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“Joe Biden - LGBTQ Rights Are The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Time. For All The Hard-won Progress Made In The Fight For Equality, And For As Much As We Can Celebrate How Much Better Things Have Gotten, This Fight Is Not Over. I’m Proud To Stand By Those Who Fight For It Every Day.” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Joe Biden - LGBTQ Rights Are The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Time. For All The Hard-won Progress Made In The Fight For Equality, And For As Much As We Can Celebrate How Much Better Things Have Gotten, This Fight Is Not Over. I’m Proud To Stand By Those Who Fight For It Every Day.
• Author: Joe Biden

“Joe Biden - LGBTQ Rights Are The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Time. For All The Hard-won Progress Made In The Fight For Equality, And For As Much As We Can Celebrate How Much Better Things Have Gotten, This Fight Is Not Over. I’m Proud To Stand By Those Who Fight For It Every Day.” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video

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• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1175223174692315139

“Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 - To Defeat Trump In 2020, We Need To Understand Why He Won In 2016. As Long As Dem Party Leaders Dismiss And Disrespect Those Who Voted For Trump, We Will Lose. As President I Will Bridge The Partisan Divide & Work Side-by-side With All Americans To Get Things Done #StandWithTulsi” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 - To Defeat Trump In 2020, We Need To Understand Why He Won In 2016. As Long As Dem Party Leaders Dismiss And Disrespect Those Who Voted For Trump, We Will Lose. As President I Will Bridge The Partisan Divide & Work Side-by-side With All Americans To Get Things Done #StandWithTulsi
• Author: Tulsi Gabbard 🌺

“Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 - To Defeat Trump In 2020, We Need To Understand Why He Won In 2016. As Long As Dem Party Leaders Dismiss And Disrespect Those Who Voted For Trump, We Will Lose. As President I Will Bridge The Partisan Divide & Work Side-by-side With All Americans To Get Things Done #StandWithTulsi” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video - StandWithTulsi

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• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1223590320211783683

“Joe Biden - For All The Hard-won Progress We've Made In The Fight For LGBTQ Equality, We're Not Done — Not Nearly. We Must Stand Up To President Trump's Dangerous Attacks On The Rights Of The LGBTQ Community And Continue To Fight For Full Equality.” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Joe Biden - For All The Hard-won Progress We've Made In The Fight For LGBTQ Equality, We're Not Done — Not Nearly. We Must Stand Up To President Trump's Dangerous Attacks On The Rights Of The LGBTQ Community And Continue To Fight For Full Equality.
• Author: Joe Biden

“Joe Biden - For All The Hard-won Progress We've Made In The Fight For LGBTQ Equality, We're Not Done — Not Nearly. We Must Stand Up To President Trump's Dangerous Attacks On The Rights Of The LGBTQ Community And Continue To Fight For Full Equality.” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1182440674806788098

“Team Pete HQ - ICYMI: This Past Week, Our Boot Pledge Pledge Weekend Of Action Was Met With Success, @PeteButtigieg Won The Fourth Debate, And Medicare For All Who Want It Is Pretty Popular.” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Team Pete HQ - ICYMI: This Past Week, Our Boot Pledge Pledge Weekend Of Action Was Met With Success, @PeteButtigieg Won The Fourth Debate, And Medicare For All Who Want It Is Pretty Popular.
• Author: Team Pete HQ

“Team Pete HQ - ICYMI: This Past Week, Our Boot Pledge Pledge Weekend Of Action Was Met With Success, @PeteButtigieg Won The Fourth Debate, And Medicare For All Who Want It Is Pretty Popular.” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1186074531645005824

“Amy Klobuchar - As I Told @LateNightSeth Last Night—I’ve Won Every Single Race, Every Place, Every Time—and My Republican Opponents Have All Left Politics For Good. With Who We Have In The White House, That Sounds Pretty Nice Right Now.” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Amy Klobuchar - As I Told @LateNightSeth Last Night—I’ve Won Every Single Race, Every Place, Every Time—and My Republican Opponents Have All Left Politics For Good. With Who We Have In The White House, That Sounds Pretty Nice Right Now.
• Author: Amy Klobuchar

“Amy Klobuchar - As I Told @LateNightSeth Last Night—I’ve Won Every Single Race, Every Place, Every Time—and My Republican Opponents Have All Left Politics For Good. With Who We Have In The White House, That Sounds Pretty Nice Right Now.” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1217878389295583232

