[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 29378]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, this is a special day today. I just want to 
take note of it now. It is a special day, the birthday of someone 
Americans all know. He is one of our senior citizens who has his 
birthday today. When this animated character burst on the scene, it 
changed our country. That change was bound to happen because of his 
appeal to the young and the old. He has changed the way we communicate. 
He has changed the way we travel.
  He is just a little fellow, but size has meant nothing to this 
animated character. He has always held that it is not the size of the 
dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog.
  He has changed our attitude on how we solve our problems and most 
times taught us to laugh at ourselves and lighten up on ourselves. He 
has entered our lives and he has changed us all, from the young to the 
old.
  Today is the birthday of Mickey Mouse. It is also shared by our good 
friend, the President pro tempore now in the chair, Chairman Stevens.
  I yield the floor.

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