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                       TRIBUTES TO HON. HERB KOHL


                                           

                               Herb Kohl

                      U.S. SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN

                                TRIBUTES

                           IN THE CONGRESS OF

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                                      Tributes

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                                      Herb Kohl

                                United States Senator

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                                      CONTENTS
             Biography.............................................
                                                                      v
             Farewell Address......................................
                                                                     ix
             Proceedings in the Senate:
                Tributes by Senators:
                    Cardin, Benjamin L., of Maryland...............
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                    Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota..................
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                    Coons, Christopher A., of Delaware.............
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                    Durbin, Richard J., of Illinois................
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                    Harkin, Tom, of Iowa...........................
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                    Johnson, Ron, of Wisconsin.....................
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                    Klobuchar, Amy, of Minnesota...................
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                    Leahy, Patrick J., of Vermont..................
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                    Levin, Carl, of Michigan.......................
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                    Mikulski, Barbara A., of Maryland..............
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                    Murkowski, Lisa, of Alaska.....................
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                    Reed, Jack, of Rhode Island....................
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                    Reid, Harry, of Nevada 
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                    Sessions, Jeff, of Alabama.....................
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                                      BIOGRAPHY

               Herb Kohl was born in Milwaukee, WI, on February 7, 
             1935. He attended Milwaukee public schools and graduated 
             from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a 
             bachelor's degree in 1956. He received an MBA degree from 
             Harvard School of Business Administration in 1958. Mr. 
             Kohl served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1958 to 1964.
               Before joining the Senate, he was a businessman and 
             helped build his family-owned business, Kohl's grocery and 
             department stores. He served as president of the Kohl 
             Corporation from 1970 through the sale of the corporation 
             in 1979. In 1985 he bought the Milwaukee Bucks to ensure 
             the basketball team remained in Milwaukee, and he is 
             recognized as an avid sportsman.
                From 1975 to 1977 he served as Wisconsin State 
             Democratic Party chairman. He was elected to the Senate in 
             1988 and reelected in 1994, 2000, and 2006. He served on 
             the Senate Appropriations Committee, Judiciary Committee, 
             Banking Committee, and the Special Committee on Aging, 
             which he chaired. He was chairman of the Agriculture 
             Appropriations Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over 
             the budgets of the USDA, the FDA, and other agencies, 
             which include many programs important to farmers and 
             consumers. He also served as the chairman of the 
             Judiciary's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, 
             and Consumer Rights, where he looked out for consumers to 
             make sure that a competitive free market results in the 
             best products for the best prices.
               During his time in office Senator Kohl was recognized as 
             a strong advocate for children's issues. He was author of 
             legislation to expand the school breakfast program and a 
             strong supporter of child nutrition programs. In 2003 he 
             received the Distinguished Service Award from the Food 
             Research and Action Center, a leading organization that 
             works to eradicate domestic hunger. He sponsored 
             legislation to increase child support enforcement, a bill 
             based on Wisconsin's system to ensure that more child 
             support payments go to the families they are designed to 
             help. Senator Kohl also sponsored the Child Care 
             Infrastructure Act, a law encouraging private companies 
             and institutions to build on-site or near-site daycare 
             centers to meet the rapidly growing demand for child care. 
             The bill was featured in Working Mother and Parents 
             magazines. He was awarded the 2010 Best of Congress Award 
             from Working Mother magazine and Corporate Voices for 
             Working Families.
               He also received acclaim as a strong defender of 
             Wisconsin's farming tradition. He led the effort to extend 
             the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program, which has 
             provided millions of dollars in funding to Wisconsin dairy 
             farmers struggling with plummeting milk prices. He helped 
             establish the MILC Program as part of the 2002 farm bill 
             to end regional fighting over milk pricing policies. The 
             Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation awarded Senator Kohl the 
             Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award, the highest 
             individual honor given by the Bureau Federation, for his 
             continued representation of Wisconsin farmers. The Council 
             on Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching, a 
             national organization of agricultural colleges and 
             extension programs, has recognized him for leadership in 
             support of U.S. agricultural research programs. He was 
             also awarded the Congressional Workhorse Award from the 
             Association of Public and Land Grant Universities for his 
             support of agricultural research and education as well as 
             the Golden Triangle Award from the National Farmers Union 
             for his work on behalf of family farms and rural 
             communities.
               Senator Kohl was recognized as a leader for his work to 
             help America's manufacturers. He championed the 
             Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program, a 
             public-private partnership that uses Federal, State, and 
             private dollars to provide technical support and services 
             to small- and medium-sized manufacturers. He and his 
             colleagues saved the MEP Program when President Bush 
             proposed eliminating it, and since then he has helped 
             secure record funding levels for America's small- and 
             medium-sized manufacturers. His work earned him the 
             Legislator of the Year Award from the American Small 
             Manufacturers Coalition in 2006.
               Another focus has been anticrime legislation, especially 
             crimes related to children. As a member of the Senate 
             Appropriations Committee, he helped fund an array of 
             juvenile crime prevention and afterschool programs, 
             including Boys and Girls Clubs and the Families and 
             Schools Together (FAST) Program. He secured $7.9 million 
             in funding for the Wisconsin Methamphetamine Law 
             Enforcement Initiative, a statewide project addressing the 
             increase of methamphetamine and clandestine laboratories 
             in Wisconsin, as well as the creation and expansion of the 
             Wisconsin High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area to 
             coordinate law enforcement responses to fight the drug 
             trade and related crimes. He helped reauthorize juvenile 
             justice programs and pushed for the most effective and 
             innovative programs to help prevent crime, strengthen 
             communities, and rehabilitate young people. The Senate 
             also enacted his bill to require that handguns be sold 
             with separate child safety locks. The legislation is 
             designed to protect children from some of the thousands of 
             shootings each year that involve children and teenagers.
               As chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, Senator 
             Kohl led efforts to reduce the cost of prescription drugs 
             and increase access to affordable generics. He passed a 
             law to improve the quality of care in America's 16,000 
             nursing homes and created a nationwide grant program for 
             the creation of a comprehensive system of background 
             checks to ensure that people with abusive and criminal 
             histories are not hired to work closely with elderly 
             patients in long-term care settings. He also worked to 
             increase retirement security for older Americans by 
             improving the Nation's 401(k) and pension systems, 
             strengthening Social Security, and expanding opportunities 
             for older Americans to work longer if they so choose.
               He made lowering health care costs a top priority. 
             Noting how prescription drug costs are a drain on seniors, 
             families, and businesses, he authored two bills to expand 
             access to affordable generic drugs. His Preserve Access to 
             Affordable Generics Act stops brand name drug 
             manufacturers from using payoff agreements to keep cheaper 
             generic equivalents off pharmacy shelves. His Citizen 
             Petition Fairness and Accuracy Act prohibits brand name 
             drug companies from abusing the Food and Drug 
             Administration's ``Citizen Petition'' review process to 
             delay generic drugs from reaching the market.
               Senator Kohl remains active in Wisconsin charitable 
             activities. In 1990 he established the Herb Kohl 
             Educational Foundation Achievement Award Program, which 
             provides annual grants totaling $400,000 to 200 graduating 
             high school seniors, 100 Wisconsin teachers, and 100 
             schools throughout Wisconsin. In 1995 he donated $25 
             million to the University of Wisconsin for a new sports 
             arena.
                               Farewell to the Senate
                             Thursday, December 13, 2012

               Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise for one final time to 
             address the Senate. My remarks will be brief. Actually, I 
             just want to say one thing: Thank you. I wish I could say 
             it with the eloquence of one of my first friends in the 
             Senate, Senator Dale Bumpers, who told his stories and 
             always made his case pacing these aisles like a lion 
             tethered to a specially made, extra long microphone cord, 
             or with the breadth of vision of the late Senator Robert 
             C. Byrd, who sprinkled his classic Mother's Day or Fourth 
             of July speeches with memorized poetry and his vast 
             command of history, or with the fire of my dear friend, 
             the late Senator Ted Kennedy, who would bellow to the 
             rafters his passion for the America that could be and then 
             call on the Senate to make it so.
               What a privilege it has been to serve with such men and 
             so many other men and women who have made up this body 
             over the last 24 years. You have been my friends, 
             advisers, sometimes adversaries, always worthy, and my 
             inspiration. I thank you. My colleagues in this body are, 
             to a man or a woman, thoughtful, hard-working patriots. We 
             do not always agree, understandably. But every Senator I 
             have met is pursuing a course he or she believes is best 
             for the Nation and advocating policies he or she believes 
             are best for their States.
               When I have come to any of you with my ideas about what 
             is best for the Nation or my State, you have listened 
             respectfully, counseled wisely, and helped whenever you 
             could, and so I thank you.
               The Senate is often referred to as a family, and that is 
             certainly how I feel about my staff, many of whom are 
             gathering today to say our goodbyes. Perhaps what I will 
             miss the most on leaving the Senate is coming to work 
             every day in Washington and in Wisconsin with such a 
             bright, creative, and dedicated group of people constantly 
             focused on what is best for our Nation and my State, 
             challenging and pushing me to be the best Senator I could 
             be. You cannot be a cynic about the future of this country 
             when you work in an office such as mine and have the 
             privilege of interacting with generations of intelligent, 
             civic-minded, and loyal staffers.
               I thank them all for making a hard job not just easy but 
             enjoyable and for serving the people of Wisconsin 
             tirelessly and exceedingly well.
               My final thanks go to the extraordinary people of 
             Wisconsin. Thank you for letting me pay back, in part, the 
             great debt my family owes to the State that took in my 
             immigrant mother and father and allowed our family, 
             including my brothers, Sidney and Allen, and our sister 
             Dolores, to grow and thrive. Thank you for taking a chance 
             on me in that first election 24 years ago and renewing my 
             contract three more times. Thank you for trusting me with 
             your problems and concerns, your hopes and dreams.
               Please know we have listened to you carefully and fought 
             for you always. Every Wisconsinite who wanted it, Democrat 
             or Republican, rich or poor, farmer or city dweller, got 
             full consideration in my office. Whether it was arranging 
             a Capitol tour, finding a lost Social Security check, 
             pushing for legislation to reform the Federal dairy 
             program, or reviving the shipbuilding industry in 
             Marinette, WI, every Wisconsinite had an ally and an 
             advocate in us.
               It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve these 
             24 years in this hallowed institution, alongside my fellow 
             Senators and my staff and as the voice for the people of 
             Wisconsin. For that, I thank you all one last time.
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                                      TRIBUTES

