[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 172 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6778]
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                  Commending Senators Flake and Corker

  Yesterday we all learned that our colleague Senator Flake will be 
retiring at the end of his term. After Senator Corker's announcement a 
few weeks ago, this was another blow to this body. Senators Flake and 
Corker are both men of principle, decency, and conscience.
  In his address here on the floor shortly after his announcement, 
Senator Flake alluded to the great figures of history who toiled at 
these desks to remind us that our time here is only temporary. He is 
certainly right. It should comfort him, however, that history will 
judge Senator Flake and Senator Corker as two men of the greatest 
conscience to have graced this Chamber on either side of the aisle in a 
long time. This Senate will be much poorer for their departures.