach out to 
             serve as a mentor to me. When I first arrived, my 
             experience in the Wyoming State Legislature had taught me 
             to enter the legislative battles slowly, taking the time 
             to learn from the seasoned veterans how to be an effective 
             advocate for my home State and the people back home. 
             Senator Lugar proved to be a good choice for me to observe 
             as I tried to pick up on his way of doing things on the 
             floor and in his committee.
               I soon learned that Senator Lugar had a style all his 
             own. His quiet and calm demeanor in his dealings with 
             other Members and the thoughtful presentations he made on 
             the Senate floor made it clear that he always had a 
             strategy in mind as we took up those issues that meant a 
             great deal to him.
               I shouldn't have been surprised he had such a good 
             understanding of the right way to do things here. It's an 
             indication of one of his great achievements--he's a fellow 
             Eagle Scout. That great training he received in his 
             younger days never left him. His years in the Boy Scouts 
             prepared him for the challenges he had taken on over the 
             years and it taught him the importance of teamwork--
             bipartisan teamwork--in taking on the issues that were of 
             such great concern to the people of his State. His 
             experience with the Scouts taught him a great deal about 
             life and the importance of holding on to the principles 
             and values that helped to make him a leader back home and 
             here in the Senate.
               Another aspect of our lives that we have in common is 
             our service as mayor. There are few jobs quite as 
             difficult as that, and I have a great deal of respect for 
             anyone who takes on that challenge. I served as mayor of 
             Gillette, WY, during a difficult time in its history. 
             Senator Lugar served as mayor of Indianapolis. He brought 
             quite a few good proposals with him and that helped to 
             make it possible for him to do some pretty remarkable 
             things. One accomplishment that stands out was his 
             consolidation of the city and the surrounding county. That 
             helped to make the government work better for the people 
             of the area. His proposals received a great deal of 
             attention and that got his administration noticed. It soon 
             led him to bring his unique brand of leadership to the 
             National League of Cities, where he served as its 
             president.
               After such a string of successes, it was only natural 
             that he then bring his vision for the future of our Nation 
             to the U.S. Senate. For six terms he has been a strong 
             voice for the people of his home State on a long list of 
             issues that were of great concern to them. He has been a 
             leader in both the areas of foreign affairs and 
             agriculture. He has been a great friend of rural America 
             as he has worked to ensure that the programs and policies 
             that work so well in urban areas also benefit rural States 
             and communities like those in his home State and mine. He 
             has compiled a legacy during his service in the Senate 
             that should make him very proud.
               Now Senator Lugar will be returning to his beloved home 
             State. Those are his roots and it represents the kind of 
             experiences that helped to form him over the years. It was 
             a life that made him what he is today--strong, 
             independent, and committed to doing what is right.
               Now that this chapter of Senator Lugar's life has come 
             to a close, another will soon begin. That is just as it 
             should be. We will miss his leadership on a long list of 
             issues. I hope we continue to hear from him with his 
             thoughtful ideas on the direction we need to follow to 
             turn our economy around.
               I know I join with our colleagues in thanking Senator 
             Lugar for his service, for the leadership he has provided 
             on more issues than I could ever list in this short 
             reflection on his many years in the Senate, and most of 
             all, for his friendship. That was a great gift that meant 
             a great deal to us all.
                                            Thursday, December 27, 2012
               Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I have served with hundreds of 
             Senators in my nearly 38 years representing Vermont in 
             Washington. Few embody the statesmanship that you find in 
             Senator Richard Lugar. For more than 36 years, Senator 
             Lugar has represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. 
             Senate--the longest serving Republican Senator here today. 
             It has been an honor, a privilege, and a joy to work with 
             him to advance so many important legislative issues.
               Senator Lugar exemplifies the ideal of bipartisanship 
             that is too often lacking today in Washington. Although we 
             come from different political views, Senator Lugar and I 
             worked shoulder to shoulder to reach across the aisle to 
             find compromise and common ground on two farm bills--the 
             Leahy-Lugar bill, and the Lugar-Leahy bill. That 
             collaborative effort, which led to reforms at the 
             Department of Agriculture resulting in the savings of 
             billions of dollars, is an example of how well the Senate 
             can function when bipartisanship is the order of business. 
             Whether he chaired the Agriculture Committee, or I did, we 
             always found a way to work together.
