[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 109 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S9156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PORTRAIT PRESENTATIONS

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I do wish to alert colleagues to a special 
event being sponsored by the U.S. Senate Commission on Art today. At 
2:30 today, after the policy luncheons, in the Senate Reception Room, 
just adjacent to where we are now, the portraits of Senators Arthur 
Vandenberg of Michigan and Robert Wagner of New York will be presented.
  Members of the Vandenberg and Wagner families have traveled to 
Washington for this special event. Senator Daschle and I both will be 
on hand and will be making very brief comments.
  I encourage our colleagues to take a few moments to come by and help 
commemorate these two real giants of the 20th century. It is an 
opportunity for us to express our appreciation for two distinguished 
statesmen and their contributions. It is also a time for us to honor 
this great institution.
  We have the opportunity of being part of a very unique family, the 
Senate family, and today's presentation of portraits in the Reception 
Room is a reminder of the trust that is placed in us by our fellow 
citizens and, indeed, as we look to the past, by history.
  As a sidenote, I have to say I am very proud that the portrait of 
Senator Vandenberg was painted by a Tennessean, Michael Shane Neal.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a question?
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, if I could get through everything, I would 
be happy to yield the floor.
  Mr. DORGAN. Thank you. Not yield the floor. I am asking if the 
Senator would yield for a question when he is finished.
  Mr. FRIST. Yes, when I finish. Let me try to get through the 
announcements, the statements. Let me go through the material, and then 
I will be happy to yield for a quick question.

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