[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18231]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               SECOND GOLDEN GAVEL AWARD FOR SENATOR BURR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I offer congratulations to one of our 
Presiding Officers, Senator Richard Burr. At 5:20 p.m. today, Senator 
Burr broke the longstanding record for the quickest completion of 200 
hours of presiding over the Senate. He has now earned his second Golden 
Gavel Award in this, his first Congress in the Senate. If he keeps this 
up, we may need to establish a special Platinum Gavel Award in his 
honor.
  We all owe Senator Burr a special thank-you for his unprecedented 
service to the Senate as an institution.
  I am sure he has heard many interesting and stimulating speeches in 
the Senate during those 200 hours.

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