[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 28, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6629-S6630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SENATOR MALCOLM WALLOP

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a true 
patriot and tireless advocate of the great State of Wyoming, U.S. 
Senator Malcolm Wallop. I am pleased to be joined by Senator Enzi and 
Representative Cubin in this tribute.
  Malcolm hails from Big Horn, WY, born into a hard-working family with 
a long history of public service. Malcolm continued this family 
tradition by serving in the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant, then in 
the Wyoming State Legislature from 1969 to 1976. He followed this with 
a distinguished 18-year career representing the people of the State of 
Wyoming in the U.S. Senate.
  Throughout his tenure in the Senate, Malcolm held true to his 
convictions--maintaining a strong national defense, a Federal 
Government that works best when it is smaller, individual liberties and 
freedoms are the core of our Nation, and States rights must be 
protected from encroachment by the Federal Government. His 
unwillingness to compromise his forthright beliefs earned him the 
respect of his Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Senator 
Levin said about Malcolm:

       While we disagreed, again, probably as often as we agreed, 
     that did not stand in the way of my admiration for the 
     quality, the characteristic that he had of letting you know 
     precisely where he stood and why. And his patriotism is 
     second to none in this body.

  His depth of understanding and knowledge on defense policy was widely 
respected. In 1978, Senator Wallop became the first elected official to 
propose a space based missile defense system, a program that later 
became part of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Given the 
proliferation of new missiles today, it is remarkable how profound his 
ideas and observations were at the time.
  Although Senator Wallop retired from the Senate in 1994, he remains 
engaged in the debate on key issues confronting our Nation. He is 
currently a senior fellow with the Heritage Foundation where he writes 
and speaks on issues of foreign policy and national defense. Malcolm 
also chairs the Frontiers of Freedom, a nonprofit organization he 
established upon retiring from the Senate. And he remains a strong and 
respected voice on individual property rights, Endangered Species Act 
reform, Social Security privatization and civil liberties.
  Malcolm's contributions to Wyoming, and the Nation as a whole, are 
remarkable. The Wyoming State Legislature recently passed a joint 
resolution establishing July 8, 2006 as Malcolm Wallop Appreciation 
Day. With your permission, I will submit the resolution for the Record.
  He remains an intelligent, articulate individual with incredible 
foresight. We are pleased to take this moment to express our gratitude 
to Senator Wallop for his service, and extremely proud to have such a 
distinguished and respected individual call Wyoming home.
  Although many have tried to sum up the man, President Reagan may have 
said it best when he said, ``Leadership, hard work, experience, loyalty 
to Wyoming--that's what Malcolm Wallop is all about.''
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the aforementioned 
resolution be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

 A Joint Resolution of the Members of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature of 
   the State of Wyoming Honoring the Contributions of United States 
                         Senator Malcolm Wallop

       A joint resolution to commemorate Senator Malcolm Wallop's 
     service and dedication to the people of Wyoming and to 
     proclaim July 8, 2006 as ``Malcolm Wallop Appreciation Day.''
       Be it Resolved by the Fifty-Eighth Legislature of the State 
     of Wyoming:
       Whereas, this proud son of Sheridan County was born on 
     February 27, 1933, the third generation of a Wyoming pioneer 
     family; his grandfather was a young Englishman named Oliver 
     Henry Wallop, the youngest son of the fifth Earl of 
     Portsmouth, who headed out to the great American West after 
     graduating from Oxford in 1883, buying the Canyon Ranch in 
     Big Horn in 1895, which has remained in the family for four 
     generations; and
       Whereas, Malcolm's story ties together a family's 
     commitment to public service across two nations; his 
     grandfather was elected to the Wyoming Legislature in 1910 
     and helped draft the state's first game and conservation 
     laws; when Oliver's elder brother died in England in 1925, he 
     returned to assume the post of Earl of Portsmouth and served 
     in the British House of Lords, but the Earl never abandoned 
     his love of America, the West and Canyon Ranch, where he 
     remained until his death in 1942; and
       Whereas, Malcolm was educated at Big Horn School, Cate 
     School in Carpinteria, California, and attended college at 
     Yale University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1954; 
     upon graduation from Yale, Malcolm served in the U.S. Army 
     Artillery from 1955 to 1957, as a First Lieutenant; and
       Whereas, he returned home to Big Horn after his service to 
     his country and his extensive business career included 
     management of his Wyoming ranch holdings, establishment of a 
     feedlot, and development of oil and gas projects in Nebraska, 
     Montana and Wyoming; in addition, Malcolm has been an active 
     real estate developer and investor; and
       Whereas, following in his grandfather's footsteps, Malcolm 
     served in the Wyoming Legislature from 1969 to 1976, serving 
     two terms in the Wyoming House of Representatives where he 
     served on the House Livestock and Agriculture Committee; the 
     House

