[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 144 (Thursday, September 8, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING QUEEN ELIZABETH II

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, today, all Americans stand with our 
great friends across the Atlantic in mourning the passing of Her 
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our deepest sympathies are with the royal 
family and the many millions of people across the United Kingdom and 
the Commonwealth and the entire world who have drawn reassurance and 
inspiration from her historic reign, sterling character, and shining 
example.
  For 70 long years--from the aftermath of World War II well into the 
21st century, across 15 different Prime Ministers, through great 
triumphs and great challenges--the Queen's steady leadership 
safeguarded the land she loved. Despite spending nearly three-quarters 
of a century as one of the most famous and admired individuals on the 
entire planet, the Queen made sure her reign was never really about 
herself, not about her fame or her feelings or her personal wants or 
needs.
  She guided venerable institutions through modern times using timeless 
virtues like duty, dignity, and sacrifice. She offered our contemporary 
world a living master class that it needed badly.
  Of particular importance to all Americans, the decades of Her 
Majesty's reign saw an intense deepening of the special relationship 
and close bond between the United States and the United Kingdom. The 
Queen met sitting President Harry S. Truman when she was a 25-year-old 
princess. She went on to meet with a dozen more of our Presidents 
during her reign. She presided over a period of historic strengthening 
of the alliance between our nations that has changed the course of 
world history for the better.
  So, Madam President, today, the Senate and the American people are 
joined with our dear friends across the ocean. We are joined in prayer, 
in grief, and in gratitude for such a remarkable leader and such a 
successful reign.

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