[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17076]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  APPRECIATION TO COLLEAGUES AND STAFF

  Mr. FRIST. Today has been a long day. I thank my colleagues for their 
cooperation. I also wish everyone a safe and restful break. We had a 
lot of highlights over the course of the day. We had a lot of passion 
and some emotion on the floor.
  I thank all of the people who are here tonight, the clerks, the pages 
who are here always until very late at night, the security personnel 
throughout whom we will say goodbye to as we leave the Capitol tonight. 
When you are here at 12:42 in the morning, having been here all day, 
you have a little appreciation for what it takes to make the Capitol 
click, the infrastructure, the people, the dedication. As Senators come 
and go over the course of the day, there are a lot of people here who 
dedicate themselves and sacrifice a lot of their own personal lives to 
make things happen. We appreciate that.

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