[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 148 (Tuesday, December 5, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S11558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SENATOR DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the 
kind of scholar-public servant our founding fathers envisioned when 
they designed our great government. Senator Moynihan has a keen 
intellect and a kind heart, and his distinguished career is a testament 
to the power of this combination.
  Senator Moynihan began serving this country just one year after he 
graduated from high school. He enrolled in the United States Navy from 
1944-1947 and served in the Naval Reserve for 20 years.
  After receiving his BA, MA and PhD, he went on to serve in the 
administrations of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. In 
fact, he is the only person in American history to have ever served in 
the Cabinet or subcabinet of four successive presidential 
administrations.
  He served as U.S. Ambassador to India from 1973-1975, U.S. 
Representative to the United Nations from 1975-1976, and he represented 
the United States as President of the United National Security Council 
in 1976.
  He has authored or edited 18 books on topics ranging from the Reagan 
era to the American family to poverty to ethnicity to the practice of 
government. And he has received 62 honorary degrees.
  Senator Moynihan's list of legislative accomplishments is no less 
impressive. He produced the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century which provided money and incentives for States to build mass 
transit systems.
  He has done outstanding work on cleaning up our environment through 
his legislation to clean up nuclear waste and toxic sites and to 
control acid rain.
  He has also been a leader in transforming our social welfare system. 
His 1988 Family Support Act began the process of changing the AFDC 
program from an income security program to one which helps individuals 
secure employment. He has also sponsored a bill to improve the Social 
Security Administration and to keep Social Security solvent for the 
future.
  And if you take a walk around this city--or any number of other 
American cities for that matter--you won't get far before you see a 
building that Senator Moynihan helped to build or preserve. From the 
Old Patent Office which now hosts two Smithsonian museums, to the Old 
Post Office, to the Old Pension Building, which is now the National 
Building Museum, and many more.
  The Senate will sorely miss its resident scholar. Senator Moynihan 
combined a mind for philosophy, an eye for beauty, and a heart for 
service. And this city, the State of New York, and our Nation are the 
better for his sensitive and dedicated work.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. In my capacity as a Senator from the State of 
Michigan, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be 
rescinded.
  Without objection, it is so ordered.

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