{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgS11844", "2000-12-15", 106, 2, null, null, "RETIREMENT OF SENATOR SLADE GORTON", "SENATE", "SENATE", "RETIREMENT", "S11844", "S11845", "[{\"name\": \"Carl Levin\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Kent Conrad\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"John Warner\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "146 Cong. Rec. S11844", "Congressional Record, Volume 146 Issue 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S11844-S11845]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                   RETIREMENT OF SENATOR SLADE GORTON\n\n  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, as this session of Congress ends, Senator\nSlade Gorton of Washington will leave the Senate. Senator Gorton has\nlong been a leader among the Republicans and a thoughful voice in the\nSenate.\n  Senator Gorton, a hard-worker, has served not only on the Senate\nApproriations Committee, where he chairs the Interior Appropriations\nSubcommittee, but on the Budget Committee, the Commerce, Science and\nTransportation Committee, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee,\nand the Indian Affairs Committee. He has carried an impressive\nworkload.\n  In addition, Slade Gorton, a former Attorney General in the State of\nWashington, earned a reputation as a tough proponent of fighting\nviolent crime, particularly international terrorism.\n  While proud of his conservative credentials, Slade Gorton was often\nwilling to reach across party lines to work with Democrats on issues\nlike consumer affairs and an increase in the minimum wage .\n  I admired Slade Gorton's work along with Senator Joe Lieberman to\nfashion a sensible, balanced and expeditious way to consider the\nimpeachment resolution sent to the Senate by the House of\nRepresentatives in 1998. While the plan was ultimately not adopted by\nthe Senate, the careful and judicious effort to put such a plan forward\nreflected Slade's commitment to the dignity of the United States\nSenate.\n  As this year winds to an end, I know that I am joined by my\ncolleagues in the Senate in wishing Slade Gorton and his wife, Sally,\ntheir three children and seven grandchildren, the very best in the\nyears ahead.\n  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I rise today to add my voice to those\npaying tribute to Senator Slade Gorton upon his departure from the\nSenate.\n  I have had the privilege of serving with Senator Gorton on the Senate\nBudget Committee for the past eight years. During this time, Senator\nGorton has fought hard for the principles he believes in: a stable\neconomy and a balanced budget. He has made a significant contribution\nto bringing fiscal discipline to our nation. As part of that effort, in\n1996 Senator Gorton and I, as part of the Centrist Coalition, worked\nwith many other Senators to forge a compromise budget resolution that\nbalanced fiscal responsibility with our nation's discretionary spending\nneeds.\n\n[[Page S11845]]\n\nSenator Gorton can be proud of his contribution to ending the deficits\nof the 1980s and early 1990s.\n  Senator Gorton has been a leader in the Senate by focusing on the\nhigh-tech revolution that has dramatically changed our economy. He has\nfought to ensure that we are teaching the next generation of high-tech\nworkers in our schools and has fought to keep our high-tech sector the\nbest-trained in the world. He has also been a champion of providing tax\nincentives for companies to conduct the basic research and development\nthat has helped fuel the dramatic growth of the high-tech industry in\nrecent years.\n  Finally, let me recognize the work Senator Gorton has done as\nChairman of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. Every year he has\nhad a difficult task developing a spending bill for the Interior\nDepartment and related agencies. He has also helped other Senators to\nmeet needs in their own states, and I appreciate all of Senator\nGorton's help over the years to meet particular needs in North Dakota.\nEven when Senator Gorton could not meet all the requests his colleagues\npresented, he was always fair in his consideration of each Senator's\nneeds.\n  Senator Gorton's dedication to the long-term health of our economy,\nhis work for the high-tech sector, and his leadership on the Interior\nAppropriations Subcommittee are but just a few examples of his work\nthat have produced clear results not only in Washington state, but also\nfor our entire nation. He will be missed here in the Senate, and I wish\nhim all the best in his future endeavors.\n  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to a genuine leader\nin the United States Senate, my colleague and friend--Senator Slade\nGorton.\n  We have served together over his entire 18 year career in the Senate.\nOf the 23 men and women who have served the State of Washington in the\nSenate, Slade has earned a ranking commensurate with those classic\ngiants Senator Henry ``Scoop'' Jackson and Senator Warren Magnuson.\n  Slade has served the State of Washington with distinction, but he has\nalso served the nation, exceptionally well. Beginning with his service\nin the United States Army in 1946, Slade has served his state and the\ncountry for nearly 40 years in a number of elected offices.\n  He has fought for balanced budgets, tax relief, and health care\nreforms. We served together on the Armed Services Committee, and I, as\nRanking Member, was the beneficiary of his wise and steadfast counsel.\n  Slade, you are a valued friend. I wish you and your wife Sally well\nin the years ahead.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgS11844"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 34.43004586733878, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}