[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21594]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I rise to thank the managers of this bill 
for including $1.25 million for the Congressional Cemetery in the 
fiscal year 2002 legislative branch appropriations bill. I particularly 
want to recognize the good work of Chairman Durbin and Carrie Apostolou 
of his staff for their efforts to include funding for repairs and 
upgrades to the Congressional Cemetery. I also appreciate the 
assistance I have received from the Architect of the Capitol and the 
Congressional Cemetery Association as I have worked with my colleagues 
to secure this funding.
  Earlier this year, I spoke on the floor of the Senate about the need 
for some funding to make some repairs to the Congressional Cemetery 
east of Capitol Hill. The cemetery has fallen into some disrepair over 
the years and it is in some ways a rather forlorn place. When I spoke 
on this issue last April, I asked my colleagues to find the resources 
to restore dignity to our Congressional Cemetery. I am very pleased 
that this bill contributes to this effort.
  My interest in this funding began after seeing a Library of Congress 
exhibit on the Congressional Cemetery. In particular, I became 
interested in learning more about the Native Americans who are buried 
in that cemetery and through research, I came across the name of 
Scarlet Crow. Scarlet Crow, a member of the Wahpeton-Sisseton Sioux 
Tribe, died in Washington, DC, under mysterious circumstances in 1867, 
and was buried in the Congressional Cemetery.
  So I visited the cemetery last spring to locate his tombstone. This 
visit prompted me to ask my colleagues on the Senate Appropriations 
Committee for this funding, and I am very pleased with their response.
  It is my hope that this funding will honor the memory of Scarlet Crow 
by restoring dignity to his final resting place. This funding is a 
tribute to this dedicated Native American, Scarlet Crow, whose life 
came to such a tragic and untimely end in our Nation's Capital.

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