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     Game and Fish Committee; the House Travel, Recreation and 
     Wildlife Committee; and the House Corporations, Elections and 
     Political Subdivisions Committee; and one term in the Wyoming 
     Senate, where he served on the Senate Education, Health and 
     Welfare Committee; the Senate Travel, Recreation and Wildlife 
     Committee; and the Senate Transportation and Highways 
     Committee; and
       Whereas, he went on to be elected to the United States 
     Senate on November 2, 1976, was reelected on November 2, 
     1982, and again on November 8, 1988, serving Wyoming in 
     Washington for 18 years, where the Senator distinguished 
     himself through a long and notable record of legislative 
     achievements to mark his three terms in Congress; and
       Whereas, during his tenure, Senator Wallop served on 
     numerous committees, including Energy and Natural Resources, 
     Finance, Small Business, Armed Services, Environment and 
     Public Works, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and he 
     was the first non-lawyer in history to serve on the Judiciary 
     Committee; and
       Whereas, on the national stage, the Senator may be best 
     remembered for his work related to federal deregulation, 
     states rights, tax reform, energy policy, free trade, 
     national defense, private property rights, and individual 
     liberties and he has earned a national and international 
     reputation related to his expertise on these issues; and
       Whereas, Senator Wallop was a great friend to Wyoming 
     throughout his tenure in the United States Congress and his 
     legislative conservation victories include the Wyoming 
     Wilderness Act, which became law in 1984; the Senator was the 
     author of the 1984 Wallop-Breaux Sport Fishing Restoration 
     Act; the designation of the Clark's Fork as a Wild and Scenic 
     River was another piece of legislation he sponsored, as was 
     legislation to repair and upgrade the Buffalo Bill Dam in 
     Cody, as well as safety and repair work at Jackson Lake Dam, 
     Seminole Dam, and Fontenelle Dam; and
       Whereas, Senator Wallop achieved many other victories for 
     the state including efforts to stop the congressional 
     Appropriations Committee from requiring that Wyoming share 
     100 percent of the federal administrative costs for the 
     mineral royalty management programs; he sponsored legislation 
     to provide inheritance tax relief for family businesses and 
     ranches; he sponsored the Energy Policy Act of 1992, which 
     provides for energy development and conservation programs; 
     and he successfully sought to reduce trade barriers in Japan, 
     Taiwan, the European Community, and Brazil for trona exports; 
     and
       Whereas, considered one of the nation's most knowledgeable 
     experts on defense policy, when the history of the Cold War 
     is written, a chapter will be devoted to Senator Wallop, so 
     dedicated and determined was he in this arena; in 1978, 
     Senator Wallop was the first elected official to propose a 
     space-based missile defense system, which became part of the 
     Strategic Defense Initiative; throughout the 1980s, Senator 
     Wallop served on both the Senate Arms Control Observer group 
     and the Committee on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also 
     known as the Helsinki Commission; his extensive travel for 
     these responsibilities took him to the Soviet Union, Eastern 
     and Western Europe and the issues of arms control in SALT II, 
     INF, START I and START II were the most complex international 
     relations issues of the era; and
       Whereas, an early supporter of volunteerism, Senator 
     Wallop's legislation establishing the Congressional Award 
     program was approved by Congress in 1979, which honors the 
     nation's youth for community service and personal 
     achievements and is the only award given in the name of 
     Congress; the Senator was also responsible for bringing the 
     Close Up program to Wyoming to give young people in Wyoming 
     the opportunity to travel to the nation's Capitol to learn 
     about the democratic process firsthand; and
