[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 139 (Wednesday, December 8, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S12012]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RETIREMENT OF BOB GRAHAM

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I appreciate the good works of my good 
friend from Florida. I see both Florida Senators are in the Chamber. Of 
course, Senator Graham is just about to close out his career in this 
Senate, and he will be missed. He was one of my neighbors when I first 
came here some 16 years ago, when they were living just not too far 
down the street. So I appreciate him and all the talents and the 
contributions he has made to this body and to the country.
  I hope he is successful in the Black Angus business in Florida. He 
will be going back to his beloved ranch and probably do a little 
writing, get a little philosophical. I know he has done that at times. 
He can do it in an environment that is befitting a retired Senator. We 
appreciate him.
  We do not say goodbye in our part of the country. We just say so 
long. Our trails will cross one of these days.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.
  I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cornyn). The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Burns). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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