“TRIBUTES TO HON. ARLEN SPECTER Arlen Specter U.S. SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TONGRESS.#15 Arlen Specter ? Tributes Delivered In Congress Arlen Specter United States Senator 1981-2011 A ? Compiled Under The Direction Of The Joint Committee On Printing CONTENTS Biography............................................. V Farewell To The Senate................................ Xi Proceedings In The Senate: Tributes By Senators: Akaka, Daniel K., Of Hawaii.................... 12 Alexander, Lamar, Of Tennessee................. 3 Bennet, Michael F., Of Colorado................ 21 Boxer, Barbara, Of California.................. 23 Casey, Robert P., Jr., Of Pennsylvania......... 15, 24 Cochran, Thad, Of Mississippi.................. 19 Conrad, Kent, Of North Dakota.................. 8 Dodd, Christopher J., Of Connecticut........... 11 Durbin, Richard, Of Illinois................... 11, 17 Enzi, Michael B., Of Wyoming................... 9 Harkin, Tom, Of Iowa........................... 22 Hatch, Orrin G., Of Utah....................... 13 Levin, Carl, Of Michigan....................... 5 Murkowski, Lisa, Of Alaska..................... 26 Reed, Jack, Of Rhode Island.................... 5 Reid, Harry, Of Nevada......................... 5, 7 Sessions, Jeff, Of Alabama..................... 20 Udall, Mark, Of Colorado....................... 22 Warner, Mark R., Of Virginia................... 5 BIOGRAPHY Since First Elected In 1980, Arlen Specter Has Brought Rugged Individualism And Fierce Independence Learned From His Youth On The Kansas Plains To Become A Leading Senate Moderate. His Work As Philadelphia's Tough District Attorney Gave Him Insights To Write The Terrorist Prosecution Act, The Armed Career Criminal Act, And Coauthor The Second Chance Act. His Legal Background And Experience In Constitutional Law Provided The Skills To Serve As Judiciary Chairman During The Confirmation Hearings Of Chief Justice Roberts And Justice Alito. In Earlier Confirmation Hearings He Had The Courage To Cross Party Lines In Opposing Judge Bork And Disagreeing With Conventional Wisdom In Supporting Justice Thomas After Dissecting The Contradictory And Highly Charged Testimony. As A Consummate Legislator, He Has Counseled Compromise And Conciliation In A Congress That Has Established New Records For Partisan Discord. In Foreign Affairs, He Has Advocated Dialogue And Accommodation As An Antidote To Belligerency And Saber Rattling. Arlen Specter's Five Terms Have Made Him The Longest Serving U.S. Senator In Pennsylvania's History. A Voice Of Reason, His Independence And Balance Have Won Endorsements From The AFL-CIO And High Marks From The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce, The National Association Of Manufacturers, And The Americans For Tax Reform. Time Magazine Listed Him Among The Ten Best Senators In 2006. Knowlegis Rated Him The Second Most Powerful Senator In 2006 Behind Only Majority Leader Bill Frist. A November 11, 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Stated: ''Senator Arlen Specter Has More Clout Than Some Sovereign Nations.'' Senator Specter Attributes His Zeal For Public Service To His Experience As A Child When He Saw The Government Mistreat His Father, Harry Specter, Who Migrated To The United States From Russia In 1911. Private Specter, Serving In World War I In The Infantry, Was Seriously Wounded In Action In France's Argonne Forest. When The Government Broke Its Promise To Pay World War I Veterans A 00 Bonus, The Veterans Marched On Washington. President Hoover Called Out The Army Which Fired On And Killed Veterans On The Mall In One Of The Blackest Days In American History. As A Metaphor, Senator Specter Says He Has Been On His Way To Washington Ever Since To Get His Father's Bonus And Since He Hasn't Gotten It Yet, He's Running For Reelection. The Incident Over His Father's Bonus Has Made Arlen Specter A Fierce Advocate For Veterans' Benefits And The ''little Guy'' In His Battles With The Federal Government. From His Immigrant Parents, Arlen Specter Learned Work Ethics The Hard Way. His Father, Harry Specter, Who Was A Peddler, Took 5-year-old Arlen To Small Kansas Towns Selling Cantaloupes Door To Door With A Small Basket In Hand. In His Dad's Junkyard In Russell, KS, 16-year-old Arlen Specter Cut Down Oil Derricks With An Acetylene Torch And Loaded Scrap Iron Into Rail Freight Cars Headed For The Smelter. His Credentials Include Votes For The Line-item Veto And A Constitutional Amendment For A Balanced Budget. As A Two-term Philadelphia District Attorney, He Fought For Tough Sentences For Tough Criminals And Later, In The Senate, Wrote Groundbreaking Legislation Providing For Life Sentences For Three-time Recidivists On Violent Crimes. Since 1981, He Has Played A Significant Role In Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, For Chief Justice Rehnquist, Justices O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsberg, Breyer, And Judge Bork. Notwithstanding Debilitating Chemotherapy Treatments In 2005, He Stayed On The Job As Chairman Of The Judiciary Committee To Preside Over Historic Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings. His Work On The Judiciary Committee Has Included Writing Significant Legislation On Dealing With Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, And Privacy. As A Senior Member Of The Appropriations Committee, He Led The Fight To Increase Funding For The National Institutes Of Health From 2 Billion To 0 Billion To Expand Medical Research To Find Cures For Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, And Other Maladies. He Has Supported Expanding Health Care For Seniors And Children And Has Proposed Legislation To Cover The Almost 50 Million Americans Who Do Not Have Health Insurance. Because Senator Specter Is Keenly Aware Of The Importance Of Understanding The Younger Generation, He Often Visits And Speaks At Universities And High Schools. He Credits His Parents, Both Immigrants, With Emphasizing The Importance Of Education Which Has Enabled His Brother, Two Sisters, And Himself To Share In The American Dream. To Empower Others With Access To Education, He Led The Fight On The Appropriations Subcommittee To Increase Federal Spending By 138 Percent And Raise Funding For Scholarships And Student Loans. Constituent Service And Promoting Pennsylvania's Economic Interests Have Been The Hallmarks Of Senator Specter's Senate Career. He Maintained Offices In Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Erie, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, And The Lehigh Valley To Help Residents Of Those Areas Who Needed Assistance To Cut Washington's Redtape. From His Experience As A Teenager Working On A Farm In Kansas, The State Where He Was Born, Senator Specter Has Understood And Worked On The Problems Of Pennsylvania's Farmers From His Position On The Appropriations Subcommittee On Agriculture. He Frequently Argues In The International Trade Commission To Assist The Steel Industry From Being Deluged With Unfair Foreign Imports. His Proposed Legislation, Endorsed By Both Business And Labor, Would Create A Private Right Of Action In Federal Courts To Stop Subsidized Or Dumped Products From Being Imported Into The United States. He Has Supported The Coal Industry By Promoting Legislation For Clean Coal Technology And Securing 00 Million For A Schuylkill County Project To Turn Sludge Into High Octane, Environmentally Safe Gasoline. Recognizing The Long-term Effects Of Global Warming, He Has Cosponsored The Bingaman-Specter Bill To Reduce Harm From Carbon Emissions. As Chairman Of The Intelligence Committee In The 104th Congress And A Member Of The Appropriations Subcommittee On Foreign Operations, Senator Specter Traveled Extensively Meeting With World Leaders Including Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev; French President Francois Mitterrand; Israel's Prime Ministers Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, And Ehud Olmert; China's President Hu Jintao; Indian Prime Minister Singh; Pakistan's Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto, Mohammad Zia, And Pervez Musharraf; Jordan's Kings Hussein And Abdullah; And Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Strongly Agreeing With Moshe Dayan's Famous Statement That We Make Peace With Our Enemies Not Our Friends, He Has Met With Syria's Presidents Hafez Al-Assad And Bashar Al-Assad; The Palestinian Authority's Chairman Yasser Arafat; Iraq's President Saddam Hussein; Cuba's President Fidel Castro; Libya's Leader Muammar Qadhafi; And Venezuela President Hugo Chavez. From These Meetings And His Studies Of Foreign Affairs Since His Undergraduate Days At The University Of Pennsylvania, Where He Majored In Political Science And International Relations, Senator Specter Has Been A Forceful Advocate For Aggressive Diplomacy To Solve International Conflicts. He Wrote, With Staffer Chris Bradish, An Article For The Washington Quarterly (Winter 2006-2007), Outlining A Blueprint For Diplomatic Initiatives In The Mideast With Emphasis On Bilateral Negotiations With Iran And Syria. Similarly, He Has Urged Bilateral, As Well As Multilateral, Negotiations With North Korea. Early In His Senate Career In 1982, He Was Among The First To Call For A U.S./U.S.S.R. Summit In A Resolution Which Passed The Senate 90 To 8. He Participated Extensively With The Senate Observers At The Geneva Arms Reduction Talks In The 1980s And Led The Fight For The Broad Interpretation Of The ABM Treaty. Senator Specter Consistently Supported Appropriations To Fight Global AIDS And Promoted Worldwide Support For Underdeveloped Countries Including Free Trade Agreements. Arlen Specter Was Elected To The U.S. Senate In 1980 And Served Five Terms. In 2005, Senator Specter Became Pennsylvania's Longest Serving U.S. Senator. He Was A Senior Member Of The Senate Judiciary, Appropriations, And Veterans Affairs Committees. Senator Specter Was A Member Of The Senate Judiciary Committee Since He Came To The Senate. As Such, He Played An Instrumental Role In Many Of The Senate's Most Important Issues, Including The Confirmations Of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. And Justice Samuel Alito To Serve As Associate Justice On The U.S. Supreme Court. Senator Specter Also Shepherded Through The Judiciary Committee Legislation On Asbestos Litigation Reform To Absolve What The Supreme Court Once Called An ''elephantine Mass'' Clogging Our Judicial System. Senator Specter Has Worked In A Bipartisan Fashion To Reauthorize Key Provisions Of The USA PATRIOT Act, An Important Tool In The U.S. War On Terror. He Has Also Authored Legislation To Help Consumers Better Protect The Privacy Of Their Personal Information In The Face Of Recurrent Data Security Breaches Across The Country. On The Judiciary Committee, Senator Specter Built On His Foundation As A Lawyer And Former District Attorney. He Was The Author Of The Armed Career Criminal