               Perhaps Senator Lugar is most well known for yet another 
             bipartisan effort, the 1991 Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat 
             Reduction. Nunn-Lugar was enacted to protect Americans 
             from the threat of nuclear weapons in the former Soviet 
             Union. Ever since it became law, Senator Lugar has 
             continued his efforts to reduce the threat of nuclear 
             annihilation. In 2007, after a trip to Russia, Azerbaijan, 
             and Ukraine, Senator Lugar and then-Senator Barack Obama 
             crafted the Lugar-Obama Proliferation and Threat Reduction 
             Initiative to decrease the number of hidden traditional 
             weapons around the world. Senator Lugar's ability to build 
             strong relationships with party opposites such as 
             President Obama resulted in legislation that benefits 
             citizens of Indiana, but also the entire Nation.
               As a leading member and former chairman of the Senate 
             Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Lugar has championed 
             human rights around the world. Most recently he advocated 
             aggressively for ratification of the bipartisan Convention 
             on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A recognized 
             leader in international affairs, Senator Lugar has 
             supported causes from eradicating hunger, to combating 
             terrorism wherever it occurs. He has promoted sound, 
             reasonable immigration reforms to encourage the best and 
             brightest to come to America. And he has warned of the 
             catastrophic risks of climate change.
               Earlier this year, Senator Lugar and I reached a pair of 
             milestones together. I was honored to cast my 14,000th 
             vote in the U.S. Senate. I was delighted that Senator 
             Lugar, on the same vote, reached the 13,000 marker. Ours 
             has been a partnership of more than three decades, and to 
             share this milestone with Senator Lugar was a memory I 
             will cherish.
               A couple of years ago, Dick and I found ourselves 
             sitting down together in the Senate Judiciary Committee 
             Hearing Room, speaking with a reporter about the 
             importance of bipartisanship in Congress. We both recalled 
             with fondness our earliest days in the Senate, sitting on 
             the farthest ends of the dais, and struggling to hear what 
             the most senior members of the panel were saying. We 
             suspected--no doubt correctly--that this was not happening 
             by accident. From those days sitting together was born a 
             friendship that has spanned three decades. In his farewell 
             in this Chamber, Senator Lugar cautioned that many in 
             Congress ``have not lived up to the expectations of our 
             constituents to make excellence in governance our top 
             priority.'' Every day in this Chamber, Dick Lugar made 
             excellence his top priority. He is a pillar of the Senate, 
             a mentor to many, and a role model to those to come. I 
             will miss my friend.
                                              Friday, December 28, 2012
               Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I would like to pay tribute 
             to the Senators who will not be returning when the 113th 
             Congress commences next month. I have already spoken about 
             Senator Kyl and about Senator Inouye, one of the truly 
             great Americans and giants of this institution. At the 
             time of his death, Senator Inouye was just a few weeks 
             short of celebrating 50 years of Senate service. Only 
             Senator Byrd served in this institution longer.
               Turnover is a natural occurrence, but it's important to 
             acknowledge that the Senators who are departing have 
             served in the Senate for a combined total of 237 years, or 
             nearly 20 years per Senator, on average. Add Senator 
             Inouye, and the total is close to 300 years. That service 
             represents an enormous amount of expertise on issues 
             ranging from national defense and foreign affairs to the 
             Federal budget to energy policy. The departing Senators 
             will also take with them vast institutional knowledge and 
             bipartisan friendships and working relationships that will 
             leave a void we will need to fill. ...
               Mr. President, Senator Richard Lugar isn't just one of 
             our leading Senators; he's one of the Nation's greatest 
             statesmen over the past quarter century. We have been 
             fortunate indeed to have Senator Lugar at the helm of the 
             Foreign Relations Committee, either as chairman or ranking 
             member, for so many years. He is quite literally a 
             gentleman and a scholar. After graduating first in his 
             class from high school and from Denison University, he 
             attended Pembroke College at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, 
             where he earned a second bachelor's degree and a master's 
             degree in 1956. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 
             1960, earning the rank of lieutenant, junior grade. While 
             he was in the Navy, he was an intelligence briefer for 
             Admiral Arleigh Burke.
               To this day, Senator Lugar shows his fifth generation 
             Hoosier roots, managing the family's 600-acre corn, 
             soybean, and tree farm. When he was just 35, he was 
             elected mayor of Indianapolis and served two highly 
             successful terms. He was elected president of the National 
             League of Cities in 1971. Senator Lugar defeated incumbent 
             Senator Vance Hartke in 1976 with 60 percent of the vote 
             in a year when the Democratic candidate for President, 
             Jimmy Carter, won the election. Senator Lugar was 
             reelected five times. On three of those occasions, he 
             received well over 60 percent of the vote. In 2006 he 
             received over 87 percent of the vote while Democrats were 
             recapturing control of Congress for the first time in 12 
             years.
