[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2087]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    SENATOR CARNAHAN'S MAIDEN SPEECH

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I rise briefly to welcome and congratulate 
my colleague, Senator Carnahan, the newly elected Senator from 
Missouri, on her first remarks on the floor. I apologize for not being 
able to be here when she made the comments. I was in a Health Committee 
meeting asking questions about Missouri education programs of the 
Secretary of Education.
  I understand Senator Carnahan was talking about education on the 
floor, and I know education and children's issues are going to be areas 
where we will work together. Yesterday, Senator Carnahan joined as a 
cosponsor on a couple measures that are very important, ensuring 100-
percent deductibility on health insurance for the self-employed, which 
is very important to farmers and small business people in my State, and 
also providing relief from the draconian cuts enforced by HCFA on home 
health care agencies, which cost us half the home health care agencies 
in Missouri.
  We have many areas in which we are looking forward to working 
together. I tell my colleagues that Senator Carnahan has been a long-
time friend. She and her family were close associates in Jefferson 
City. Senator Carnahan was best known in Missouri as a very strong 
helpmate of our late Governor, treasurer, and servant, Mel Carnahan. I 
got to know her very well when they shared the same public housing in 
which we had lived, the Governor's mansion in Missouri. She was a very 
strong champion of the preservation of that mansion and a most gracious 
hostess for all the people of Missouri who came there.
  After the terrible tragedy which befell her family in our State last 
year, she was strong and gracious and was widely respected and admired 
by all Missourians. I know colleagues on this side of the aisle who 
have not had an opportunity to get to know her and work with her will 
look forward to doing so. I congratulate her and wish her well after 
making her first speech on the Senate floor. I know there will be many 
other issues which affect our mutual constituents on which we will be 
working together.
  I thank the Chair and my colleagues for indulging me as I extend a 
very warm welcome to Senator Carnahan.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from South Carolina is 
recognized.
  (The remarks of Mr. Hollings pertaining to the introduction of S. 341 
are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Allard). Under the previous order, the 
time until 11:30 a.m. shall be under the control of the Senator from 
Arizona, Mr. Kyl, or his designee.
  The Senator from Arizona.

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