[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14113]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THANKING THE MAJORITY LEADER AND STAFF

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, let me say before I read this last section, 
I commend the majority leader. He has had a very trying week. The floor 
staff and others have done a remarkable job in getting us to this 
point. I wouldn't want this evening to pass without noting they do not 
get the recognition they often deserve, but this institution functions 
because there are a lot of people whose names are never known who make 
this happen. It is important, as we begin this Independence Day break, 
that we recognize the remarkable people who function and work every 
single day in the Senate, the majority leader's staff, and others who 
have had to weave through this morass of procedural objections that 
have allowed us to reach the point we have.
  We are going to come back in 10 days. I mentioned the housing bill, 
but also the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a source of 
significant controversy. While I have serious objections to it, and 
appreciate the opportunity I will have to strike section 2 of that bill 
dealing with retroactive immunity, I want the record to reflect the 
deep appreciation I have for the majority leader--I know others do as 
well--for the way in which he and his office have allowed us to achieve 
the results we have up to this point.

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