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security briefing.'s speaking about amendments to the and her dedication and service to this country. er i've spoken on the senate floor at events in maryland, in meetings with constituents and with my colleagues about harriet tubman's legacy. while i hope each opportunity i've taken to discuss the life of this remarkable woman helps raise the awareness about her importance to the history of our great nation, my ultimate goal is to properly commemorate her life and her work by establishing the harriet tub man park in eastern periled and working with my colleagues to establish the harriet tubman national park in auburn, new york. i reintroduced the harriet tubman park and underground railroad national park act with

senators schumer, mikulski and gillibrand. i'm happy to say that since that tiernlg the senate energy and natural resources committee held a positive hearing on the bill and the energy committee favorably reported the bill and has been placed on the senate damplet i thank my colleagues on the committee for their support, particularly chairman bingaman and ranking member murkowski and the chairman of the national park subcommittee, senator udall of colorado. the establishment of the harriet tubman historical park has been years in the making and is long overdue. the mission of the national park service has evolved over time from preserving our natural wonders across the united states for recreational purposes to commemorating unique places of significance to historical events and extraordinary americans that have shaped our nation. the woman who is known to us as harriet tubman was born in approximately 1822 in dorchester

county, maryland, and given the name armenia mini ross. she spent many years in slavery. she worked on a number of different plantations on maryland's eastern shore and as a teenager was trained to be a seamstress. as an adult, she took the first name harriet and when she was 25 years old maryland john tubman. in her late 20's, she escaped from slavery in 1849. she fled in the dead of night, and a half debating the maze of tidal streams and wetlands that to this day compromise the eastern shore landscape. she did this alone, exercising incredible courage and strength. not satisfied with attaining her own freedom, she returned repeatedly for more than ten years to the places of her enslavement in ambassador chefort and caroline counties where under the most adverse conditions she led away many family members and other slaves

to freedom in the northeastern united states. she helped develop a complex network of safe houses and recited abolitionists, sympathizers residing along secret routes connecting the southern slave states and northern free states. no one knows exactly how many people she led to freedom on the number of trips she led but the legend of her work was an inspiration to a multitude of slaves seeking freedom and to abolitionists fighting to end slavery. tubman became known as the moses of her people by african-americans and white abolitionists alike. she is the most famous, the most important conductor of the network of resistance known as the underground railroad. during the civil war, tubman served the union forces as a spy, a scout and a nurse. she served in virginia, florida, and south carolina. she is credited with leading slaves from those slave states to freedom during those years as well. following the civil war and the emancipation of all black

slaiives, tubman settled in auburn, new york. there she was active in the women's suffrage movement and also established one of the first incorporated african-american homes for the aged to care for the editorial earl. in 1903 she bequeathed the tubman home to a church in auburn where it stands to this day. harriet died in auburn in 1913 and is buried in the fort hills cemetery. many of the stretches -- structures and land marks in new york remain in relatively good condition. only recently has the park service began establishing units dedicated. places like the booker t. washington university. the george washington carver national monument. the national historical trail commemorating the march for voting rights from selma to montgomery and most recently the martin luther king jr. memorial

on the national mall. she is are all important monuments and places of historical significance that help tell the story of the african-american experience. as a national park service continues its important work to recognize and preserve african-american history by providing greater public access and information about the places and people that have shaped the african-american experience, there are very few units dedicated to the lives of african-american women and there's no national historical park commemorating african-american women. i cannot think of a more fitting hero than harriet tub man to be the first african-american women to be memorialized and her fight against institutions of slavery and the work on the underground railroad. i hope that my colleagues will support my effort to honor harriet tubman and support the passage of my bill to authorize the creation of the tubman national loark parks in new york and maimpletd let me just point out thew the landscape in which

she lived in exists today and that will be an incredible part of the national park that can tell the story particularly to young people about the courage of this extraordinary woman. the structures exist in auburn, new york, which complement her life as the conductor of the underground railroad as well as her later life in helping advance the rights of all people. it's an incredible opportunity for us to honor her with this national park and to help future generations understand the history of america and the courage of this extraordinary leader and hero of our nation, harriet tubman. mr. president, i would ask that my entire state be made part of the -- my entire statement be made part of the record. and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: without objection, the entire statement be made part of the record. the senior senator from rhode island is recognized. mr. reed: mr. president, i rise today to join with you to pay tribute to former rhode island governor j. joseph garry

