[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 7, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S36-S37]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING JIMMY CARTER

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, on Jimmy Carter, this morning, Special 
Air Mission 39 took off from Georgia, carrying the 39th President of 
the United States, Jimmy Carter, so he may be honored here in the 
Capitol one last time.
  For the next 2 days, President Carter will lie in state in the 
Rotunda of the

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U.S. Capitol Building, joining the small and distinguished list of 
eminent Americans who have earned this honor. Later today, I will join 
Leader Thune and other congressional leaders in the Rotunda of the U.S. 
Capitol to place a wreath on President Carter's casket on behalf of the 
U.S. Senate.
  Today and tomorrow, Americans will brave the snow and cold 
temperatures to pay their respects to one of the most decent men ever 
to hold the Office of the President. He was a gentleman in every sense 
of the word--kind, honorable, intelligent, humble, and deeply 
patriotic. These are virtues he brought to the Oval Office in an era 
when trust in government was arguably at a low in the 20th century.
  But just as admirable as the legacy President Carter built after 
holding the most powerful job in the world, after leaving office, he 
established the Carter Center to continue his work on human rights, on 
spreading democracy, on fighting disease; and we all know about his 
work with Habitat for Humanity where he could often be found outside, 
building houses for families in need, well into his nineties. That was 
President Carter at his core. He never stopped serving others until his 
final day. America was lucky to have him as a citizen, as a President, 
and as a moral compass of our time.

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