Act, Which Has Been Praised For Its Long Prison Terms For Repeat Offenders, And The Terrorist Prosecution Act, Which Authorizes Criminal Actions In U.S. Courts For Assaulting, Maiming, Or Murdering Americans Anywhere In The World. As A Senior Member Of The Appropriations Committee, Senator Specter Was Chairman Of The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education. This Subcommittee Oversees Federal Funding For The National Institutes Of Health (NIH), The Centers For Disease Control, Educational Programs Like Head Start, Pell Grants, And GEAR-UP, And Worker Safety Programs. Under His Leadership, Funding For Education Has Increased By More Than 130 Percent. Senator Specter Was Also Instrumental In Doubling The Budget For NIH, Which Has Made Major Advances In Curing Parkinson's, Cancer, Heart Disease, And Delaying The Onset Of Alzheimer's. Finally, Senator Specter Is A Strong Proponent Of Stem Cell Research For The Purposes Of Discovering Knowledge That May Lead To Cures For These Same Ailments. Strengthening Our Nation's Security Has Been A Longstanding Priority Of Senator Specter's. Thirty Days After The Terrorist Attacks Of September 11, 2001, Senator Specter Drafted The Legislation That Established The Department Of Homeland Security. While Serving As Chairman Of The Senate Intelligence Committee In The 104th Congress, He Authored The Bill Creating The Inspector General Of The Central Intelligence Agency, Marking The Only Reform Legislation To Emerge From The Iran-Contra Affair. Senator Specter Continues His Strong Advocacy For Veterans, A Passion Born From The First Veteran He Ever Knew, His Father, Harry Specter, Who Was Wounded In World War I. As A Former Chairman Of The Veterans Committee, He Pushed For Just Treatment For Veterans And Increased Benefits. Working Closely With The Secretary Of Veterans Affairs, Senator Specter Oversaw The Opening Of Four New Veterans Outpatient Clinics In Fayette, Northampton, Venango, And Warren Counties And Passed Legislation To Create A New Veterans Cemetery In Southeastern Pennsylvania. A Frequent Visitor To All Of Pennsylvania's 67 Counties, Senator Specter Places Constituent Service High On His Priorities And Has Been Instrumental On The Appropriations Committee In Promoting Pennsylvania's Interests In Agriculture, High-technology, Steel, Coal, Tourism, Mass Transit, Highways, And Military Installations. In Addition To Tackling The Major Legislative Business Before The Senate, Senator Specter Also Engaged In A Personal Battle With Stage IV-B Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cancer In 2005 And 2008. In Both Cases He Underwent Nearly 5 Months Of Chemotherapy, But Still Maintained All Of His Senatorial Duties, Including Chairing Hearings, Voting, And Brokering Important Legislative Initiatives. In July 2008, Senator Specter Received His Last Chemotherapy Treatment And Has Since Received A Clean Bill Of Health. Senator Specter Was Born To Immigrant Parents In Wichita, KS, And Grew Up In The Small Town Of Russell, KS. He Is A Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Of The University Of Pennsylvania And Served As An Editor Of The Yale Law Journal. He Began His Career In Public Service As An Assistant Philadelphia District Attorney. While Serving In That Position, He Was Named Assistant Counsel On The Warren Commission Investigation Into President Kennedy's Assassination. Two Years Later, Senator Specter Was Elected District Attorney Of Philadelphia At The Age Of 35. Senator Specter Lives In Philadelphia With His Wife Joan. They Have Two Sons, Shanin And Steve, And Four Grandchildren, Silvi, Perri, Lilli, And Hatti. Farewell To The Senate Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, This Is Not A Farewell Address But, Rather, A Closing Argument To A Jury Of My Colleagues And The American People Outlining My Views On How The Senate And, With It, The Federal Government Arrived At Its Current Condition Of Partisan Gridlock, And My Suggestions On Where We Go From Here On That Pressing Problem And The Key Issues Of National And International Importance. To Make A Final Floor Statement Is A Challenge. The Washington Post Noted The Poor Attendance At My Colleagues' Farewell Speeches Earlier This Month. That Is Really Not Surprising Since There Is Hardly Anyone Ever On The Senate Floor. The Days Of Lively Debate With Many Members On The Floor Are Long Gone. Abuse Of The Senate Rules Has Pretty Much Stripped Senators Of The Right To Offer Amendments. The Modern Filibuster Requires Only A Threat And No Talking. So The Senate's Activity For More Than A Decade Has Been The Virtual Continuous Drone Of A Quorum Call. But That Is Not The Way It Was When Senator Chris Dodd And I Were Privileged To Enter The World's Greatest Deliberative Body 30 Years Ago. Senators On Both Sides Of The Aisle Engaged In Collegial Debate And Found Ways To Find Common Ground On The Nation's Pressing Problems. When I Attended My First Republican Moderates Luncheon, I Met Mark Hatfield, John Chafee, Ted Stevens, Mac Mathias, Bob Stafford, Bob Packwood, Chuck Percy, Bill Cohen, Warren Rudman, Alan Simpson, Jack Danforth, John Warner, Nancy Kassebaum, Slade Gorton, And I Found My Colleague John Heinz There. That Is A Far Cry From Later Years When The Moderates Could Fit Into A Telephone Booth. On The Other Side Of The Aisle, I Found Many Democratic Senators Willing To Move To The Center To Craft Legislation” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  TRIBUTES TO HON. ARLEN SPECTER Arlen Specter U.S. SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TONGRESS.#15 Arlen Specter ? Tributes Delivered In Congress Arlen Specter United States Senator 1981-2011 A ? Compiled Under The Direction Of The Joint Committee On Printing CONTENTS Biography............................................. V Farewell To The Senate................................ Xi Proceedings In The Senate: Tributes By Senators: Akaka, Daniel K., Of Hawaii.................... 12 Alexander, Lamar, Of Tennessee................. 3 Bennet, Michael F., Of Colorado................ 21 Boxer, Barbara, Of California.................. 23 Casey, Robert P., Jr., Of Pennsylvania......... 15, 24 Cochran, Thad, Of Mississippi.................. 19 Conrad, Kent, Of North Dakota.................. 8 Dodd, Christopher J., Of Connecticut........... 11 Durbin, Richard, Of Illinois................... 11, 17 Enzi, Michael B., Of Wyoming................... 9 Harkin, Tom, Of Iowa........................... 22 Hatch, Orrin G., Of Utah....................... 13 Levin, Carl, Of Michigan....................... 5 Murkowski, Lisa, Of Alaska..................... 26 Reed, Jack, Of Rhode Island.................... 5 Reid, Harry, Of Nevada......................... 5, 7 Sessions, Jeff, Of Alabama..................... 20 Udall, Mark, Of Colorado....................... 22 Warner, Mark R., Of Virginia................... 5 BIOGRAPHY Since First Elected In 1980, Arlen Specter Has Brought Rugged Individualism And Fierce Independence Learned From His Youth On The Kansas Plains To Become A Leading Senate Moderate. His Work As Philadelphia's Tough District Attorney Gave Him Insights To Write The Terrorist Prosecution Act, The Armed Career Criminal Act, And Coauthor The Second Chance Act. His Legal Background And Experience In Constitutional Law Provided The Skills To Serve As Judiciary Chairman During The Confirmation Hearings Of Chief Justice Roberts And Justice Alito. In Earlier Confirmation Hearings He Had The Courage To Cross Party Lines In Opposing Judge Bork And Disagreeing With Conventional Wisdom In Supporting Justice Thomas After Dissecting The Contradictory And Highly Charged Testimony. As A Consummate Legislator, He Has Counseled Compromise And Conciliation In A Congress That Has Established New Records For Partisan Discord. In Foreign Affairs, He Has Advocated Dialogue And Accommodation As An Antidote To Belligerency And Saber Rattling. Arlen Specter's Five Terms Have Made Him The Longest Serving U.S. Senator In Pennsylvania's History. A Voice Of Reason, His Independence And Balance Have Won Endorsements From The AFL-CIO And High Marks From The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce, The National Association Of Manufacturers, And The Americans For Tax Reform. Time Magazine Listed Him Among The Ten Best Senators In 2006. Knowlegis Rated Him The Second Most Powerful Senator In 2006 Behind Only Majority Leader Bill Frist. A November 11, 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Stated: ''Senator Arlen Specter Has More Clout Than Some Sovereign Nations.'' Senator Specter Attributes His Zeal For Public Service To His Experience As A Child When He Saw The Government Mistreat His Father, Harry Specter, Who Migrated To The United States From Russia In 1911. Private Specter, Serving In World War I In The Infantry, Was Seriously Wounded In Action In France's Argonne Forest. When The Government Broke Its Promise To Pay World War I Veterans A 00 Bonus, The Veterans Marched On Washington. President Hoover Called Out The Army Which Fired On And Killed Veterans On The Mall In One Of The Blackest Days In American History. As A Metaphor, Senator Specter Says He Has Been On His Way To Washington Ever Since To Get His Father's Bonus And Since He Hasn't Gotten It Yet, He's Running For Reelection. The Incident Over His Father's Bonus Has Made Arlen Specter A Fierce Advocate For Veterans' Benefits And The ''little Guy'' In His Battles With The Federal Government. From His Immigrant Parents, Arlen Specter Learned Work Ethics The Hard Way. His Father, Harry Specter, Who Was A Peddler, Took 5-year-old Arlen To Small Kansas Towns Selling Cantaloupes Door To Door With A Small Basket In Hand. In His Dad's Junkyard In Russell, KS, 16-year-old Arlen Specter Cut Down Oil Derricks With An Acetylene Torch And Loaded Scrap Iron Into Rail Freight Cars Headed For The Smelter. His Credentials Include Votes For The Line-item Veto And A Constitutional Amendment For A Balanced Budget. As A Two-term Philadelphia District Attorney, He Fought For Tough Sentences For Tough Criminals And Later, In The Senate, Wrote Groundbreaking Legislation Providing For Life Sentences For Three-time Recidivists On Violent Crimes. Since 1981, He Has Played A Significant Role In Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, For Chief Justice Rehnquist, Justices O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsberg, Breyer, And Judge Bork. Notwithstanding Debilitating Chemotherapy Treatments In 2005, He Stayed On The Job As Chairman Of The Judiciary Committee To Preside Over Historic Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings. His Work On The Judiciary Committee Has Included Writing Significant Legislation On Dealing With Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, And Privacy. As A Senior Member Of The Appropriations Committee, He Led The Fight To Increase Funding For The National Institutes Of Health From 2 Billion To 0 