[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4921]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRATULATING SENATORS SHELBY AND DODD

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, let me begin this morning by 
congratulating my good friends Senator Shelby and Senator Dodd for 
their great work in getting us to the point we are today. Of course, 
Senator Grassley and Senator Baucus were deeply involved in that with 
regard to the tax portion of the bipartisan bill we have before us. I 
think this is a good start to the debate.
  I also say to my good friend, the majority leader, I think this is a 
good example of how we can work together and accomplish something on an 
important issue for the country. We know now we will have amendments on 
both sides because that is the way the Senate operates. It is my hope 
we can get to the end of the trail here in the very near future and 
have a bipartisan bill we can all feel proud of.
  I want to begin the debate by again thanking Senator Shelby and 
Senator Dodd for getting us to this point. We look forward to moving 
forward as rapidly as possible.

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