[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 657]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          DEPARTING COLLEAGUES

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I wish to start this morning by 
acknowledging the news from last week that three of our colleagues will 
be leaving us when their current terms expire. Senator Hutchison has 
been a trusted adviser of mine, a leader in the Senate, and a dear 
friend. Senator Conrad has been a leader on the budget. He has done a 
lot to alert the country to the fiscal problems we face as a Nation. 
Senator Lieberman has been a consistent and courageous leader on 
defense and national security issues. We will be sorry to see them go. 
They have all been a great credit to this body.

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