Billion To Expand Medical Research To Find Cures For Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, And Other Maladies. He Has Supported Expanding Health Care For Seniors And Children And Has Proposed Legislation To Cover The Almost 50 Million Americans Who Do Not Have Health Insurance. Because Senator Specter Is Keenly Aware Of The Importance Of Understanding The Younger Generation, He Often Visits And Speaks At Universities And High Schools. He Credits His Parents, Both Immigrants, With Emphasizing The Importance Of Education Which Has Enabled His Brother, Two Sisters, And Himself To Share In The American Dream. To Empower Others With Access To Education, He Led The Fight On The Appropriations Subcommittee To Increase Federal Spending By 138 Percent And Raise Funding For Scholarships And Student Loans. Constituent Service And Promoting Pennsylvania's Economic Interests Have Been The Hallmarks Of Senator Specter's Senate Career. He Maintained Offices In Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Erie, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, And The Lehigh Valley To Help Residents Of Those Areas Who Needed Assistance To Cut Washington's Redtape. From His Experience As A Teenager Working On A Farm In Kansas, The State Where He Was Born, Senator Specter Has Understood And Worked On The Problems Of Pennsylvania's Farmers From His Position On The Appropriations Subcommittee On Agriculture. He Frequently Argues In The International Trade Commission To Assist The Steel Industry From Being Deluged With Unfair Foreign Imports. His Proposed Legislation, Endorsed By Both Business And Labor, Would Create A Private Right Of Action In Federal Courts To Stop Subsidized Or Dumped Products From Being Imported Into The United States. He Has Supported The Coal Industry By Promoting Legislation For Clean Coal Technology And Securing 00 Million For A Schuylkill County Project To Turn Sludge Into High Octane, Environmentally Safe Gasoline. Recognizing The Long-term Effects Of Global Warming, He Has Cosponsored The Bingaman-Specter Bill To Reduce Harm From Carbon Emissions. As Chairman Of The Intelligence Committee In The 104th Congress And A Member Of The Appropriations Subcommittee On Foreign Operations, Senator Specter Traveled Extensively Meeting With World Leaders Including Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev; French President Francois Mitterrand; Israel's Prime Ministers Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, And Ehud Olmert; China's President Hu Jintao; Indian Prime Minister Singh; Pakistan's Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto, Mohammad Zia, And Pervez Musharraf; Jordan's Kings Hussein And Abdullah; And Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Strongly Agreeing With Moshe Dayan's Famous Statement That We Make Peace With Our Enemies Not Our Friends, He Has Met With Syria's Presidents Hafez Al-Assad And Bashar Al-Assad; The Palestinian Authority's Chairman Yasser Arafat; Iraq's President Saddam Hussein; Cuba's President Fidel Castro; Libya's Leader Muammar Qadhafi; And Venezuela President Hugo Chavez. From These Meetings And His Studies Of Foreign Affairs Since His Undergraduate Days At The University Of Pennsylvania, Where He Majored In Political Science And International Relations, Senator Specter Has Been A Forceful Advocate For Aggressive Diplomacy To Solve International Conflicts. He Wrote, With Staffer Chris Bradish, An Article For The Washington Quarterly (Winter 2006-2007), Outlining A Blueprint For Diplomatic Initiatives In The Mideast With Emphasis On Bilateral Negotiations With Iran And Syria. Similarly, He Has Urged Bilateral, As Well As Multilateral, Negotiations With North Korea. Early In His Senate Career In 1982, He Was Among The First To Call For A U.S./U.S.S.R. Summit In A Resolution Which Passed The Senate 90 To 8. He Participated Extensively With The Senate Observers At The Geneva Arms Reduction Talks In The 1980s And Led The Fight For The Broad Interpretation Of The ABM Treaty. Senator Specter Consistently Supported Appropriations To Fight Global AIDS And Promoted Worldwide Support For Underdeveloped Countries Including Free Trade Agreements. Arlen Specter Was Elected To The U.S. Senate In 1980 And Served Five Terms. In 2005, Senator Specter Became Pennsylvania's Longest Serving U.S. Senator. He Was A Senior Member Of The Senate Judiciary, Appropriations, And Veterans Affairs Committees. Senator Specter Was A Member Of The Senate Judiciary Committee Since He Came To The Senate. As Such, He Played An Instrumental Role In Many Of The Senate's Most Important Issues, Including The Confirmations Of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. And Justice Samuel Alito To Serve As Associate Justice On The U.S. Supreme Court. Senator Specter Also Shepherded Through The Judiciary Committee Legislation On Asbestos Litigation Reform To Absolve What The Supreme Court Once Called An ''elephantine Mass'' Clogging Our Judicial System. Senator Specter Has Worked In A Bipartisan Fashion To Reauthorize Key Provisions Of The USA PATRIOT Act, An Important Tool In The U.S. War On Terror. He Has Also Authored Legislation To Help Consumers Better Protect The Privacy Of Their Personal Information In The Face Of Recurrent Data Security Breaches Across The Country. On The Judiciary Committee, Senator Specter Built On His Foundation As A Lawyer And Former District Attorney. He Was The Author Of The Armed Career Criminal Act, Which Has Been Praised For Its Long Prison Terms For Repeat Offenders, And The Terrorist Prosecution Act, Which Authorizes Criminal Actions In U.S. Courts For Assaulting, Maiming, Or Murdering Americans Anywhere In The World. As A Senior Member Of The Appropriations Committee, Senator Specter Was Chairman Of The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education. This Subcommittee Oversees Federal Funding For The National Institutes Of Health (NIH), The Centers For Disease Control, Educational Programs Like Head Start, Pell Grants, And GEAR-UP, And Worker Safety Programs. Under His Leadership, Funding For Education Has Increased By More Than 130 Percent. Senator Specter Was Also Instrumental In Doubling The Budget For NIH, Which Has Made Major Advances In Curing Parkinson's, Cancer, Heart Disease, And Delaying The Onset Of Alzheimer's. Finally, Senator Specter Is A Strong Proponent Of Stem Cell Research For The Purposes Of Discovering Knowledge That May Lead To Cures For These Same Ailments. Strengthening Our Nation's Security Has Been A Longstanding Priority Of Senator Specter's. Thirty Days After The Terrorist Attacks Of September 11, 2001, Senator Specter Drafted The Legislation That Established The Department Of Homeland Security. While Serving As Chairman Of The Senate Intelligence Committee In The 104th Congress, He Authored The Bill Creating The Inspector General Of The Central Intelligence Agency, Marking The Only Reform Legislation To Emerge From The Iran-Contra Affair. Senator Specter Continues His Strong Advocacy For Veterans, A Passion Born From The First Veteran He Ever Knew, His Father, Harry Specter, Who Was Wounded In World War I. As A Former Chairman Of The Veterans Committee, He Pushed For Just Treatment For Veterans And Increased Benefits. Working Closely With The Secretary Of Veterans Affairs, Senator Specter Oversaw The Opening Of Four New Veterans Outpatient Clinics In Fayette, Northampton, Venango, And Warren Counties And Passed Legislation To Create A New Veterans Cemetery In Southeastern Pennsylvania. A Frequent Visitor To All Of Pennsylvania's 67 Counties, Senator Specter Places Constituent Service High On His Priorities And Has Been Instrumental On The Appropriations Committee In Promoting Pennsylvania's Interests In Agriculture, High-technology, Steel, Coal, Tourism, Mass Transit, Highways, And Military Installations. In Addition To Tackling The Major Legislative Business Before The Senate, Senator Specter Also Engaged In A Personal Battle With Stage IV-B Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cancer In 2005 And 2008. In Both Cases He Underwent Nearly 5 Months Of Chemotherapy, But Still Maintained All Of His Senatorial Duties, Including Chairing Hearings, Voting, And Brokering Important Legislative Initiatives. In July 2008, Senator Specter Received His Last Chemotherapy Treatment And Has Since Received A Clean Bill Of Health. Senator Specter Was Born To Immigrant Parents In Wichita, KS, And Grew Up In The Small Town Of Russell, KS. He Is A Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Of The University Of Pennsylvania And Served As An Editor Of The Yale Law Journal. He Began His Career In Public Service As An Assistant Philadelphia District Attorney. While Serving In That Position, He Was Named Assistant Counsel On The Warren Commission Investigation Into President Kennedy's Assassination. Two Years Later, Senator Specter Was Elected District Attorney Of Philadelphia At The Age Of 35. Senator Specter Lives In Philadelphia With His Wife Joan. They Have Two Sons, Shanin And Steve, And Four Grandchildren, Silvi, Perri, Lilli, And Hatti. Farewell To The Senate Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, This Is Not A Farewell Address But, Rather, A Closing Argument To A Jury Of My Colleagues And The American People Outlining My Views On How The Senate And, With It, The Federal Government Arrived At Its Current Condition Of Partisan Gridlock, And My Suggestions On Where We Go From Here On That Pressing Problem And The Key Issues Of National And International Importance. To Make A Final Floor Statement Is A Challenge. The Washington Post Noted The Poor Attendance At My Colleagues' Farewell Speeches Earlier This Month. That Is Really Not Surprising Since There Is Hardly Anyone Ever On The Senate Floor. The Days Of Lively Debate With Many Members On The Floor Are Long Gone. Abuse Of The Senate Rules Has Pretty Much Stripped Senators Of The Right To Offer Amendments. The Modern Filibuster Requires Only A Threat And No Talking. So The Senate's Activity For More Than A Decade Has Been The Virtual Continuous Drone Of A Quorum Call. But That Is Not The Way It Was When Senator Chris Dodd And I Were Privileged To Enter The World's Greatest Deliberative Body 30 Years Ago. Senators On Both Sides Of The Aisle Engaged In Collegial Debate And Found Ways To Find Common Ground On The Nation's Pressing Problems. When I Attended My First Republican Moderates Luncheon, I Met Mark Hatfield, John Chafee, Ted Stevens, Mac Mathias, Bob Stafford, Bob Packwood, Chuck Percy, Bill Cohen, Warren Rudman, Alan Simpson, Jack Danforth, John Warner, Nancy Kassebaum, Slade Gorton, And I Found My Colleague John Heinz There. That Is A Far Cry From Later Years When The Moderates Could Fit Into A Telephone Booth. On The Other Side Of The Aisle, I Found Many Democratic Senators Willing To Move To The Center To Craft Legislation
• Author: Committee on Appropriations
• Language: English

