[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 23, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING TED STEVENS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, later today, in the old Senate Chamber, 
family, friends, and former colleagues of our late colleague, Senator 
Ted Stevens, will gather for the unveiling of the Senator's leadership 
portrait.
  Senator Stevens' likeness will join the storied ranks of the 
leadership portrait collection--images of majority leaders, minority 
leaders, and Presidents pro tem, which are proudly displayed around the 
building.
  Our distinguished predecessors watch over the corridors they walked, 
the rooms in which they debated, and the body they served.
  It is fitting that Senator Stevens is being recognized for his 
service as President pro tem. As we all know, unlike the elected party 
leaders, that is not a job which you can campaign or persuade your way 
into. The only way to become President pro tem is to persuade your home 
State, over and over, to rehire you, and Ted Stevens was about the most 
dogged advocate for his home State that anybody could possibly imagine. 
He was Alaska's son and Alaska's champion 24 hours a day and then some.
  I look forward to honoring our former colleague's memory this 
afternoon.

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