[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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               TRIBUTE TO SENATOR DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, Mike Mansfield, Scoop Jackson, Richard 
Russell, Russell Long, Lyndon Johnson, Lloyd Bentsen, Bob Dole, John 
Chafee, Daniel Patrick Moynihan,


who are these men? They were the giants in the Senate in the quarter of 
a century before and after our bicentennial. They are the models to 
whom we all aspire. They are the most recent generation of statesmen 
who helped lead our nation to the greatness of today.
  I was elected to the Senate 2 years after Pat Moynihan entered this 
body. I have had the honor, the pleasure, and the privilege of serving 
with Pat Moynihan for 22 years.
  In fact, I have spent two-thirds of my adult life working with Pat 
Moynihan--watching this intellectual giant, listening to this scholar 
and visionary, learning from this teacher, this social critic, this 
political master.
  Who is Pat Moynihan? University professor, diplomat, Cabinet 
Secretary, fighter of poverty, social analyst, distinguished and 
prolific author, defender of worker rights everywhere, U.S. Senator, 
mentor, humanist, citizen, friend.
  Pat published his first book in 1963. ``Beyond the Melting Pot'' 
looked at minority groups in New York City. Its conclusion was that the 
prevailing assumption at the time was wrong, that assumption being that 
minorities assimilated into the broader American culture.
  Pat wrote his most recent book in 1998. ``Secrecy, the American 
Experience'' explained how secrecy in government deformed American 
values in the 20th century.
  In between, he authored 16 other books--believe it or not; 16--on 
subjects that included poverty, family, ethnicity, and social policy.
  In 1963, with ``Beyond the Melting Pot,'' Pat was at the cutting 
edge, as we were beginning to struggle more honestly with the problems 
of minority groups in this country. Thirty-five years later, with the 
publication of ``Secrecy, the American Experience,'' Pat is still at 
the cutting edge.
  We are struggling to transform our institutions away from a culture 
that fought the cold war to a culture where the Internet thrives. 
Openness and transparency are valued again, and information is 
decentralized, distributed, and widely available.
  During those intervening three and a half decades, Pat was always at 
the cutting edge in forcing us to rethink our fundamental assumptions 
about poverty, family, Social Security, ethnicity, and a wide range of 
domestic and global issues.
  One area where Pat has made an enormous contribution to bettering our 
society--and yet is little recognized for it--is public architecture. 
He was one of the driving forces--in fact, the major driving force--to 
renovate Pennsylvania Avenue, to complete the Navy Memorial, Pershing 
Park, the Ronald Reagan Building, the restoration of Union Station, and 
the Thurgood Marshall Judiciary Building.
  We, and our descendants, who visit our Nation's capital will have our 
lives enriched because of Pat Moynihan's vision.
  Let me conclude with a quotation from Pat. In 1976, he said: ``The 
single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, 
because it's so rare.'' I would change that to read: ``The single most 
exciting thing you encounter in government is greatness, because it's 
so rare.'' And that exciting thing, that exciting person, that 
greatness, for me, has been Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
  There is no higher calling than public service. Pat Moynihan has been 
its embodiment for half a century.
  We will all miss you, Pat, miss you very much.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I want to make sure that the time I use 
now does not come out of the Democrat time. So it will come out of the 
Republican time. And the Democrat time should be extended beyond 4 
o'clock by the amount of time I speak.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is the understanding.

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