               Before Senator Lugar chaired the Foreign Relations 
             Committee, he chaired the Agriculture Committee, during 
             which time he authored the 1996 farm bill. He established 
             a biofuels research program to help increase U.S. 
             utilization of ethanol and combustion fuels and led 
             initiatives to streamline the Department of Agriculture, 
             reform the food stamp program, and preserve the Federal 
             school lunch program. Over the course of his career, he 
             has been deeply involved in food security issues, both 
             domestically and around the globe.
               Senator Lugar generally holds conservative economic 
             views, but he supports President Obama's DREAM Act and 
             certain restrictions on gun ownership. He was the first 
             Republican Senator to announce his support for President 
             Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, U.S. Circuit Court of 
             Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor. He also voted in favor of 
             President Obama's second Supreme Court nominee, Solicitor 
             General Elena Kagan. I was proud and privileged to work 
             with Senator Lugar on an extractive industries 
             transparency provision that we are able to include in the 
             Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. 
             I have learned so much from Senator Lugar serving on the 
             Foreign Relations Committee.
               In a long career of dazzling accomplishments, Senator 
             Lugar has made his greatest mark with respect to foreign 
             affairs. In 2006 Time magazine rated him as one of 
             America's 10 Best Senators in an article entitled ``The 
             Wise Man.'' According to the article, Senator Lugar's 
             ``thinking has often proved to be ahead of the curve.'' He 
             pushed for democratic governments in the Philippines and 
             South Africa and the development of alternative fuels to 
             reduce our reliance on foreign supplies of oil in the 
             1980s. He has been influential in gaining Senate 
             ratification of treaties to reduce the world's use, 
             production, and stockpiling of nuclear, chemical, and 
             biological weapons. In 1991 he collaborated with then-
             Senator Sam Nunn, a Democrat from Georgia and chairman of 
             the Armed Services Committee, to eliminate latent weapons 
             of mass destruction in the former Soviet Union. To date, 
             the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program has 
             deactivated more than 7,600 nuclear warheads. Three months 
             after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the 
             United States, Senator Lugar enunciated the Lugar 
             Doctrine, which commits the United States to use ``all of 
             its military, diplomatic, and economic power--without 
             question--to ensure that life-threatening weapons of mass 
             destruction everywhere are accounted, contained, and 
             destroyed'' and which ``asserts that the United States 
             should encourage democratic institutions and decrease 
             dependence on foreign energy sources.'' Few, if any, 
             people have done more than Senator Lugar over the past 36 
             years to ensure security, promote freedom and peace, and 
             reduce the threat of war.
               In 2008 Senator Lugar received the Paul H. Douglas 
             Ethics in Government Award, which is awarded by the 
             University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public 
             Affairs. He gave a profound speech on the nature of 
             bipartisanship when he received that award. I think the 
             speech perfectly exemplifies Senator Lugar and his 
             approach to governance, and I would exhort everyone to 
             read it and take it to heart. This is part of what he 
             said:

               Too often bipartisanship is misrepresented as the 
             byproduct of moderate political views or the willingness 
             to strike deals. We should be clear that bipartisanship is 
             not centrism, and it is more than just compromise. It is a 
             way of approaching one's duties as a public servant that 
             requires self-reflection.
               I believe this type of independent self reflection and 
             discipline of thought is at the core of any politician's 
             attempt to be truly bipartisan. In today's political 
             environment, politicians are bombarded by demands from our 
             respective parties and loyalist groups to adopt certain 
             orthodox positions. To some extent this is a necessary 
             element of a two-party system. But when positions are 
             adopted purely on the basis of partisan advantage or 
             strategic opposition to the other party, our system begins 
             to break down. Some Members may genuinely agree with their 
             party 50 percent of the time, others may genuinely agree 
             with their party 99 percent of the time. The question is 
             whether a politician arrives at those conclusions through 
             honest reflection and careful study of the issue or 
             whether they arrive there because they have adopted an 
             ``us-versus-them'' mentality. Increasingly at all levels 
             of American politics, capable leaders are succumbing to 
             the temptation to put politics first. ...
               Particularly destructive is the misperception in some 
             quarters that governing with one vote more than 50 percent 
             is just as good or better than governing with 60 or 70 
             percent support. Under this theory, the compromises 
             necessary to achieve greater consensus among the American 
             people and Congress merely dilutes the strength of one's 
             partisan accomplishments.