                                         TO

                                      HERB KOHL
                              Proceedings in the Senate
                                            Thursday, November 29, 2012
               Mr. REID. ... I would now yield to my friend, the senior 
             Senator from the State of Wisconsin. I will have more of 
             an opportunity at a later time to say things about Senator 
             Kohl, but I have had a wonderful experience in getting to 
             know this quiet, very productive man. I have enjoyed his 
             innate skills. He is one of the best businesspeople we 
             have in America today, one of the best Senators we have in 
             America today.
                                           Wednesday, December 12, 2012
               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. ...
               A comment about Herb Kohl, another brother appropriator, 
             the very essence of civility. He brought a businessman's 
             savvy with a deep compassion and commitment to the people 
             of Wisconsin. Now we all know the Kohl family. They own 
             basketball teams, they own department stores. I tell you, 
             that Herb, he understood retail, whether it was in 
             politics fighting for the people and their day-to-day 
             needs or the national policy of looking out for working 
             families as they build their lives. He stood up for 
             Wisconsin cheese, the Green Bay Packers, his basketball 
             team. But most of all, he stood up for the people. With 
             Herb, what a sense of honor. His handshake was always 
             good. You could count on him. It was a binding contract. 
             ...
               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. REID. Mr. President, we on the Democratic side are 
             going to recognize that seven of our Senators are 
             retiring, and that is unfortunate, but that is the 
             decision they have made. As I have indicated on more than 
             one occasion, parting is sweet sorrow. We had a 
             celebration last week and talked about those seven 
             Senators and it was truly a wonderful evening.
               I have come to the Senate floor to talk about these 
             individual Senators, and today I am going to talk about 
             Senator Herb Kohl. Herb Kohl, as has happened to other 
             Members of this body, has had to overcome adversity to 
             become a Senator.
               The history of Herb Kohl and his family touches me. He 
             is a very humble man. He doesn't talk very much, and even 
             though we have served together for 24 years, I was stunned 
             last week when we had a guest rabbi, Rabbi Kohl, from 
             Canada. Hearing the name didn't mean much to me because it 
             is a fairly common name. But after the rabbi finished, 
             Herb Kohl, this man of humility, stood on the floor and 
             gave us all a little bit of his background, which we had 
             never heard before.
               Senator Kohl's cousin, Rabbi Baruch Kohl, served as 
             guest chaplain and offered the invocation to convene the 
             Senate. After the benediction, Herb Kohl, the senior 
             Senator from Wisconsin, shared the family history.
               Herb Kohl's father Max and Rabbi Kohl's father Jack were 
             brothers. During World War I, when Max and Jack were 
             teenagers, the brothers were captured by the Russian 
             military, jailed, and forced to march more than 150 miles, 
             with little food, no proper clothing, and the constant 
             threat of physical violence. On occasion, they didn't have 
             shoes, and they were walking basically to Siberia, which 
             is where they were headed. The boys' parents didn't know 
             where they were for more than 2 years.
               Max and Jack were then convicted by a czarist army as 
             spies and sent on an epoch 5-month journey by rail across 
             Siberia. In 1916, the brothers were dumped off in a remote 
             corner of that wintry waste. Exile was frequently a death 
             sentence. Fortunately, in this instance, it was not. The 
             brothers survived relying on the kindness of strangers, 
             and 2\1/2\ years later Max, Herb's father, made his way 
             back to his hometown.
               During their exile, young Jack looked after the even 
             younger Max. Max eventually--this would be Herb Kohl's 
             father--immigrated to the United States. He sent for his 
             older brother after he had earned a few dollars here in 
             America. So the Rabbi's dad was brought to America by his 
             brother--Herb Kohl's dad.
               The brothers' bond passed through the generations to 
             their sons. Senator Kohl and Rabbi Kohl are first cousins, 
             and it was very dramatic to see the connection they shared 
             on the Senate floor. The success enjoyed by Max Kohl, a 
             Polish immigrant, and later by his son, a Senator for 24 
             years, is a testament to the American dream.
               Despite a rough start in life, Max founded a chain of 
             Wisconsin grocery stores. Herb eventually became president 
             of the Kohl's chain, with one little store, but he was a 
             successful businessman before he took over his dad's chain 
             of stores. He became the CEO of that chain started by his 
             dad.
               Initially, after getting his bachelor's degree at the 
             University of Wisconsin and his MBA at Harvard, Herb 
             founded a successful real estate and stock investment 
             firm. At the time he also served as an Army Reservist. He 
             took over as president of Kohl's grocery and department 
             store in 1970. He successfully grew the company for a 
             decade.
               As strong as his passion for business is, Senator Kohl 
             was an even greater athletic fan. He had a passion for 
             sports. In 1985, he bought the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks to 
             keep the team from leaving Wisconsin. He couldn't stand 
             the thought of an outsider buying the team and moving the 
             team from Milwaukee, and that was the talk everybody had 
             heard.
               Everyone said Herb Kohl made a bad deal. Why did he pay 
             so much money for that basketball team? But his decision 
             to buy the Milwaukee Bucks, which at the time some said 
             was crazy, proves doing the right thing and doing the 
             profitable thing are often one and the same. Today, the 
             Bucks are worth ten times what Herb paid for the team, and 
             they are an important pillar of that vibrant Milwaukee 
             community.
               Herb was also one of the original investors in the 
             Milwaukee Brewers, owned by his childhood friend Bud 
             Selig. Senator Kohl and Major League Baseball commissioner 
             Bud Selig were roommates at a fraternity at the University 
             of Wisconsin, but they knew each other when they were 
             little boys. They lived in the same neighborhood. Herb and 
             Bud still have lunch at Jake's Deli whenever Herb is back 
             in Milwaukee, which is almost every week. They do this on 
             Saturday.
               Senator Kohl is also passionate about education. He 
             founded the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Achievement 
             Award Program, which awards grants and scholarships to 
             graduating seniors, teachers, and schools all across 
             Wisconsin. He donated $25 million to the University of 
             Wisconsin to build a state-of-the-art, new athletic 
             facility--the Kohl Center.
               Since he was elected in 1988, Herb Kohl has been a 
             champion of public education, fighting to give students 
             the tools they need to succeed in a modern workforce. He 
             has also made fighting crime in Wisconsin and across the 
             Nation a priority, advancing investments in antidrug and 
             antigang programs. He has worked to reduce juvenile crime 
             and ensure proper funding of State and local public safety 
             agencies, and he has been a strong voice for Wisconsin 
             dairy farmers.
               Herb has also been a valued member of the Appropriations 
             Committee, the Banking and Judiciary Committees, as well 
             as a strong chairman of the Special Committee on Aging. He 
             has done so much for the aging populations we have in 
             America today.
               He has been a leader on many different legislative 
             initiatives. Herb Kohl is a fine man, a wonderful human 
             being, and I so admire and appreciate him. He is a 
             distinguished Senator, a devoted representative of the 
             people of Wisconsin, and his presence will be missed in 
             the Senate. I wish him the very best in his retirement.

               Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, with the close of the 112th 
             Congress, our good friend and colleague Senator Herb Kohl 
             is retiring after four terms of dedicated service to this 
             body, the people of Wisconsin and the United States. As a 
             Senator, Herb Kohl has shown the same dedication and work 
             ethic that previously allowed him to build his family-
             owned business into a nationally known brand name. Indeed, 
             during his 24 years in this body, he has been a classic 
             workhorse Senator, as opposed to a show horse Senator. Few 
             Senators have been more willing to shun the limelight and 
             share the credit in order to get important things done for 
             the people of this country.
               Senator Kohl is also a proud and principled progressive. 
             His work in the Senate brings to mind the great words of 
             the late Senator Hubert Humphrey:

               The moral test of government is how its government 
             treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; 
             those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and 
             those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy, 
             and the handicapped.

               Senator Kohl has been respected as a leading advocate on 
             children's issues. For instance, he authored legislation 
             to expand the school breakfast program and has been a 
             strong supporter of child nutrition programs. He also 
             authored legislation requiring that handguns be sold with 
             separate child safety locks.
               Of course, as chair of the Special Committee on Aging, 
             he has led the charge in the Senate on issues affecting 
             older Americans, something especially important in my 
             State of Iowa.
               In particular, I salute Senator Kohl for authoring the 
             Physician Payment Sunshine Act, which was included in the 
             Affordable Care Act. The Sunshine Act, which was the focus 
             of a series of hearings chaired by Senator Kohl, will 
             require transparency and disclosure on payments made to 
             doctors and surgeons by drug and medical device companies.
               Senator Kohl has been our leader in improving the safety 
             and quality of nursing homes, ensuring criminal background 
             checks for employees in nursing homes, and working with 
             CMS to institute new and meaningful quality ratings for 
             nursing homes.
               Senator Kohl and I worked together in my capacity as 
             chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
             Committee, on legislative reform of the Pension Benefit 
             Guarantee Corporation and its outside board.
               Senator Kohl also deserves enormous credit for his 
             committee's indepth hearings and reports identifying 
             financial scams and abuses targeting seniors and the 
             elderly.
               Herb Kohl is a good friend, and he has been an 
             outstanding Senator. He has accomplished many things 
             during his four terms in the Senate. I can think of no 
             greater accolade than to say, simply, that Herb Kohl is a 
             good, decent, honorable person with a passion for social 
             and economic justice and a determination to make life 
             better for ordinary Americans.
               I join with the entire Senate family in wishing Herb the 
             very best in the years ahead.

               Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, today I honor my colleague, 
             Senator Herb Kohl, who will be leaving the Senate at the 
             end of this term. Senator Kohl has served the people of 
             Wisconsin for 24 years since first being elected to the 
             Senate in 1988. Throughout his time in Congress, Senator 
             Kohl has stayed above political partisanship, while 
             remaining true to his Midwest roots. He has represented 
             the people of Wisconsin well and answered to no one but 
             the citizens of his State. When he announced his 
             retirement from the Senate, he said ``The office doesn't 
             belong to me. It belongs to the people of Wisconsin, and 
             there is something to be said for not staying in office 
             too long.'' These words describe a humble man who truly 
             believes that it is his duty to represent the ideals of 
             his constituents, even in an era of political 
             polarization.
               Born and raised in Wisconsin, Senator Kohl is known 
             throughout the Senate as a philanthropist. He had a 
             successful career in business, eventually purchasing the 
             Milwaukee Bucks. Throughout his time in Congress, Senator 
             Kohl has proven that he is as openminded as he is honest, 
             while continually holding on to his core principles. From 
             expanding the coverage of health care to promoting 
             education advancements, Senator Kohl's legislative history 
             is truly impressive.
               Wisconsin and North Dakota have a lot in common. We 
             share a similar culture and geography as well as an 
             agriculture industry that is a crucial component of both 
             our States' economies. In 2011 the National Farmers Union 
             recognized Senator Kohl as a champion of dairy and 
             competition issues. That is only part of the story 
             concerning Senator Kohl's support for family farmers. 
             Senator Kohl has served as chairman of the Appropriations 
             Subcommittee on Agriculture. In that capacity, he has been 
             instrumental in ensuring that the partnership between the 
             Federal Government and rural communities contributes to 
             economic development throughout rural America. He has 
             enhanced the conservation of our natural resources and 
             ensured the United States remains at the forefront in 
             agricultural research and innovation. In addition, Senator 
             Kohl has been a stalwart supporter of food assistance 
             programs for those who are the least fortunate among us.
               On a personal note, Senator Kohl recommended my wife 
             Lucy for a position with Major League Baseball. It has 
             been my wife's dream job, so I am personally indebted to 
             him for that.
               Senator Kohl's commitment to the people of Wisconsin has 
             been unwavering. The Senate will miss his honesty and hard 
             work. I thank Senator Kohl for his service in the Senate 
             and wish him the best in his future endeavors. Wisconsin 
             should be proud of Senator Kohl, he remained true to his 
             1988 Senate campaign slogan, serving as ``Nobody's Senator 
             But Yours.''
                                           Wednesday, December 19, 2012
                Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, in his four terms 
             representing the State of Wisconsin in this body, Senator 
             Herb Kohl's focus has been precisely where it should be: 
             the welfare of the people of his State and of our Nation. 
             Whether in supporting American manufacturers and the jobs 
             they provide, in fighting for protection from crime and 
             for adequate nutrition for our children, in protecting 
             senior citizens from elder abuse, or in preserving the 
             Great Lakes that our two States share, Senator Kohl has 
             accomplished much on behalf of American families.
               I have been fortunate to work closely with Senator Kohl 
             on issues of vital importance to our States. He has long 
             been a strong supporter of the Manufacturing Extension 
             Partnership, which helps U.S. manufacturers with technical 
             support and services that make them more efficient and 
             competitive in the global marketplace. His support for 
             adequate MEP funding has made a significant difference for 
             American companies and workers.
               Now, we in Michigan bow to no one in our love for the 
             Great Lakes, but even I would admit that Wisconsin, second 
             only to Michigan in its length of Great Lakes coastline, 
             is a close competitor. As a member of the Great Lakes Task 
             Force, which I cochair, he has supported cleanup of toxic 
             hot spots, the fight against invasive species, protecting 
             Great Lakes water quality, and sufficient funding for the 
             Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
               We have also shared an interest in consumer protection. 
             Senator Kohl chairs the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee 
             on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, and 
             from that platform, he has battled those who would prey on 
             American consumers, whether they are abusive credit card 
             companies or oil-exporting cartel nations.
               Where Senator Kohl has left what may be his most lasting 
             impression is in his hard work on behalf of our Nation's 
             most vulnerable citizens: children and seniors. He has 
             long advocated solutions to help make college more 
             affordable. He has helped expand the availability of 
             nutritious breakfasts for school-age children and programs 
             to help parents afford food on the table for their 
             families. He has worked to strengthen afterschool 
             programs. In 2007 and again in 2008, he introduced the 
             Patient Safety and Abuse Protection Act, which allowed 
             employers to perform background checks on nursing home 
             employees to help prevent elder abuse. When this 
             legislation was included in the Affordable Care Act in 
             2009, it was a major step forward for patient safety.
               I will miss working with Herb Kohl on these and many 
             other issues. I will miss the opportunity to give him a 
             hard time whenever our Detroit Pistons beat his Milwaukee 
             Bucks. I hope we can continue the important work he has 
             helped move forward: protecting good jobs, our Great 
             Lakes, our students, and our seniors.
                                            Thursday, December 20, 2012
               Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin. Madam President, I rise to pay 
             tribute to a man who has been generous with his time, his 
             treasure, and his heart, to his friends, his family, the 
             State of Wisconsin, and to America, Senator Herb Kohl.
               America and Wisconsin have always been defined by 
             immigrants arriving in this country seeking freedom, 
             opportunity, and a better life for themselves and their 
             families. Such was the case for Senator Kohl's father Max, 
             an immigrant from Poland, and his mother Mary, an 
             immigrant from Russia. Their family's story was just one 
             among the many millions of stories of fulfillment of the 
             American dream.
               Max and Mary's son Herb attended Washington High School 
             in the Sherman Park neighborhood of Milwaukee. He 
             graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1956 
             and went on to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School in 
             1958.
               Senator Kohl's service to his country started at a young 
             age. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve after receiving 
             his MBA and served in the military for 6 years. After his 
             military service, he began contributing to our Nation not 
             in government but in the private sector. During the 1970s, 
             he managed his family's well-known retail businesses. The 
             stores built by the Kohl family remain the legacy that all 
             Wisconsin respects and appreciates.
               When Wisconsin's NBA team, the Milwaukee Bucks, was 
             considering moving out of the State for financial reasons, 
             Citizen Kohl stepped in and purchased the franchise. He 
             prevented the team from leaving and preserved professional 
             basketball as an integral part of Wisconsin's strong 
             sports tradition. Suffice it to say, Citizen Kohl had 
             established himself as a very successful member of this 
             Nation's business community. But he didn't hoard his 
             financial success; he shared it and he shared it 
             generously.
               Senator Kohl's philanthropy was widespread, but he 
             particularly seemed to enjoy directing his generosity to 
             helping Wisconsin students and educators. In 1990, he 
             established the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 
             Achievement Award Program. This program provides a total 
             of $400,000 to hundreds of students, teachers, and schools 
             throughout the State of Wisconsin each and every year. In 
             1995, Senator Kohl continued his generosity to education 
             and sports in our State by donating $25 million to the 
             University of Wisconsin Madison for a new sports arena. 
             The Kohl Center, as it is now known, is the home for the 
             school's basketball and hockey teams.
               Senator Kohl was first elected in 1988 and even though 
             his duties required him to spend time in Washington, his 
             heart has always been with the people of Wisconsin. For 
             the past 24 years, he has maintained a strong passion for 
             Wisconsin's children, seniors, farmers, and manufacturers.
               As a man whose life has been distinguished by 
             generosity, it is worth noting that his final speech on 
             the floor of the Senate was not a long list of his many 
             accomplishments; instead, it was a short heartfelt speech 
             of gratitude to those who made him the generous man he is 
             today, those he served with, and those he represented in 
             the Senate for four consecutive terms. Now it is our turn 
             to thank Senator Kohl for the honorable 24 years he has 
             served his State and this Nation.
               During his first election, the slogan of Senator Kohl's 
             campaign was ``Nobody's Senator but Yours.'' There can be 
             no doubt in anyone's mind that he has lived up to that 
             promise each and every day.
               On behalf of all the citizens of Wisconsin, I wish to 
             thank Senator Herb Kohl for his generous spirit and his 
             many years of service to Wisconsin and America.
               With that, I yield the floor and note the absence of a 
             quorum.

