[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 2906]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THANKING SENATOR BYRD

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I want to thank our very able senior 
Senator from West Virginia, former majority leader, ranking member on 
the Appropriations Committee, for his wisdom. Every time I have a 
chance to listen to Senator Robert Byrd, I treasure it. Senator Byrd 
has a mix of wisdom and experience that informs his remarks.
  Mr. BYRD. If the Senator will yield, I apologize for interrupting his 
remarks. I thank the Senator for his words. I thank him, however, far 
more for his wisdom and for his courage, and for his insight, and for 
his constructive contributions that are made so often to the debates in 
the Senate. I marvel at his talent. He is not one who has hidden his 
talents. He is out front, outspoken, and I listen always with great 
admiration. May he long continue to serve the people of the United 
States in this Senate in the capacity which he now serves, in which 
capacity he would have no peer; I have not seen a peer yet. I thank him 
again.

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