[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2441-S2442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   THE DEATH OF ALBERT MURRAY, FATHER-IN-LAW OF SENATOR PATTY MURRAY

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I want to take just a moment of the 
Senate's time to share with our family in the Senate a rather sad 
occasion that has taken place. Last evening, at about 7:15, after we 
had recessed, I had a call from our friend and colleague from the State 
of Washington, Senator Murray, the principal proponent of our smaller 
class size amendment, who told me that her father-in-law had passed 
away yesterday. She had been on the floor all day. She returned after a 
very full day here on the floor leading us in this discussion on the 
question of smaller class size to learn that her father-in-law, Albert 
Murray, at the age of 80, had passed on. He had been a small business 
man for many years. He lived in Seattle and was very much involved in 
the community in a range of different activities to ensure that that

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community was going to be a better community.
  The Murray family is a very close-knit family. They are an extended 
family. I had the opportunity to meet many of them at the time Senator 
Murray was initially sworn in here to the U.S. Senate.
  She left last evening to return to the State of Washington to be with 
members of the family. I know all of us send our thoughts and prayers 
to Senator Murray, her husband Rob, and the entire Murray family. We 
are thinking about her and are mindful of her loss.
  Mr. President, I yield myself such time that I might use.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Santorum). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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