“TRIBUTES TO HON. ARLEN SPECTER Arlen Specter U.S. SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TONGRESS.#15 Arlen Specter ? Tributes Delivered In Congress Arlen Specter United States Senator 1981-2011 A ? Compiled Under The Direction Of The Joint Committee On Printing CONTENTS Biography............................................. V Farewell To The Senate................................ Xi Proceedings In The Senate: Tributes By Senators: Akaka, Daniel K., Of Hawaii.................... 12 Alexander, Lamar, Of Tennessee................. 3 Bennet, Michael F., Of Colorado................ 21 Boxer, Barbara, Of California.................. 23 Casey, Robert P., Jr., Of Pennsylvania......... 15, 24 Cochran, Thad, Of Mississippi.................. 19 Conrad, Kent, Of North Dakota.................. 8 Dodd, Christopher J., Of Connecticut........... 11 Durbin, Richard, Of Illinois................... 11, 17 Enzi, Michael B., Of Wyoming................... 9 Harkin, Tom, Of Iowa........................... 22 Hatch, Orrin G., Of Utah....................... 13 Levin, Carl, Of Michigan....................... 5 Murkowski, Lisa, Of Alaska..................... 26 Reed, Jack, Of Rhode Island.................... 5 Reid, Harry, Of Nevada......................... 5, 7 Sessions, Jeff, Of Alabama..................... 20 Udall, Mark, Of Colorado....................... 22 Warner, Mark R., Of Virginia................... 5 BIOGRAPHY Since First Elected In 1980, Arlen Specter Has Brought Rugged Individualism And Fierce Independence Learned From His Youth On The Kansas Plains To Become A Leading Senate Moderate. His Work As Philadelphia's Tough District Attorney Gave Him Insights To Write The Terrorist Prosecution Act, The Armed Career Criminal Act, And Coauthor The Second Chance Act. His Legal Background And Experience In Constitutional Law Provided The Skills To Serve As Judiciary Chairman During The Confirmation Hearings Of Chief Justice Roberts And Justice Alito. In Earlier Confirmation Hearings He Had The Courage To Cross Party Lines In Opposing Judge Bork And Disagreeing With Conventional Wisdom In Supporting Justice Thomas After Dissecting The Contradictory And Highly Charged Testimony. As A Consummate Legislator, He Has Counseled Compromise And Conciliation In A Congress That Has Established New Records For Partisan Discord. In Foreign Affairs, He Has Advocated Dialogue And Accommodation As An Antidote To Belligerency And Saber Rattling. Arlen Specter's Five Terms Have Made Him The Longest Serving U.S. Senator In Pennsylvania's History. A Voice Of Reason, His Independence And Balance Have Won Endorsements From The AFL-CIO And High Marks From The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce, The National Association Of Manufacturers, And The Americans For Tax Reform. Time Magazine Listed Him Among The Ten Best Senators In 2006. Knowlegis Rated Him The Second Most Powerful Senator In 2006 Behind Only Majority Leader Bill Frist. A November 11, 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Stated: ''Senator Arlen Specter Has More Clout Than Some Sovereign Nations.'' Senator Specter Attributes His Zeal For Public Service To His Experience As A Child When He Saw The Government Mistreat His Father, Harry Specter, Who Migrated To The United States From Russia In 1911. Private Specter, Serving In World War I In The Infantry, Was Seriously Wounded In Action In France's Argonne Forest. When The Government Broke Its Promise To Pay World War I Veterans A 00 Bonus, The Veterans Marched On Washington. President Hoover Called Out The Army Which Fired On And Killed Veterans On The Mall In One Of The Blackest Days In American History. As A Metaphor, Senator Specter Says He Has Been On His Way To Washington Ever Since To Get His Father's Bonus And Since He Hasn't Gotten It Yet, He's Running For Reelection. The Incident Over His Father's Bonus Has Made Arlen Specter A Fierce Advocate For Veterans' Benefits And The ''little Guy'' In His Battles With The Federal Government. From His Immigrant Parents, Arlen Specter Learned Work Ethics The Hard Way. His Father, Harry Specter, Who Was A Peddler, Took 5-year-old Arlen To Small Kansas Towns Selling Cantaloupes Door To Door With A Small Basket In Hand. In His Dad's Junkyard In Russell, KS, 16-year-old Arlen Specter Cut Down Oil Derricks With An Acetylene Torch And Loaded Scrap Iron Into Rail Freight Cars Headed For The Smelter. His Credentials Include Votes For The Line-item Veto And A Constitutional Amendment For A Balanced Budget. As A Two-term Philadelphia District Attorney, He Fought For Tough Sentences For Tough Criminals And Later, In The Senate, Wrote Groundbreaking Legislation Providing For Life Sentences For Three-time Recidivists On Violent Crimes. Since 1981, He Has Played A Significant Role In Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, For Chief Justice Rehnquist, Justices O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsberg, Breyer, And Judge Bork. Notwithstanding Debilitating Chemotherapy Treatments In 2005, He Stayed On The Job As Chairman Of The Judiciary Committee To Preside Over Historic Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings. His Work On The Judiciary Committee Has Included Writing Significant Legislation On Dealing With Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, And Privacy. As A Senior Member Of The Appropriations Committee, He Led The Fight To Increase Funding For The National Institutes Of Health From 2 Billion To 0 Billion To Expand Medical Research To Find Cures For Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, And Other Maladies. He Has Supported Expanding Health Care For Seniors And Children And Has Proposed Legislation To Cover The Almost 50 Million Americans Who Do Not Have Health Insurance. Because Senator Specter Is Keenly Aware Of The Importance Of Understanding The Younger Generation, He Often Visits And Speaks At Universities And High Schools. He Credits His Parents, Both Immigrants, With Emphasizing The Importance Of Education Which Has Enabled His Brother, Two Sisters, And Himself To Share In The American Dream. To Empower Others With Access To Education, He Led The Fight On The Appropriations Subcommittee To Increase Federal Spending By 138 Percent And Raise Funding For Scholarships And Student Loans. Constituent Service And Promoting Pennsylvania's Economic Interests Have Been The Hallmarks Of Senator Specter's Senate Career. He Maintained Offices In Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Erie, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, And The Lehigh Valley To Help Residents Of Those Areas Who Needed Assistance To Cut Washington's Redtape. From His Experience As A Teenager Working On A Farm In Kansas, The State Where He Was Born, Senator Specter Has Understood And Worked On The Problems Of Pennsylvania's Farmers From His Position On The Appropriations Subcommittee On Agriculture. He Frequently Argues In The International Trade Commission To Assist The Steel Industry From Being Deluged With Unfair Foreign Imports. His Proposed Legislation, Endorsed By Both Business And Labor, Would Create A Private Right Of Action In Federal Courts To Stop Subsidized Or Dumped Products From Being Imported Into The United States. He Has Supported The Coal Industry By Promoting Legislation For Clean Coal Technology And Securing 00 Million For A Schuylkill County Project To Turn Sludge Into High Octane, Environmentally Safe Gasoline. Recognizing The Long-term Effects Of Global Warming, He Has Cosponsored The Bingaman-Specter Bill To Reduce Harm From Carbon Emissions. As Chairman Of The Intelligence Committee In The 104th Congress And A Member Of The Appropriations Subcommittee On Foreign Operations, Senator Specter Traveled Extensively Meeting With World Leaders Including Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev; French President Francois Mitterrand; Israel's Prime Ministers Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, And Ehud Olmert; China's President Hu Jintao; Indian Prime Minister Singh; Pakistan's Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto, Mohammad Zia, And Pervez Musharraf; Jordan's Kings Hussein And Abdullah; And Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Strongly