[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING JOHN PAUL STEVENS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, first, this morning, the Senate 
recognizes the death of a distinguished American. We received word last 
night that the remarkable life of former Associate Justice John Paul 
Stevens had come to a close at the age of 99.
  Justice Stevens served for 34 years on the Nation's highest Court. 
You didn't have to agree with his constitutional philosophy to admire 
his obvious intelligence or the universal reports about his kindness 
and collegiality or the passionate patriotism he was proud to wear on 
his sleeve. No question, this was a quintessential public servant of 
the ``greatest generation.''
  A son of Chicago who enlisted in the Navy the day before Pearl Harbor 
and went on to earn a Bronze Star for his work in cracking the coded 
messages of Imperial Japan, there was just something about Justice 
Stevens that told you this man lived life to the fullest. At age 12, he 
was there to see Babe Ruth's ``called shot'' at Wrigley Field. At age 
99, just this year, he published a memoir that was subtitled 
``Reflections on My First 94 Years.'' In between, alongside his time on 
the Court, he found time to weigh in on Shakespeare scholarship on the 
side.
  So the Senate joins the Nation in appreciating this American life 
fully lived, and our condolences are with the Stevens family on this 
sad day.

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