       Whereas, although a listing of the many awards and honors 
     he has received do not do full tribute to the man, his 
     countless honors include the American Conservative Union's 
     John Ashbrook Award and Ronald Reagan Award, the National 
     Energy Resources Organization's National Leadership Award, 
     the Center for Security Policy's ``Keeper of the Flame 
     Award,'' the Congressional Award's Leadership Award, the Fund 
     for American Studies' Congressional Scholarship Award, and 
     Citizens for a Sound Economy's Jefferson Award; and
       Whereas, the Senator, who has built a reputation as a 
     tireless promoter of individual freedom and small government, 
     is the founder and chairman of Frontiers of Freedom, a non-
     profit public policy organization he established in 1995, 
     after retiring from the Senate; and
       Whereas, in the best testament of a man's character, his 
     staff speak proudly and fondly of their service under his 
     tutelage; a recurring theme of kindness, humility, and keen 
     intellect runs a thread through recollections of their former 
     boss and friend; one staff member noted, ``I learned more 
     about our state in the few years I worked for him than anyone 
     previously and his love for this state and the Wyoming people 
     was obvious from the first day I began working for him,'' 
     another staff member recalls that the Senator, ``had the 
     incredibly rare ability to look ahead and plan today for what 
     will be needed in the future,'' yet another notes that ``My 
     family often said that we slept better at night knowing that 
     a man like Malcolm Wallop was making decisions for us at the 
     federal level, based on strong and thoughtful values and he 
     did not let the capricious opinion of the day sway him from 
     his reasoned positions;'' and
       Whereas, the Senator's Chief of Staff and current Chief 
     Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court, William Hill, notes, 
     ``Malcolm is a man made of many parts--you first are struck 
     by the warmth and friendliness of his personality, he is a 
     genuine and sincere man, with no artifice about him; he is a 
     man of great honor and dignity, of great kindness and 
     decency; despite his many gifts and accomplishments, he is a 
     man of great humility; his loyalty runs deep and he is a 
     staunch friend, as a public servant, his patriotism is 
     matched only by his abiding love for Wyoming and the people 
     of our state;'' and
       Whereas, his colleague in the United States Senate for 16 
     years, Senator Alan Simpson, remembers him as ``a practical 
     politician, a formidable foe in debate, a friendly companion 
     with friend or foe, a highly articulate spokesman, an avid 
     reader, master of languages, a student, an author, a patriot, 
     a diplomat, a very wise and witty man, and a highly respected 
     U.S. Senator among his peers, always with the best interests 
     of his native state in mind.'' Now therefore, be it
       Resolved, by the members of the Legislature of the State of 
     Wyoming:
       Section 1. That, on behalf of the people of the State of 
     Wyoming, we extend our deepest admiration and gratitude to 
     Senator Malcolm Wallop for his long and distinguished service 
     to our state and our Nation.
       Section 2. That we recognize that the strength of our local 
     communities, the success of the State of Wyoming, and the 
     vitality of American society depend upon the dedication of 
     citizens like Senator Wallop, who used his considerable 
     talents to unselfishly serve others and that his 
     contributions will inspire others to continue his tradition 
     of public service.
       Section 3. That we hereby designate July 8, 2006 as 
     ``Malcolm Wallop Appreciation Day'' marking and celebrating 
     his election to the United States Senate 30 years ago, a post 
     to which he served admirably; his integrity during his 
     service will be his lasting legacy. Be it further
       Resolved, that this resolution be transmitted to Senator 
     Wallop on July 8, 2006, so that he may know of our deepest 
     appreciation for his passionate devotion to Wyoming.

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