who passed away last week at the age of 81. joe loved rhode island and in turn the people of rhode island loved joe gharry. his instinct and integrity led our straight with compassion and courage. he believes in the people of rhode island and the virtue of public service. more than three decades after he left public office, joe garry remains one of our most respected and beloved leaders, a man of the people, the governor of rhode island, joe gaherty is a rhode island icon and will be held in high esteem for generations to come. rhode islanders lost a friend. we've all lost a good friend. he was born in humble circumstances in providence, rhode island in 1930, the son of irish immigrants, graduated from

loss alamo. the governor began his political career in 1962 when he was elected to represent smith hill in the rhode island general assembly. he served as rhode island's lieutenant governor from 1969 to 1976 and then was elected governor and served from 1977 to 1985. after his retirement from public life, governor garrahy was a business consultant who championed new economic development projects. he never stopped looking for and finding new ways to promote his beloved state of rhode island. as governor, joe garrahy had vision and initiative and incredible strong work ethic. he possessed the ability to bring people together to address the needs at the most basic level while at the same time tackling the most pressing public policy issues of his

time. he was also particularly gifted in bringing together opposing sides, inviting diverse interests into the room to discuss issues and matters of conflict. and because of his integrity, his diseens circumstance his sincerity, he was more than an honest broker. he was someone that people trusted. his leadership and example led rhode island with such distinction. he brought people together because they innately trusted this kind and wise gentleman. and they knew that he always had the interests of the state at heart not his personal ambition but the welfare of the people of rhode island. his list of achievements is long. his many good works have made a lasting impression on our state. he believed that government could and must do all it can to improve the lives of its citizens. he was elected governor after the navy had decided to close quonset point, which is a

premier naval air station in rhode island. and reduce its presence in newport, a shock to the economy of rhode island. in spite of double-digit unemployment and a challenge in our economy contributing to this departure, he set to make government work for the people. he fought for the rights of the disabled and led the deinstitutionalization of the mentally handicapped citizens of rhode island. he closed the lab school, which is our residential center and he ended the practice literally of warehousing the disabled at the institute of mental health. he reformed rhode island's prison system which was plagued with unrest and violence, transforming it into a national model. and following the energy crisis, the governor provided resources to a much-needed energy office to look for ways to deal with a still pressing problem to the state and nation. he also forged greater

partnerships with neighboring states out there the northeast wand leaders in canada. governor garrahy was a man of great passion and great decency and had a special affection for the elderly and children. he created the department of elderly affairs and children, youth, and family so that he could focus the attention of the state, make the delivery of services for the seniors and to the children more efficient and more effective, and that was joe garrahy, thinking about the most vulnerable people in our society. he was always a great cheerleader of rhode island. he led the way for the rhode island heritage commission to flourish, to publicize and popularize our state's unique contribution to american history, its rich cultural heritage, its rich ethnic heritage which he was proud of. and he was always a staunch supporter of our tourism

industry. he also had a profound respect and regard for the environment and worked diligently to up pollution in narragansett bay. he helped establish the narragansett bay commission, which is one of the leading agencies in the state to treat our waste product and make sure they are not discarded into the bay. his efforts, with foresight years ago, paved the way to one of the largest projects ever completed in the state of rhode island, which will now prevent sewage from flowing into our bay unabated. this was just one of the extraordinary commitments to our environment. he was always looking to bring businesses to rhode island, high-tech businesses, businesses that would provide people the chance for employment, the chance to own a home, the comans to provide for a better life for their chin. he worked to revitalize the

downtown providence area through his work with the capital center commission, which is landmark work in literally reshaping the face of providence, making it one of the most attractive and most compelling cities in our country. throughout his administration, he always worked for public transportation facilities, everything that would complement our economic growth. he did it with great passion, great diligence and again and gndz and again extraordinary decency. in his final days of office he launched a greenhouse compact. he proposed to create 60,000 high-paying jobs, lay the foundation to combat the dying manufacturing industries in the state of rhode island at that time. and although the compact was not approved by the voters, there were concerns about how we would pay for it. many of its proposals have come to fruition. a tribute, again, to his foresight, to his vision, to his

courageous leadership, and his confidence that bringing these issues to the people would eventually lead to their adoption. and they have. joe garrah was the person you wanted leading you in difficult times. and there was no more difficult time than in 1978 when the great blizzard descended upon rhode island, literally rhode island was paralyzed. you couldn't move. people were without communication, without electricity. but there was one constant beacon of hope and stability and strength, and that was governor joe garrity. he was the vote who quelled the anxiety, the fear, frankly, that this natural disaster would overwhelm us. in time of great turmoil, he was there. he assured us that help was on the way. and in what has become a famous

