[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11530]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING SENATOR THOMAS

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I know my colleagues are waiting. I liked 
Craig Thomas. We served in the House together and in the Senate. When 
they had his funeral service, I made a point of joining many of my 
colleagues to make the trip out to his beloved Wyoming to meet his 
neighbors and supporters and friends and family. It was a wonderful, 
beautiful service. He was such a quiet and strong man. He and I 
disagreed on lots of issues, but I respected him so much. I think his 
real strength was shown in his last battle with leukemia and cancer. 
Craig kept a smile on his face, despite some very difficult days. His 
wife Susan at his side out in Wyoming was a reminder that we are really 
a Senate family.
  We can debate issues back and forth, as we just did, but at the end 
of the day, I think he was a great Senator who served his State well, 
and it was an honor that I could count him as a friend.
  I yield the floor.

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