[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9875]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            A GREAT MARRIAGE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I congratulate my good friend from West 
Virginia on his extraordinary reminiscence of his remarkable wife of 
68, almost 69 years. I think those of us in the Senate are well aware 
that the marriage of Robert and Erma Byrd was one of the great 
marriages of American history. No two people were ever more right for 
each other, ever more committed to each other, or provided a better 
example for our country than Senator and Mrs. Byrd.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I appreciate from my heart the kind words of 
my dear friend, Senator Mitch McConnell, from our neighboring State of 
Kentucky. I am not sure that I was meant to have all these blessings, 
but I am sure of one thing: Erma was the perfect woman, the greatest 
woman I have ever met. And today I have no doubt that she is in Heaven. 
I also have no doubt that I can meet her.
  Let me thank again my friend, Mitch McConnell. How lovely were his 
words. How nice of him. I thank the Senator very much.

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