historical relic in the state of rhode island, he did it all wearing the same plaid shirt, it seemed. that plaid shirt is a symbol of him. nothing fancy, something you could trust, someone you could depend upon, someone who rolled up his sleeves literally to get the job done for the people of rhode island, to literally in some cases through his leadership save people in a very demanding, natural disaster. he was, as i say again and again, one of the most decent individuals that i've ever met. he was so kind to me, so understanding, so tolerant. and i'm not alone. i recall something that was said about another great american, franklin d. roosevelt. he was, in his final procession, the cortege was going down pennsylvania avenue, there was an individual by the side of the road who was weeping literally and a reporter went up to him

seined you must have known the president, you're so convulsed. he said no, i didn't know him, never met him. but he knew me. joe garrahy knew the people of rhode island. he was a man of decency and goodness. he believed that every situation had some merit, a silver lining, something he could do to bring forth good out of bad, progress out of adversity. he was a man of deep faith who worked hard, remained optimistic and compassionate in any moment. he was a noble public servant, and that word is used often but no more accurately than with respect to joe garrahy, a man of nobility, a nobility born not of privilege or wealth, but of character and conscience and concern. he had an extraordinary winning personality. he was one of those people you just wanted to bump into because he made you feel better.

his warm, embracing personality, his humor, his friendliness, his caring, his sincerity, all those things transmitted this sense of knowing you and caring for you which was unique and will never, i think, in my mind be replicated by any of us in rhode island. whenever you were with the governor, you always felt a little bit better about where you were, about the future and about the world. he was fond of people. that fondness was repaid by a deep, deep sense of gratitude for what he's done and profound respect for a wonderful man. above all this, he loved his family the most. he was a devoted husband and father. as he was described by his grandchildren, their poppy. we remember him now and we also remember his family because they have lost a great man.

but he did so much for all of us to make us bigger and better that we can withstand this great loss. i want to join with my fellow rhode islanders in offering my heartfelt sympathy to his loving wife marguerite and his wonderful family colleen and michael, mahoney, their children, mary beth, elizabeth, wesley, sheila and mitchell and their children and seeienna and their children, drew, brayden and rose. we will miss him but his legacy and personal example of kindness and goodwill continue to sustain and provide us. today we celebrate his life and in the days and weeks to come we will remember him fondly as one of rhode island's greatest governors. we are all the better for having joe garrahy in our biggest

little state. with that, mr. president, i would yield to my colleague. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i rise today to join my senior senator, senator reed, in tribute to the memory of a great public servant and a great friend, j. joseph garrahy, former governor of rhode island, who passed away last week at the age of 81. at his funeral services this week, he was remembered by an enormous crowd for his warmth, for his kindness, and for his steady leadership of our state. joe garrahy was born in providence, rhode island, to a blue-collar irish immigrant family. he worked his way through catholic school and he served in the international guard and in the air force during the korean war. he came back home from the war

and went to work as a beer salesman for our narrangansett brewery. he was what they fittingly called a narrangansett goodwill man. and as senator reed has explained, joe garrahy brought goodwill wherever he went. he turned to politics and to public service with the 1960 presidential campaign of john f. kennedy. joe followed his path himself ultimately with election to the rhode island senate, and then he was elected statewide as lieutenant governor, and then he served two terms as rhode island's governor. serving as chief of state in the very statehouse where his mother had once cleaned floors. it was a beautiful american

success story for him to rise to lead the statehouse that his mother had cleaned. the story was told at his funeral, that when he was lieutenant governor and she was still cleaning the statehouse, he said, "mom, don't you want to, you know, find something else to do now that i'm here as lieutenant governor." and she turned to him and she said, "joe, i got here first." in his public life, joe garrahy always made the effort to be what he once described as probably one of the easiest guys in the state of rhode island to get along with. he sure was. i don't think anyone who has worked with him over the years would disagree with that. joe was certainly always very kind and supportive to me as i embarked on my fledgling career in public service. governor garrahy's service to

our state serves as a guidepost. he saw rhode island through the difficult economic recession of the early 1980's. he was a staunch defender of narrangansett bay, our environmental jewel, and of rhode island open spaces, his efforts to attract high-tech industries to rhode island and to advance our economy. his work on behalf of children and senior citizens and those with disabilities all continue to inspire us. and, of course, all rhode islanders who are old enough remember the blizzard of 1978 which buried parts of our state under three feet of snow and brought our roads and businesses to a shuttering halt. people spent days in factories, in movie theaters, in department stores where they were snowed in. i still recall the scene of cars up and down 95 covered in snow,