               The problem with this thinking is that whatever is won 
             today through division is usually lost tomorrow. The 
             relationships that are destroyed and the ill will that is 
             created make subsequent achievements that much more 
             difficult. If the minority is not a participant, it begins 
             to see its job as frustrating the majority, rather than as 
             trying to advance its ideas or contributing to good 
             legislation. A 51-percent mentality deepens cynicism, 
             sharpens political vendettas, and depletes the national 
             reserve of good will that is critical to our survival in 
             hard times. Leaders should not content themselves with 51 
             percent if they can expand a working majority through 
             outreach, judicious rhetoric, bipartisan alliances, and 
             thoughtful argumentation. National unity is not simply a 
             civic nicety; it counts in real policy terms. ...

               Senator Lugar concluded his speech by remarking that 
             former Senator Paul Douglas' life ``provides us with an 
             extraordinary example of what can be achieved through 
             thoughtful dedication to public service.'' The same can be 
             said for Senator Lugar. ...
               Mr. President, these men and women who will be leaving 
             the Senate soon have made extraordinary sacrifices to 
             serve our Nation. We are fortunate that they have chosen 
             to spend significant parts of their lives in public 
             service. All Americans owe them a debt of gratitude. Those 
             of us who will be in the Senate next month when the 113th 
             Congress convenes can best honor the legacy of our 
             departing colleagues by reaching across the aisle as they 
             have done so many times to forge bipartisan consensus and 
             solutions to our Nation's most vexing problems. The men 
             and women who will be leaving the Senate at the end of 
             this Congress understand that compromise isn't a dirty 
             word; it is the genius at the heart of our political 
             system. We will miss them.
                                              Sunday, December 30, 2012
               Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I rise today to speak on 
             behalf of my friend and colleague Senator Dick Lugar, who 
             is retiring from the Senate at the end of this year.
               Senator Lugar has been a good friend to me in the decade 
             we have served together. As the Chamber's most senior 
             Republican he has been a mentor to me, and when I first 
             came to the Senate he was also my chairman on the Senate 
             Foreign Relations Committee. I have been proud to work 
             with him on a number of foreign policy issues, including 
             those affecting the United States like the Law of the Sea 
             Treaty. We have also worked together on energy issues. 
             Senator Lugar's Practical Energy Plan is a thoughtful bill 
             to strengthen our energy security. On this bill, as on all 
             other issues throughout his Senate career, Senator Lugar 
             worked to develop practical solutions to the challenges we 
             face regarding energy.
               Senator Lugar is the longest serving Member of Congress 
             from Indiana. He graduated first in his class from 
             Shortridge High School in Indianapolis and after attending 
             college, he began his service to our country as an 
             intelligence briefer in the U.S. Navy. He later served as 
             mayor of Indianapolis, on the U.S. Advisory Commission on 
             Intergovernmental Relations, and as president of the 
             National League of Cities before beginning his 36-year 
             Senate career.
               He has clearly served the people of Indiana well. Just 
             last month, the Indianapolis Monthly Magazine published 
             ``By the Numbers: Richard Lugar's Legacy,'' which listed 
             many of Senator Lugar's accomplishments. The article noted 
             that Indianapolis gained 57,000 jobs during Senator 
             Lugar's tenure as mayor and 7,600 nuclear warheads were 
             deactivated as a result of the Nunn-Lugar Program. 
             According to the article, Senator Lugar has cast more than 
             13,000 votes in the Senate and worked with 7 different 
             Presidents. He has been recognized for his service with 
             the Guardian of Small Business Award, the Spirit of 
             Enterprise Award, the Watchdog of the Treasury Award, and 
             more than 45 honorary degrees from colleges and 
             universities in 15 States and the District of Columbia. 
             The American Political Science Association got it right 
             when they named him an outstanding legislator, and he won 
             his last general election with 87 percent of the vote.
               I will miss Senator Lugar's friendship, commonsense 
             approach to getting things done, and commitment to the 
             people of Indiana and the people of the United States. I 
             will miss his always congenial personality and his 
             gracious and respectful manner toward others. I will close 
             by noting what I think may be the biggest accomplishment 
             noted by Indianapolis Monthly Magazine, his 56-year 
             marriage to his wife Char. I wish them the best in the 
             coming years.
                                             Thursday, February 7, 2013
                            ORDER FOR PRINTING OF TRIBUTES
               Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
             there be printed as a Senate document a compilation of 
             materials from the Congressional Record in tribute to the 
             retiring Members of the 112th Congress.

               The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so 
             ordered.
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