[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 18537]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       FORMER SENATOR BROCK ADAMS

  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, last week, Washington State and the 
Nation lost a dedicated civic servant who gave much of his life to 
serving the public when former Senator Brock Adams passed away 
following a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
  Today, his family and friends are gathered to remember his life and 
legacy--and it is truly a long legacy--from fighting for civil rights 
to protecting the environment to standing up for people suffering from 
AIDS.
  Brock made his commitment to public service clear early in his life 
by serving as student body president at the University of Washington. 
It was not long afterwards that he became the youngest United States 
attorney in the entire Nation.
  Over the course of his career, Brock would go on to serve the people 
of Washington State in the House of Representatives and ultimately in 
the Senate. He also served the country, as President Jimmy Carter's 
Secretary of Transportation. His accomplishments in that role are 
epitomized by his work to help create Amtrak.
  Brock will be long remembered for hard work on behalf of Washington 
and the Nation. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife Betty and the 
rest of his family during this sad time.

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