abandoned, the road closed. rhode islanders are filled with stories of where they were and what they did during the great blizzard of 1978 and how they struggled to get home to their loved ones. through all of that, governor garrahy marshaled resources from the federal government and from neighboring states and got rhode island back on its feet. in his frequent televised messages to rhode islanders during the crisis, his plaid flannel shirt became a trademark of his accessible, hardworking, easy-going style. governor garrahy's right-hand man throughout his political career was bill dugan, his chief of staff. as fate would have it, we're also mourning the loss of bill, who passed away just the day before we lost the governor. it was often said that governor garrahy didn't know how to say "no." he was too nice for that. well, that job often fell to

bill dugan. joe and bill were lifelong friends, graduated in the same class of lasalle academy, went into politics together and made a memorable political team in rhode island history. last thursday, joe garrahy and his dear companion and political associate bill dugan were together one last time. i spoke to bill's -- bill's sons are friends of mine, david and richard. and at bill's funeral i spoke to richard and i remarked on how extraordinary it was that this really exceptional rhode island friendship and political alliance should end with these two men dying in the same week within virtually hours of each other. and richard looked back and me and he said, "sheldon, you don't

know the half of it. it was during my father's wake at boil's funeral home that the governor was brought home from rhode island -- from florida where he had been vacationing by the state police to rhode island. and that night the two old companions rested one last time side by side on smith hill at boyle's funeral home." on behalf of my wife, sandra, and my family, i extend to the garrahy family our deepest condolences, to joe's loving wife marguerite, to their children colleen, john, mary beth, sheila, seana, and their 11 grandchildren and the entire garrahy family, we have you in our hearts.

joe garrahy often spoke about the great joy his children and his 11 grandchildren gave him, especially in the years after his retirement. our thoughts and prayers are with them all today. i'm very pleased to have this opportunity to join with senator reed and with so many rhode islanders who are still remembering, thinking of, praying for and giving homage to governor garrahy. we will never forget his ready smile, his easy friendship, his distinguished service, his ability to remember every name, and his long and very loving marriage. i join senator r reed in saluting his legendary service to our state and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. brown: thank you,

mr. president. i wanted to give folks -- i know they are riveted to their televisions, want to give them an update as to where we're at on the stock act. fall, there's been a lot of good amendments back and forth. we've reviewed them. we've been working obviously late into last night and working today throughout the day gearing up for votes that i'm hopeful will be forthcoming if not today, then hopefully tomorrow. i do appreciate the process and i wanted to publicly thank leader reid for his willingness to allow us to work through this process, because it is sensitive for some people, and it is new territory for others. but i will say being the first time having the ability to come down and comanage the floor with senator collins and work with senator lieberman and senator gillibrand, the process has been open and fair. we're trying now to kind of eliminate some of the amendments that may not be relevant. we've had some folks step back and say take this off or take

that off, and that's a good thing. we've been trying to combine other amendments to try to obviously solidify where we want to go with this thing. but i did want to let folks know that we are working diligently with both staffs of all the concerned members, and hopefully we will get some votes very shortly. once again, i did want to commend leader reid and his staff and obviously the chairman and his staff and senator gillibrand and obviously senator collins for everyone working together, trying to make this happen. so i appreciate that and i just want to make that reference for folks who are paying attention, and i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

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mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i apologize to the presiding officer and all the senators. we have not reached agreement on how to 3406 forward on this simple bill. everybody loved the bill, should be able to opinion finish it quick but that hasn't work out that way but we are close. i hope i in the morning we can o this and finish the bill in the afternoon. highway patrol we can do that. everyone's worked in good faith and there are a number of amendments there that we'll vote on. and if that's the case, we could finish this tomorrow, hopefully late in the afternoon or early evening. but we're not there yet but very close. note the absence of a quorum. mr. lieberman: mr. president? mr. reid: i'm sorry. i withdraw that. mr. lieberman: mr. president, while the majority leader is here, i just want to thank him for the work that he and his staff have continued to do to enable us to get to a vote on this bill, which most everybody

in the -- in the senate supports to make it clear that members of congress and our staffs are covered by anti-insider trading laws. senator gillibrand, senator collins, senator brown, we've all been working to -- to bring this to an end and give members on both sides the opportunity to introduce amendments. senator reid has been showing great forbearance in not moving to file a cloture petition. and in some sense, this is a test of whether we can all apply to ourselves a rule of reasonness -- of reasonableness so that there can be a pretty open amendment process but one that does not stop the senator from getting something accomplished. so i share the leader's optimi optimism. there's only one -- one obstacle now to having an agreement. hopefully we can begin voting tomorrow afternoon and get it done before we finish. senator gillibrand, would you like to enter anything?

