[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO SENATOR ROBERT BYRD

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am pleased to join with my colleagues 
in congratulating Senator Robert Byrd on his 50 years of exemplary and 
distinctive service in the U.S. Senate.
  Senator Byrd is a distinguished Member of the Senate and has served 
in many important positions of responsibility in this body during his 
tenure as Senator from West Virginia. He has served as minority and 
majority leader, as chairman and ranking member of the Appropriations 
Committee, and as President pro tempore of the Senate.
  It has been a great privilege to serve with Senator Byrd on the 
Appropriations Committee. I have learned so much from him since joining 
this committee in 1981. Senator Byrd has been a good friend as well as 
a mentor. It has also been a great pleasure to serve with him on the 
Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, which we have both 
chaired.
  I look forward to continuing to serve with him in the coming years.

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