[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 144 (Thursday, September 22, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S5963]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO LYNN WESTMORELAND

  Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, we are reaching that time of year when 
some of our colleagues will retire, some may be retired without wanting 
to be retired, and we will have new colleagues coming to the Senate and 
the House next year. I wish to pause for a moment and pay tribute to a 
great Georgian who will be retiring at the end of December and who has 
served our State for six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives--
Mr. Lynn Westmoreland.
  Lynn Westmoreland is a true entrepreneur, a native Georgian, a 
dedicated father, an outstanding businessman, and an unquestioned 
leader in the House of Representatives. As the ranking member of the 
Intelligence Committee in the House, he has been instrumental since 9/
11, seeing to it that we remain safe in this country and that we have 
the information we need to make decisions we need to make to keep 
America safe.
  I go back with Lynn Westmoreland a long time. I was a realtor in 
Georgia. I was in the brokerage business for 33 years. I dealt with 
homebuilders all the time, and one of them was Lynn Westmoreland.
  Early in his career, he founded his own construction company, called 
L.A.W. Construction. He was an outstanding homebuilder in Fayette 
County, GA, and in our State. He built that business to be one of the 
best building and construction businesses in our State, and I am proud 
of what he accomplished.
  He is also a guy who gives back. So Lynn decided to run for public 
office. He ran for the Georgia House of Representatives in Fayette 
County and won. He served 12 years in the Georgia House, rising to 
Republican leader in the Georgia House of Representatives. He was the 
leader at the time when, for the first time in history, the Georgia 
Republican Party went from the minority party to the majority party.
  Wherever Lynn has been, he has been a leader and a fighter for what 
is right for our country and a dynamic leader for our State.
  Lynn is married to a beautiful lady named Joan. They have three 
children and six grandchildren. She has been a great supporter of Lynn. 
They have been side by side since they first met at the age of 15 and 
began their 47-year marriage a few years later.
  Lynn will be retiring, and we will miss him. We want to say thank you 
to Lynn for all he has done for Georgia when he was in our legislature 
and for what he has done for America now in the Congress of the United 
States. He will be sorely missed, but he will be appreciated always as 
a man of courage, a man of conviction, a man of commitment, and a true 
son of Georgia who excelled in the United States of America.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rounds). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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