[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 193 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7329-S7330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                     Remembering George H. W. Bush

  Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, over the last few days, since the death 
of

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President George Herbert Walker Bush, we have heard about his life and 
his legacy. It has been, really, a celebration of a life well lived. It 
is hard to imagine someone packing more into 94 years than George H. W. 
Bush packed into his life. We heard about his time in the Navy, when he 
volunteered after Pearl Harbor, became a naval aviator, was shot down, 
and was saved by a submarine that popped up and rescued him. We, of 
course, know about his devotion to public service, but we also learned 
a lot more about his sense of humanity, his humility, his loyalty, and 
his optimism.

  Sometimes in Washington it seems like the message is all negative, 
and I think this has been a delightful contrast, reflecting on his life 
and his contribution.
  I have said previously, talking about President Bush, that there is 
nothing as powerful as a good example. I think his example is one we 
all ought to contemplate and perhaps strive to emulate in our own way 
and in the way we conduct our business here.
  When people disagree with us, it doesn't mean they are bad people; 
they are just people with different ideas. We ought to respect one 
another enough to actually debate those ideas, rather than engage in 
name-calling and denigrating the level of discourse among us because 
people watch us too. They watch how we conduct ourselves here, and they 
take some cues from that in how they conduct themselves online, in PTA 
meetings, in our communities, and in our States.
  This has been a delightful week. It has been kind of an emotional and 
exhausting week as we have grieved with the Bush family but at the same 
time, as I said, celebrating an incredible life.