a senator: mr. president? mr. reid: mr. president, it's senator gillibrand's fault we're in all this trouble. [laughter] the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. gillibrand: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. gillibrand: i would just like to commend the leader for his forbearance and patience in this very long and extended process but we are making great efforts to come together, work in a bipartisan way to accomplish something good for the american people and to begin to restore faith and trust in this institution and in our government. so thank you, leader. we're so grateful for your patience. and thank you, mr. chairman, for your work in leading this legislation. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, when senator lieberman and i practiced law, we did a lot more generalized stuff than the distinguished junior senator from new york. she is an absolute expert in this area that we're dealing with, corporate law, all that stuff we did with derivatives and all that. so we're very fortunate that she's here. and i was certainly joking when i said she's the one that caused the trouble. this legislation was her idea. and we appreciate her good work. and, of course, senator

lieberman and i have been through a few battles together. this is one of the minor skirmishes. mr. lieberman: you're right. mr. reid: i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

mr. gill brnd: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. gillibrand: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. gillibrand: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection.

mr. gillibrand: i ask unanimous consent that the committee on environment and public works be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 588 and 9 senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 588, an act to redesignate the noxube national wildlife refuge as the sam d. hamilton noxube national wildlife refuge. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. gillibrand: i ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to be -- to reconsider be laid upon the table and any statements relating to the measure appear at the appropriate place in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. gillibrand: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 304, s. 1296. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk:al der number 304, s. 129, a bill to revise the boundaries of john h. chafee

coastal barrier resources system and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mrs. gillibrand: i further ask that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and that any statements relating to the measure be printed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. gillibrand: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 365, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. clesh senatthe clerk: senate ren 365, honoring the life of kevin hag an white, the mayor of boston, massachusetts, from 1968-1984. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mrs. gillibrand: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating to the matter be placed in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. gillibrand: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 366, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk

will report. the clerk: senate resolution 3 366, honoring the life of dissident and democracy activist wilman viar mendoza and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mrs. gillibrand: i further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and that any statements relating to the measure be printed in the record at the appropriate place. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. gillibrand: i ask unanimous consent that the senate adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on thursday, february 2, 2012. that following the prayer and the pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. that following any leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business until 11:00 a.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each, with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority controlling the first half and the republicans

controlling the final half. and that following morning business, the senate resume consideration of s. 2038, the stop trading on congressional knowledge stock act. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. gillibrand: managers of the bill will continue to negotiate an agreement to complete action on the bill tomorrow. senators will be notified when any agreement is reached. i want to commend both leader reid and chairman lieberman for their strong work, along with senator collins for her work in reaching bipartisan resolutions on this issue. we will continue to work through the night and hoping to reach a resolution early in the day. but i do want to commend both sides of the aisle for working so hard towards an agreement. if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn until -- under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate will stand adjourned senate will stand adjourned

members heard from the governors of michigan and connecticut who talked about job training, infrastructure spending and that the auto industry bailouts among other issues. later a panel of economists offers its policy recommendations for reducing unemployment.

this hearing of the house education and work force committee is two hours and 40 minutes. >> a quorum being present, the committee will come order. well, good morning and welcome to the first educational work force committee hearing of the new year. i would like to speak to the governor's snyder and malloy for participating. your experience that's the state level offers important insight to the congress and we appreciate having you here with us and i talked to both of you before the hearing and i want to thank you again. it's always a very special for us when we have leaders here who can bring their experiences to us. a year ago committee met to examine the state of the work force. it was our first hearing of the 112 congress and reflected our commitment to make job creation in american competitiveness top

priorities. much has happened since we met in january of 2011. unemployment was 9.1%. today it stands at 8.5% nearly 14 million workers were unemployed, now 1 million fewer. the number of long-term unemployed, those out of work for 27 weeks or more has declined from 6.2 million to 5.6 million. these facts may demonstrate modest progress, but far too many americans continue to face significant hardship in this tough economy. the number of americans participating in the labour force is at its lowest level in 28 years. more than 8 million individuals are working part-time because full-time jobs are unavailable, and 1 million discouraged workers have abandoned their job search entire yearly. simply put we are experiencing the weakest recovery since the great depression. as "the wall street journal" recently noted the recovery of the 1980's led