[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2241-S2242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                        Remembering Barbara Bush

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, it is with sadness that I come to the 
Senate floor to speak about former First Lady Barbara Bush on her 
passing yesterday. Of course, she was the wife of our 41st President 
and the mother of our 43rd President.
  My wife Sandy and I have wonderful memories of Mrs. Bush flying 
around the State of Texas with us during my campaign for attorney 
general. That the former First Lady of the United States was so willing 
to embark on this long day of campaigning speaks to her generosity and 
her devotion to causes she believed in. With her, we always felt like 
we were flying in first class.
  Many kind things have already been said about the First Lady's sharp 
wit and her sense of humor, her efforts to improve child literacy, and 
her faith and loyalty to family and friends; and all of those are true. 
I will not try to top those statements. I will simply say what all of 
us are feeling today: sad

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and a little bit emptier as a nation, missing her honor, dignity, and 
respectability.