Agreeing With Moshe Dayan's Famous Statement That We Make Peace With Our Enemies Not Our Friends, He Has Met With Syria's Presidents Hafez Al-Assad And Bashar Al-Assad; The Palestinian Authority's Chairman Yasser Arafat; Iraq's President Saddam Hussein; Cuba's President Fidel Castro; Libya's Leader Muammar Qadhafi; And Venezuela President Hugo Chavez. From These Meetings And His Studies Of Foreign Affairs Since His Undergraduate Days At The University Of Pennsylvania, Where He Majored In Political Science And International Relations, Senator Specter Has Been A Forceful Advocate For Aggressive Diplomacy To Solve International Conflicts. He Wrote, With Staffer Chris Bradish, An Article For The Washington Quarterly (Winter 2006-2007), Outlining A Blueprint For Diplomatic Initiatives In The Mideast With Emphasis On Bilateral Negotiations With Iran And Syria. Similarly, He Has Urged Bilateral, As Well As Multilateral, Negotiations With North Korea. Early In His Senate Career In 1982, He Was Among The First To Call For A U.S./U.S.S.R. Summit In A Resolution Which Passed The Senate 90 To 8. He Participated Extensively With The Senate Observers At The Geneva Arms Reduction Talks In The 1980s And Led The Fight For The Broad Interpretation Of The ABM Treaty. Senator Specter Consistently Supported Appropriations To Fight Global AIDS And Promoted Worldwide Support For Underdeveloped Countries Including Free Trade Agreements. Arlen Specter Was Elected To The U.S. Senate In 1980 And Served Five Terms. In 2005, Senator Specter Became Pennsylvania's Longest Serving U.S. Senator. He Was A Senior Member Of The Senate Judiciary, Appropriations, And Veterans Affairs Committees. Senator Specter Was A Member Of The Senate Judiciary Committee Since He Came To The Senate. As Such, He Played An Instrumental Role In Many Of The Senate's Most Important Issues, Including The Confirmations Of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. And Justice Samuel Alito To Serve As Associate Justice On The U.S. Supreme Court. Senator Specter Also Shepherded Through The Judiciary Committee Legislation On Asbestos Litigation Reform To Absolve What The Supreme Court Once Called An ''elephantine Mass'' Clogging Our Judicial System. Senator Specter Has Worked In A Bipartisan Fashion To Reauthorize Key Provisions Of The USA PATRIOT Act, An Important Tool In The U.S. War On Terror. He Has Also Authored Legislation To Help Consumers Better Protect The Privacy Of Their Personal Information In The Face Of Recurrent Data Security Breaches Across The Country. On The Judiciary Committee, Senator Specter Built On His Foundation As A Lawyer And Former District Attorney. He Was The Author Of The Armed Career Criminal Act, Which Has Been Praised For Its Long Prison Terms For Repeat Offenders, And The Terrorist Prosecution Act, Which Authorizes Criminal Actions In U.S. Courts For Assaulting, Maiming, Or Murdering Americans Anywhere In The World. As A Senior Member Of The Appropriations Committee, Senator Specter Was Chairman Of The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education. This Subcommittee Oversees Federal Funding For The National Institutes Of Health (NIH), The Centers For Disease Control, Educational Programs Like Head Start, Pell Grants, And GEAR-UP, And Worker Safety Programs. Under His Leadership, Funding For Education Has Increased By More Than 130 Percent. Senator Specter Was Also Instrumental In Doubling The Budget For NIH, Which Has Made Major Advances In Curing Parkinson's, Cancer, Heart Disease, And Delaying The Onset Of Alzheimer's. Finally, Senator Specter Is A Strong Proponent Of Stem Cell Research For The Purposes Of Discovering Knowledge That May Lead To Cures For These Same Ailments. Strengthening Our Nation's Security Has Been A Longstanding Priority Of Senator Specter's. Thirty Days After The Terrorist Attacks Of September 11, 2001, Senator Specter Drafted The Legislation That Established The Department Of Homeland Security. While Serving As Chairman Of The Senate Intelligence Committee In The 104th Congress, He Authored The Bill Creating The Inspector General Of The Central Intelligence Agency, Marking The Only Reform Legislation To Emerge From The Iran-Contra Affair. Senator Specter Continues His Strong Advocacy For Veterans, A Passion Born From The First Veteran He Ever Knew, His Father, Harry Specter, Who Was Wounded In World War I. As A Former Chairman Of The Veterans Committee, He Pushed For Just Treatment For Veterans And Increased Benefits. Working Closely With The Secretary Of Veterans Affairs, Senator Specter Oversaw The Opening Of Four New Veterans Outpatient Clinics In Fayette, Northampton, Venango, And Warren Counties And Passed Legislation To Create A New Veterans Cemetery In Southeastern Pennsylvania. A Frequent Visitor To All Of Pennsylvania's 67 Counties, Senator Specter Places Constituent Service High On His Priorities And Has Been Instrumental On The Appropriations Committee In Promoting Pennsylvania's Interests In Agriculture, High-technology, Steel, Coal, Tourism, Mass Transit, Highways, And Military Installations. In Addition To Tackling The Major Legislative Business Before The Senate, Senator Specter Also Engaged In A Personal Battle With Stage IV-B Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cancer In 2005 And 2008. In Both Cases He Underwent Nearly 5 Months Of Chemotherapy, But Still Maintained All Of His Senatorial Duties, Including Chairing Hearings, Voting, And Brokering Important Legislative Initiatives. In July 2008, Senator Specter Received His Last Chemotherapy Treatment And Has Since Received A Clean Bill Of Health. Senator Specter Was Born To Immigrant Parents In Wichita, KS, And Grew Up In The Small Town Of Russell, KS. He Is A Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Of The University Of Pennsylvania And Served As An Editor Of The Yale Law Journal. He Began His Career In Public Service As An Assistant Philadelphia District Attorney. While Serving In That Position, He Was Named Assistant Counsel On The Warren Commission Investigation Into President Kennedy's Assassination. Two Years Later, Senator Specter Was Elected District Attorney Of Philadelphia At The Age Of 35. Senator Specter Lives In Philadelphia With His Wife Joan. They Have Two Sons, Shanin And Steve, And Four Grandchildren, Silvi, Perri, Lilli, And Hatti. Farewell To The Senate Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, This Is Not A Farewell Address But, Rather, A Closing Argument To A Jury Of My Colleagues And The American People Outlining My Views On How The Senate And, With It, The Federal Government Arrived At Its Current Condition Of Partisan Gridlock, And My Suggestions On Where We Go From Here On That Pressing Problem And The Key Issues Of National And International Importance. To Make A Final Floor Statement Is A Challenge. The Washington Post Noted The Poor Attendance At My Colleagues' Farewell Speeches Earlier This Month. That Is Really Not Surprising Since There Is Hardly Anyone Ever On The Senate Floor. The Days Of Lively Debate With Many Members On The Floor Are Long Gone. Abuse Of The Senate Rules Has Pretty Much Stripped Senators Of The Right To Offer Amendments. The Modern Filibuster Requires Only A Threat And No Talking. So The Senate's Activity For More Than A Decade Has Been The Virtual Continuous Drone Of A Quorum Call. But That Is Not The Way It Was When Senator Chris Dodd And I Were Privileged To Enter The World's Greatest Deliberative Body 30 Years Ago. Senators On Both Sides Of The Aisle Engaged In Collegial Debate And Found Ways To Find Common Ground On The Nation's Pressing Problems. When I Attended My First Republican Moderates Luncheon, I Met Mark Hatfield, John Chafee, Ted Stevens, Mac Mathias, Bob Stafford, Bob Packwood, Chuck Percy, Bill Cohen, Warren Rudman, Alan Simpson, Jack Danforth, John Warner, Nancy Kassebaum, Slade Gorton, And I Found My Colleague John Heinz There. That Is A Far Cry From Later Years When The Moderates Could Fit Into A Telephone Booth. On The Other Side Of The Aisle, I Found Many Democratic Senators Willing To Move To The Center To Craft Legislation” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: 111th - Senate

