[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 27256]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          THANKING OUR CREATOR

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I want to publicly state I think we ought 
to thank our Creator for giving us the opportunity to serve in this 
body, and to have a period of time like we have just come through, 
where I have been able to speak for people of different nationalities, 
different tongues, who have come to our country and sought freedom and 
an opportunity to work for themselves, so that they will now be able to 
continue that work. It really is, to me, a very significant day. To be 
able to accomplish this is very much a humbling experience.

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