[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 685]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 WELCOMING SENATOR ALLEN TO THE SENATE

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I join my colleague from Virginia and my 
colleague from Delaware in welcoming our new member from the State of 
Virginia. Frankly, I am delighted to see another former Governor join 
this body. I wish there were more of us here. I know the Senator from 
Virginia will have a great deal to offer. He has already made a 
significant contribution, and it was a pleasure for me to be able to be 
here and to hear his first speech. I know not only from that speech, 
but from his actions, he is going to be an extremely valuable Member of 
this body. I think the senior Senator from Virginia will agree that 
having additional ``wahoos'' is always a good idea.
  Mr. WARNER. I thank our colleague.
  We wish the Senator well in the coming weeks. He is about to 
experience something that will require courage and God's will and 
godspeed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri is recognized.
  (The remarks of Mr. Bond pertaining to the introduction of S. 189 are 
located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and 
Joint Resolutions.'')

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