[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23884]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     ADMIRATION FOR SENATOR KENNEDY

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, before he leaves the floor, we have seen 
with Chairman Kennedy over the last 2 minutes why he is so admired by 
Senators on both sides of the aisle. We have seen how he has engineered 
critically important bipartisan legislation that helps our working 
families in the education area. We have heard him speak eloquently 
about fallen firefighters. We admire them so tremendously in Boston and 
across the country. Of course, once again, when we think of Senator 
Warner--I will have more to say about him in the days ahead--Senator 
Kennedy has spoken for all of us this morning as he talked about how 
much we value Senator Warner's counseled insight. I want him to know 
how much I appreciate his leadership and how much I value his counsel 
in the Senate.
  Mr. KENNEDY. I thank the Senator.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I know we are in morning business. I ask 
unanimous consent to speak on the health care issue for up to 20 
minutes.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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