               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. ...
               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.
               With that, I yield the floor.

               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 remember in my first few months here that Senator 
             Kohl, my colleague on the Judiciary Committee, spoke so 
             rarely that when I first heard him speak at an event on 
             the manufacturing extension partnership--one of his 
             passions, and mine--I was struck by the power and reach of 
             his voice. It is because he uses it so sparingly, but his 
             example speaks even louder. He never sought the spotlight 
             here but worked tirelessly to make a difference fighting 
             for the little guy on antitrust issues in the Judiciary 
             Committee.
               He believes, as do I, if an American entrepreneur has a 
             great idea, we should help protect that idea by preventing 
             trade secret theft and other intellectual property 
             threats. We also share a deep commitment to the idea that 
             higher education should be more accessible and affordable 
             to every student who wants to pursue it. I am honored to 
             have the opportunity to take up from Senator Kohl's work 
             on these and other important issues.
               Outside this Chamber Senator Kohl has just as strong a 
             voice and broad an impact with his philanthropy, but we 
             would never hear him speak about it; that is just not his 
             style. He has earned my abiding respect with his 
             unassuming grace and his determined leadership. ...
               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. 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.
               Thank you, and I yield the floor.
                                              Friday, December 21, 2012
               Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, now that the 112th Congress is 
             coming to a close, we have an opportunity to acknowledge 
             and express our appreciation for the service of our fellow 
             Senators who will be retiring at the end of the year. Herb 
             Kohl, one of those who will be returning home when the 
             gavel brings to a close the current session of Congress, 
             will be missed, for he has been very active and involved 
             in the day-to-day work of the Senate for many years.
               My first contact with Herb came about when I found out 
             that he had a ranch in Wyoming. I shouldn't have been 
             surprised. As I have had a chance to come to know him, it 
             seemed pretty clear that he had a lot of Wyoming in him. 
             He is a gentleman and a gentle man in every sense of those 
             words. He says what he means and he means what he says. 
             For him, those words aren't cliches, they are an 
             indication of the way he lives his life.
               I know I am not the only one who thought that about 
             Herb. That is why he has a well-earned reputation for 
             being a calm, thoughtful legislator. He has a knack for 
             taking on a problem, giving it his full attention, and 
             then working with Members on both sides of the aisle to 
             develop a workable solution to solve it. That is why he 
             has been so successful on a number of issues.
               Herb's ability to patiently pursue an agenda, and then 
             focus on a solution that would receive the support 
             necessary to pass, has been a hallmark of his service. 
             Never one to seek out public attention for his efforts, he 
             has been rewarded with something far more important--the 
             knowledge that he has done a good job. His commitment to 
             the future of his home State and our Nation has made it 
             possible for him to have an impact on several issues of 
             great importance to people from every corner of the United 
             States.
               Herb has been such a successful legislator in part 
             because of his small business background. He understands 
             better than most the important role our businesses play in 
             our local, State, and national economies. He is a man of 
             vision who put his great talents into action when he 
             helped to take the family business to the next level. His 
             success in that effort helped to put him on a path that 
             made it possible for him to do some things that a lot of 
             us only dream about.
               One of those great dreams he was able to make come true 
             was his ownership of a professional sports team, the 
             Milwaukee Bucks. There had been some speculation that the 
             team might be bought and moved out of Milwaukee. Herb made 
             sure that wouldn't happen. He bought the team and kept 
             them in Milwaukee, and the people of Wisconsin appreciated 
             his efforts to keep the home team--at home.
               None of that would have been possible if not for Herb's 
             ability to organize his time so that he could make the 
             best use of that precious commodity. That has been one of 
             his greatest assets in the Senate, too. Back home, his 
             constituents know that he is a thoughtful person who is 
             interested in them and is always on the watch for those 
             things he can do as their Senator to make their day-to-day 
             lives better.
               His constituents have greatly appreciated his work in 
             Washington on their behalf, and that is why they returned 
             him time after time so he could keep doing such a good job 
             of representing them. Herb has compiled an important 
             record that he should be proud of because it reflects his 
             commitment to the future of his home State and our Nation.
                                            Thursday, December 27, 2012
               Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the people of Wisconsin have 
             elected and reelected Senator Herb Kohl to represent them 
             in the U.S. Senate four times. Since coming to the Senate 
             in 1989, I have been honored to serve with him on the 
             Senate Judiciary Committee, where his commitment to 
             matters involving antitrust, juvenile justice, and 
             technology has afforded us many opportunities to work 
             together. We have partnered in other important areas, too, 
             from our States' shared interest in a vibrant and 
             supported dairy industry to important housing assistance.
               Everyone likes Senator Kohl. He is a consensus builder, 
             and is always seeking a bipartisan solution. That approach 
             led to a bipartisan investigation in the Judiciary 
             Committee over Ruby Ridge. It led to enactment of the 
             Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
             Reauthorization Act, and economic espionage bills.
               Senator Kohl has been a constant champion for the 
             Nation's dairy farmers from those in Wisconsin to those in 
             Vermont. His Superb Milk House at the Wisconsin State Fair 
             is a hit every year. A tradition he began in 1990, it 
             still sells glasses of milk for just 25 cents. I was 
             delighted to hear he intends to keep the Milk House 
             running even after he leaves the Senate. Wisconsin and 
             Vermont dairy farmers have not always agreed on how best 
             to support the industry, but Senator Kohl's commitment has 
             never wavered.
               As chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, Senator 
             Kohl has kept the needs of some of the most vulnerable 
             around us--the elderly--front and center during his time 
             in the Senate. His support for the Housing Assistance 
             Council, which helps improve housing conditions for the 
             rural poor with an emphasis on the poorest of the poor has 
             been steadfast, and I was pleased to work with him to 
             ensure that in an age without earmarks, this important 
             council was qualified to compete for Federal financial 
             support. He has been a longtime partner in rural housing 
             issues--a partnership I will miss.
               Senator Kohl has worked tirelessly for the people of 
             Wisconsin both as a Senator and as a philanthropist. Since 
             1990, he has provided annual grants totaling $400,000 to 
             Wisconsin students, teachers, and schools through the Herb 
             Kohl Educational Foundation Achievement Award Program.
               When Senator Kohl announced his retirement, he stated 
             that he never believed it was his Senate seat, but that it 
             belonged to the people of Wisconsin, and that is just who 
             Herb Kohl is. Even in retirement, I have no doubt he will 
             remain dedicated to the people of Wisconsin. Serving with 
             him for more than two decades has been an honor and a 
             privilege. The Senate will miss him.
                                              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 Herb Kohl embodies the American 
             dream. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and 
             Russia who started a chain of grocery and department 
             stores. Senator Kohl earned a bachelor of arts degree from 
             the University of Wisconsin in 1956 and a master of 
             business administration, MBA, degree from Harvard Business 
             School in 1958. Between 1958 and 1964, Senator Kohl was a 
             member of the U.S. Army Reserve. Senator Kohl had a highly 
             successful business career before he was elected to the 
             Senate in 1988 with 52 percent of the vote. In each 
             successive reelection effort, his share of the popular 
             vote rose, all the way up to more than 67 percent in 2006.
               I have served with Senator Kohl on the Judiciary 
             Committee and have seen first hand his commitment to 
             ensuring the fairness of our legal system.
               Senator Kohl introduced legislation to create a tax 
             credit for employer-provided childcare after Congress 
             passed the welfare reform bill in 1996, to help families 
             move from welfare to work. The credit was codified in 
             section 45F of the Internal Revenue Code as part of the 
             package of tax cuts passed in 2001. Section 45F offers a 
             tax credit for 25 percent of what it costs a business to 
             build and maintain an onsite childcare facility and 10 
             percent of their expenses for childcare resource and 
             referral services. It is capped at $150,000 a year per 
             company to target the benefit to small businesses.
               Throughout his career, Senator Kohl has championed the 
             National Institute of Standards and Technology's 
             Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, MEP, a 
             public-private partnership that provides technical support 
             to small and medium manufacturers. Since MEP arrived in 
             Wisconsin in 1998, its 2 centers have created or retained 
             over 13,000 high quality manufacturing jobs with almost $2 
             billion in economic impact throughout the State. In 2007 
             and 2010, Senator Kohl introduced bipartisan legislation 
             to authorize appropriations for MEP and, in both 
             instances, those bills became public law: the former as 
             part of the America COMPETES Act of 2007; the latter as 
             part of the American COMPETES Reauthorization of 2010. For 
             over a decade, and despite budgetary pressures, MEP has 
             received the resources it needs to continue to help small 
             manufacturers in Wisconsin and across the Nation, 
             prompting the American Small Manufacturers Coalition to 
             name Senator Kohl a ``champion for small manufacturers.''
               Senator Kohl's quiet but effective contributions to our 
             Nation aren't limited to his service here in the Senate. 
             He is a committed philanthropist, too. For instance, he 
             donated $25 million to the University of Wisconsin at 
             Madison for the construction of its new sports arena. It 
             was the largest single donation in the University's 
             history. In 1990, he established the Herb Kohl Educational 
             Foundation Achievement Award Program, which provides 
             annual grants totaling $400,000 to 200 graduating seniors, 
             100 teachers, and 100 schools throughout Wisconsin. And he 
             is much beloved in his hometown for purchasing the 
             Milwaukee Bucks basketball team in 1985 to prevent the 
             team from being moved to another city. ...
               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 come to the floor to 
             recognize Senator Kohl as he prepares to retire after 24 
             years in the U.S. Senate.
               Senator Kohl was born and raised in Wisconsin, the State 
             he tirelessly represents to this day. He attended public 
             school in Milwaukee and at the University of Wisconsin-
             Madison before obtaining his MBA from Harvard University 
             in 1958. His business ventures proved incredibly 
             successful, and he was acting president of Kohl's grocery 
             and department stores for nearly a decade. In 1988, he 
             took his business and education experience to the U.S. 
             Senate.
               I have had the pleasure of serving with Senator Kohl on 
             the Appropriations Committee for the past 4 years. His 
             bipartisan cooperation is outstanding, and together we 
