[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S5173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 THE RETIREMENT OF JOHN C. HICKMAN, JR.

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, one of the ways Congress maintains its 
contact with the American people is by the official report of the 
business we do. Through its recent modern history, we have published a 
Congressional Record so that people across this country, online and in 
printed form, can read the words of Senators and can follow the debate 
on the floor of the Senate. None of this effort would be productive or 
even possible were it not for those in the Office of the Official 
Reporters of Debates who come here and follow every word that is spoken 
on the floor. They make these publications possible.
  Today, Jack Hickman, the Morning Business Clerk for the Congressional 
Record, is marking the end of his service to the Senate. In the future 
he will be able to listen to Senators and not remember a word. But at 
this point in time he has dispatched his official duties.
  I know I speak for the entire Senate family, thanking Jack Hickman 
for his service.
  I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Whitehouse). The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Nelson of Florida). Without objection, it 
is so ordered.

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