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: ➤  gov.gpo.fdsys.CHRG-111shrg64816

“The Lincoln Project - Things Are Looking Better For Democrats These Days, But They Cannot Let Up On The Gas. Dems Must Keep Grinding & Avoid Complacency At All Costs. They Can Pick Out Office Curtains AFTER The Midterms Are Won! @TheRickWilson Gets Into It On The Latest Pod:” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  The Lincoln Project - Things Are Looking Better For Democrats These Days, But They Cannot Let Up On The Gas. Dems Must Keep Grinding & Avoid Complacency At All Costs. They Can Pick Out Office Curtains AFTER The Midterms Are Won! @TheRickWilson Gets Into It On The Latest Pod:
• Author: The Lincoln Project

“The Lincoln Project - Things Are Looking Better For Democrats These Days, But They Cannot Let Up On The Gas. Dems Must Keep Grinding & Avoid Complacency At All Costs. They Can Pick Out Office Curtains AFTER The Midterms Are Won! @TheRickWilson Gets Into It On The Latest Pod:” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1570438656451809281

“G4tv.com-video10177: Stuff Magazine Model And All-around Beauty Anna Wainscoat Recently Won The <i>Everquest II</i> Quest For Antonia Contest. See What Happens When The Hottie Meets Her Most Devoted (and Creepiest) Fanboy.” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  G4tv.com-video10177: Stuff Magazine Model And All-around Beauty Anna Wainscoat Recently Won The <i>Everquest II</i> Quest For Antonia Contest. See What Happens When The Hottie Meets Her Most Devoted (and Creepiest) Fanboy.
• Author: G4TV.com
• Language: English

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: g4tv.com-video10177

“The Golden Thread : An Agreeable & Entertaining Tale Of Lionel, Son Of A Poor Shepherd, Who, By Diligence, Kindness, And Knightly Valor, Won The Hand Of A Nobleman's Daughter : A Most Useful Narrative For All Who Love Virtue” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  The Golden Thread : An Agreeable & Entertaining Tale Of Lionel, Son Of A Poor Shepherd, Who, By Diligence, Kindness, And Knightly Valor, Won The Hand Of A Nobleman's Daughter : A Most Useful Narrative For All Who Love Virtue
• Author: ➤  Wickram, Jörg, approximately 1505-approximately 1560
• Language: English

“The Golden Thread : An Agreeable & Entertaining Tale Of Lionel, Son Of A Poor Shepherd, Who, By Diligence, Kindness, And Knightly Valor, Won The Hand Of A Nobleman's Daughter : A Most Useful Narrative For All Who Love Virtue” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: ➤  Social conflict -- Germany -- Fiction - Germany -- History -- 1517-1648 -- Fiction

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: goldenthreadagre0000wick

“Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 - Nancy Admits Her Impeachment Scam Has Been Going On For 2.5 Years. We All Know The Moment President Trump Won In Nov 2016 Impeachment Is What They've Wanted To Do. As Long As Pelosi Runs The House, She Will Continue This Waste Of Time ... Dems Must Be Defeated In 2020. #gapol” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 - Nancy Admits Her Impeachment Scam Has Been Going On For 2.5 Years. We All Know The Moment President Trump Won In Nov 2016 Impeachment Is What They've Wanted To Do. As Long As Pelosi Runs The House, She Will Continue This Waste Of Time ... Dems Must Be Defeated In 2020. #gapol
• Author: Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸

“Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 - Nancy Admits Her Impeachment Scam Has Been Going On For 2.5 Years. We All Know The Moment President Trump Won In Nov 2016 Impeachment Is What They've Wanted To Do. As Long As Pelosi Runs The House, She Will Continue This Waste Of Time ... Dems Must Be Defeated In 2020. #gapol” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video - gapol

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1205467149197881345

“Former Pfizer Vice President Mike Yeadon Discusses His Thoughts As To Why The Lockdown Was A Mistake, And Why The Government Strategies To Manage The Pandemic Are Only Making Things Worse. The Scientific Advisory Group For Emergencies (SAGE) Is A British Government Advisory Body That Advises Central Government In Emergencies. Dr. Mike Yeadon Is An Allergy & Respiratory Therapeutic Area Expert, Developed Out Of Deep Knowledge Of Biology & Therapeutics And Is An Innovative Drug Discoverer With 23y In The Pharmaceutical Industry. He Trained As A Biochemist And Pharmacologist, Obtaining His PhD From The University Of Surrey (UK) In 1988 On The CNS And Peripheralpharmacology Of Opioids On Respiration. Dr Yeadon Then Worked At The Wellcome Research Labs With Salvador Moncada With A Research Focus On Airway Hyper-responsiveness And Effects Of Pollutants Including Ozone And Working In Drug Discovery Of 5-LO, COX, PAF, NO And Lung Inflammation. With Colleagues, He Was The First To Detect Exhaled NO In Animals And Later To Induce NOS In Lung Via Allergic Triggers. Joining Pfizer In 1995, He Was Responsible For The Growth And Portfolio Delivery Of The Allergy & Respiratory Pipeline Within The Company. During His Tenure At Pfizer, Dr Yeadon Was Responsible For Target Selection And The Progress Into Humans Of New Molecules, Leading Teams Of Up To 200 Staff Across All Disciplines And Won An Achievement Award For Productivity In 2008. Under His Leadership The Research Unit Invented Oral And Inhaled NCEs Which Delivered Multiple Positive Clinical Proofs Of Concept In Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis And COPD. He Led Productive Collaborations Such As With Rigel Pharmaceuticals (SYK Inhibitors) And Was Involved In The Licensing Of Spiriva® And Acquisition Of The Meridica (inhaler Device) Company. Dr. Yeadon Has Published Over 40 Original Research Articles And Now Consults And Partners With A Number Of Biotechnology Companies. Before Working With Apellis, Dr. Yeadon Was VP And Chief Scientific Officer (Allergy & Respiratory Research) With Pfizer. He Left Pfizer In 2011 As Vice President & Chief Scientist For Allergy & Respiratory And Eventually Founded His Own Biotech Company, Ziarco. In 2017 Dr. Yeadon Sold Ziarco To Novartis, One Of The World's Larget Pharmaceutical Companies. Former Vice President And Chief Science Officer For Pfizer Reveals Covid And RT PCR” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Former Pfizer Vice President Mike Yeadon Discusses His Thoughts As To Why The Lockdown Was A Mistake, And Why The Government Strategies To Manage The Pandemic Are Only Making Things Worse. The Scientific Advisory Group For Emergencies (SAGE) Is A British Government Advisory Body That Advises Central Government In Emergencies. Dr. Mike Yeadon Is An Allergy & Respiratory Therapeutic Area Expert, Developed Out Of Deep Knowledge Of Biology & Therapeutics And Is An Innovative Drug Discoverer With 23y In The Pharmaceutical Industry. He Trained As A Biochemist And Pharmacologist, Obtaining His PhD From The University Of Surrey (UK) In 1988 On The CNS And Peripheralpharmacology Of Opioids On Respiration. Dr Yeadon Then Worked At The Wellcome Research Labs With Salvador Moncada With A Research Focus On Airway Hyper-responsiveness And Effects Of Pollutants Including Ozone And Working In Drug Discovery Of 5-LO, COX, PAF, NO And Lung Inflammation. With Colleagues, He Was The First To Detect Exhaled NO In Animals And Later To Induce NOS In Lung Via Allergic Triggers. Joining Pfizer In 1995, He Was Responsible For The Growth And Portfolio Delivery Of The Allergy & Respiratory Pipeline Within The Company. During His Tenure At Pfizer, Dr Yeadon Was Responsible For Target Selection And The Progress Into Humans Of New Molecules, Leading Teams Of Up To 200 Staff Across All Disciplines And Won An Achievement Award For Productivity In 2008. Under His Leadership The Research Unit Invented Oral And Inhaled NCEs Which Delivered Multiple Positive Clinical Proofs Of Concept In Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis And COPD. He Led Productive Collaborations Such As With Rigel Pharmaceuticals (SYK Inhibitors) And Was Involved In The Licensing Of Spiriva® And Acquisition Of The Meridica (inhaler Device) Company. Dr. Yeadon Has Published Over 40 Original Research Articles And Now Consults And Partners With A Number Of Biotechnology Companies. Before Working With Apellis, Dr. Yeadon Was VP And Chief Scientific Officer (Allergy & Respiratory Research) With Pfizer. He Left Pfizer In 2011 As Vice President & Chief Scientist For Allergy & Respiratory And Eventually Founded His Own Biotech Company, Ziarco. In 2017 Dr. Yeadon Sold Ziarco To Novartis, One Of The World's Larget Pharmaceutical Companies. Former Vice President And Chief Science Officer For Pfizer Reveals Covid And RT PCR