             have worked on numerous hearings and bills. He has been an 
             asset on the committee. We will miss his dedication, 
             intuition, and eagerness to work with others to find 
             solutions.
               As a mother of two and former PTA member, I also 
             appreciate Senator Kohl's zeal in advocating children's 
             issues. He authored legislation to expand the school 
             breakfast program, strengthened child nutrition programs, 
             and has worked to meet the growing demand for childcare. 
             His work on the Appropriations Committee ensured the 
             continuation of important programs such as the Boys and 
             Girls Club and the Families and Schools Together Program. 
             This hard work did not go unrecognized. In 2010, Senator 
             Kohl received the Best of Congress Award from Working 
             Mother Magazine and Corporate Voices for Working Families. 
             I will always admire Senator Kohl for his hard work on 
             behalf of families and children across the United States.
               Senator Kohl's charitable endeavors will also remain an 
             important part of his legacy. In 1990, he established the 
             Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Achievement Award 
             Program. This program provides annual grants to 200 
             graduating high school seniors, 100 Wisconsin teachers, 
             and 100 schools in his home State.
               I cannot thank Senator Kohl enough for his service over 
             the past few decades. I am honored to have worked by his 
             side and wish him the best.
                                              Monday, December 31, 2012
               Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I wish to recognize my 
             colleague Herb Kohl for his many years of distinguished 
             service and leadership on behalf of our country and the 
             people of Wisconsin.
               It has been an incredible honor for me to serve with 
             Herb as neighboring Senators these last 6 years. He is a 
             statesman in the truest sense of the term, not to mention 
             one of the most genuinely kind and steadfast public 
             servants of our time. This is the reason he is so admired 
             in the Senate, and it is how he came to be known as one of 
             the most beloved and respected public figures in the State 
             of Wisconsin.
               Like Herb, my mom was born and raised in Milwaukee. I 
             have many fond memories of visiting Wisconsin and can 
             personally attest to how loved and respected Herb Kohl is 
             throughout the State. People know him for the jobs he 
             created as a businessman. They know him for the 
             scholarship program created in his name. And of course, 
             they know him for the way he ``saved basketball'' by 
             keeping the Bucks in Milwaukee. But above all, people know 
             Herb for his consistent record of putting Wisconsin first.
               From strengthening Wisconsin's manufacturing sector and 
             keeping jobs in the State to improving the MILC Program 
             and better supporting our dairy farmers, Herb has touched 
             and improved the lives of people across Wisconsin and 
             throughout the Midwest. At the national level, he has 
             earned a reputation as a masterful policymaker with a 
             quiet, commonsense approach to legislating that is the 
             stuff of Senate legend. But don't be fooled by Herb's even 
             keel.
               When it comes to protecting consumers and standing up 
             for the middle class, few people are as fiercely committed 
             as Herb Kohl. As chair of the Antitrust Subcommittee, he 
             has been a truly tireless champion for consumer rights and 
             competition policy. I've seen this first hand, while 
             working with him on legislation to crack down on captive 
             shipping in the rail industry and to restrict the so-
             called pay-to-delay deals that keep affordable 
             prescription drugs off the market.
               Senator Kohl, it would be impossible to do full justice 
             to your legacy in a single statement. So instead I will 
             simply say this: Wisconsin is better off because of your 
             leadership, and so is our country. Thank you for all of 
             the friendship, wisdom, and support you have shown me over 
             the years. You will be missed, but I know that even in 
             retirement you will continue to find ways to improve our 
             great country and work for the people of Wisconsin.
                                               Tuesday, January 1, 2013
               Mr. DURBIN. ... Now, last night I bid farewell to 
             Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin. I am going to miss him 
             more than most people can imagine because Herb Kohl spent 
             the time and understood America's dairy program.
               Madam President, I confess, I do not understand this 
             program. Vaguely, yes; but if it was on the final, I would 
             flunk. So I used to go, on dairy issues, to Senator Kohl. 
             Wisconsin dairy farmers and Illinois dairy farmers always 
             saw eye to eye.
               I said, ``Herb, you are my dairy expert. You tell me. 
             You are my adviser.'' Well, Herb is retiring. I will need 
             a new adviser. ...
                                              Thursday, January 3, 2013
               Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, as the year ends, we face 
             the sadness that surrounds the departure of good 
             colleagues. I want to take a minute to express my pleasure 
             in having the opportunity to know and work with Herb Kohl. 
             We have served 16 years together on the Judiciary 
             Committee and in the Senate. He is one of the most 
             accomplished and courteous Members of the Senate. His 
             powerful intellect along with his vast private sector 
             experience have given him valuable insight into the issues 
             of our time. We shared a strong belief in the importance 
             of the Littoral Combat Ship and in the end were both 
             pleased to see that program move forward. As a senior 
             participant on the Judiciary Committee, Senator Kohl was a 
             faithful member who had a remarkable ability to win the 
             affection and respect of Members. He always sought common 
             ground rather than confrontation. It's been a real 
             pleasure for me to get to know and to work with this 
             remarkable, talented, and good man. He has given much to 
             the Senate. My best wishes are extended for this next 
             chapter in his life.
                                             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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