[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S2135]
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BRINGING BACK MEMORIES
Mr. REID. Mr. President, every time I see the Presiding Officer
introducing the prayer and directing the attention of the Senate to
follow the Presiding Officer in reciting the pledge of allegiance, it
brings back to me a lot of memories.
When I first came to the Senate, we had several of Members of
Congress who had been to war. Now that is not the case. We all look at
John McCain with such idealism of what he did in the Vietnam war. There
are others but there aren't many, and to have now the Presiding Officer
having not only been to war but being a general and having led hundreds
of people from Montana to war, I am sure when that Pledge of Allegiance
is said by the Presiding Officer, your feelings are a little different
from anyone else's because during those bitter battles in Iraq, members
of your unit were killed and injured.
So even though we don't say much publicly about the new addition to
the Senate, I want the record to reflect that the people of Montana are
so fortunate to have this patriot here in the Senate.
We will miss Max Baucus tremendously. He was my friend. But I am
really impressed with the Presiding Officer and--I repeat--his having
been not only a warrior but a general who led a lot of warriors in war.
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