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: ➤  dr.-mike-yeadon-former-vice-president-and-chief-science-officer-for-pfizer-reveals-covid-and-rt-pcr

“Won For All : How The Drosophila Genome Was Sequenced” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Won For All : How The Drosophila Genome Was Sequenced
• Author: Ashburner, M
• Language: English

“Won For All : How The Drosophila Genome Was Sequenced” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Drosophila - Chromosome Mapping - Drosophiles - Genanalyse - Taufliege

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: isbn_9780879698027

“More Medals For Israel At The @Paralympics In @Paris2024! Guy Sasson (seen In This Video Celebrating) Won Bronze In Tennis And The Women's Team Won Silver In Goalball, We Are So Proud Of You All! 🥇🇮🇱💪🏻 @olympicteamisrael @goalballisrael @israeltennis_itec” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  More Medals For Israel At The @Paralympics In @Paris2024! Guy Sasson (seen In This Video Celebrating) Won Bronze In Tennis And The Women's Team Won Silver In Goalball, We Are So Proud Of You All! 🥇🇮🇱💪🏻 @olympicteamisrael @goalballisrael @israeltennis_itec
• Author: israelinusa

“More Medals For Israel At The @Paralympics In @Paris2024! Guy Sasson (seen In This Video Celebrating) Won Bronze In Tennis And The Women's Team Won Silver In Goalball, We Are So Proud Of You All! 🥇🇮🇱💪🏻 @olympicteamisrael @goalballisrael @israeltennis_itec” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: TikTok - video

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: TikTok-7411256013992561951

“Vermont Workers' Center - How We Won Healthcare For All, Dec. 17, 2011.” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Vermont Workers' Center - How We Won Healthcare For All, Dec. 17, 2011.
• Author: pdxjustice Media Productions

“Vermont Workers' Center - How We Won Healthcare For All, Dec. 17, 2011.” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: ➤  Youtube - video - Nonprofits & Activism - healthcare - health is a human right - Vermont - Vermont Workers' Center - pdxjustice - single-payer - Oregon

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: youtube-6nJkjvwiz7E

“US National Archives - Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won The Vote, And Insisted On Equality For All (YouTube)” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  US National Archives - Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won The Vote, And Insisted On Equality For All (YouTube)
• Author: US National Archives

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: yt_e1ic4pnvy8A

“Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 - To Defeat Donald Trump In 2020, We Need To Understand Why He Won In 2016. As Long As Democrat Party Leaders Dismiss And Disrespect Those Who Voted For Trump, We Will Lose. As President I Will Bridge The Partisan Divide And Work Side-by-side With All Americans To Get Things Done.” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 - To Defeat Donald Trump In 2020, We Need To Understand Why He Won In 2016. As Long As Democrat Party Leaders Dismiss And Disrespect Those Who Voted For Trump, We Will Lose. As President I Will Bridge The Partisan Divide And Work Side-by-side With All Americans To Get Things Done.
• Author: Tulsi Gabbard 🌺

“Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 - To Defeat Donald Trump In 2020, We Need To Understand Why He Won In 2016. As Long As Democrat Party Leaders Dismiss And Disrespect Those Who Voted For Trump, We Will Lose. As President I Will Bridge The Partisan Divide And Work Side-by-side With All Americans To Get Things Done.” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1212002968528211968

“Michael Bennet - We Won In 2018 On Offense. And We Can Win Again In 2020 If We Stay On Offense. That Means Protecting And Building On The Affordable Care Act With A Public Option, Not Taking Away Choice With Medicare For All.” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Michael Bennet - We Won In 2018 On Offense. And We Can Win Again In 2020 If We Stay On Offense. That Means Protecting And Building On The Affordable Care Act With A Public Option, Not Taking Away Choice With Medicare For All.
• Author: Michael Bennet

“Michael Bennet - We Won In 2018 On Offense. And We Can Win Again In 2020 If We Stay On Offense. That Means Protecting And Building On The Affordable Care Act With A Public Option, Not Taking Away Choice With Medicare For All.” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video

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• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1227062927615651844

“Melissa Goh - At 60, Michelle Yeoh Won The First Oscar For Malaysia . Her Mother Janet Exalted . Cheers Erupted All Round At Special Viewing Ceremony In KL . Malaysia Made History, #2” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Melissa Goh - At 60, Michelle Yeoh Won The First Oscar For Malaysia . Her Mother Janet Exalted . Cheers Erupted All Round At Special Viewing Ceremony In KL . Malaysia Made History, #2
• Author: Melissa Goh

“Melissa Goh - At 60, Michelle Yeoh Won The First Oscar For Malaysia . Her Mother Janet Exalted . Cheers Erupted All Round At Special Viewing Ceremony In KL . Malaysia Made History, #2” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1635121924316753921

“Joe Biden - For All The Hard-won Progress We've Made In The Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality, We're Not Done — Not Nearly. That's Why I Just Released My Plan To Advance LGBTQ+ Equality In America And Around The World:” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Joe Biden - For All The Hard-won Progress We've Made In The Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality, We're Not Done — Not Nearly. That's Why I Just Released My Plan To Advance LGBTQ+ Equality In America And Around The World:
• Author: Joe Biden

“Joe Biden - For All The Hard-won Progress We've Made In The Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality, We're Not Done — Not Nearly. That's Why I Just Released My Plan To Advance LGBTQ+ Equality In America And Around The World:” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video

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• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1235732075506012160

“Won For All : The Inside Story Of The New England Patriots' Improbable Run To The Super Bowl” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Won For All : The Inside Story Of The New England Patriots' Improbable Run To The Super Bowl
• Author: Johnson, Pepper
• Language: English

“Won For All : The Inside Story Of The New England Patriots' Improbable Run To The Super Bowl” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: ➤  New England Patriots (Football team) - Super Bowl (36th : 2002 : New Orleans, La.) - Super Bowl - New England Patriots - Super Bowl (36th:2002:New Orleans, LA)

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• Internet Archive ID: wonforallinsides0000john

“Meet Brynley, PETA Kids’ All Star For Animals Contest Winner! You Won...” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Meet Brynley, PETA Kids’ All Star For Animals Contest Winner! You Won...
• Author: officialpeta

“Meet Brynley, PETA Kids’ All Star For Animals Contest Winner! You Won...” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: TikTok - video

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: TikTok-6986746786274725126

“All The Right Movies - The Intense "not My Tempo" Scene From WHIPLASH. JK Simmons Won An Oscar For His Performance.” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  All The Right Movies - The Intense "not My Tempo" Scene From WHIPLASH. JK Simmons Won An Oscar For His Performance.
• Author: All The Right Movies

“All The Right Movies - The Intense "not My Tempo" Scene From WHIPLASH. JK Simmons Won An Oscar For His Performance.” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: Twitter - video

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1559978369785159682

“Russia 🇷🇺 - Our #Greetings To Ekaterina Selezneva❗️The #Russian #gymnast Won🥇🥇🥇🥇🥉at The Individual All-around At The #Napoli2019 #Summer #Universiade 😍 #ThankYou For The #fantastic #performance!💫👏 ✅Total Score: 83.600 #RhythmicGymnastics #Unique #MadeInRussia” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  Russia 🇷🇺 - Our #Greetings To Ekaterina Selezneva❗️The #Russian #gymnast Won🥇🥇🥇🥇🥉at The Individual All-around At The #Napoli2019 #Summer #Universiade 😍 #ThankYou For The #fantastic #performance!💫👏 ✅Total Score: 83.600 #RhythmicGymnastics #Unique #MadeInRussia
• Author: Russia 🇷🇺

“Russia 🇷🇺 - Our #Greetings To Ekaterina Selezneva❗️The #Russian #gymnast Won🥇🥇🥇🥇🥉at The Individual All-around At The #Napoli2019 #Summer #Universiade 😍 #ThankYou For The #fantastic #performance!💫👏 ✅Total Score: 83.600 #RhythmicGymnastics #Unique #MadeInRussia” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: ➤  Twitter - video - Greetings - Russian - gymnast - Napoli2019 - Summer - Universiade - ThankYou - fantastic - performance - RhythmicGymnastics - Unique - MadeInRussia

Edition Identifiers:

• Internet Archive ID: twitter-1155773486054498304