[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 18, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S11511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRATULATING SENATOR ROBERT C. BYRD

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I am glad I had the opportunity to hear 
the comments of the Senator from Iowa on Senator Byrd. We all have 
enormous respect for Senator Byrd. I had a chance this morning to say a 
word about him and to reflect on, among other things, that when I first 
came here as a young aide 42 years ago to Senator Baker, Senator Byrd 
had already been here for 10 years as a Senator.
  So it is quite a span of history, and all of us have many stories, 
including the instructions he would give us to stand behind our desk 
when we vote, and not work at the table when we preside. He kept order 
in the Senate, and we are grateful to him for that.

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