[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         REMEMBERING STEVE JOBS

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, today I join my colleagues and so many 
around the world in paying tribute to Apple chairman and cofounder 
Steve Jobs, the Silicon Valley pioneer who died at age 56 after a long, 
brave fight with pancreatic cancer. I send my deepest condolences to 
Steve Jobs' family and friends on this devastating loss.
  Steve was a California icon and one of America's greatest innovators 
who changed the way we work, communicate, and live our daily lives. 
Billions of people around the world have been touched by the power of 
his ideas.
  His true genius lay in knowing what consumers wanted and needed 
before they themselves knew it, and then giving them simple, elegant 
products to meet those needs. Many of us who never knew we needed an 
iPad or an iPod now can't do without them.
  Steve was a Californian through and through: He was born in San 
Francisco, raised in Los Altos, and changed the world from Cupertino. 
He embodied California's entrepreneurial spirit of creativity and 
optimism. In the process, he created millions of jobs in industries 
that he himself helped to create.
  Even in the face of a deadly disease, Steve never lost his grace, his 
sense of humor, and his optimism. In a commencement address at Stanford 
University in 2005, he talked openly about his illness and urged 
graduates to devote their lives to following their passions. ``Your 
time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life,'' he 
told them. ``Don't be trapped by dogma--which is living with the 
results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' 
opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the 
courage to follow your heart and intuition.''
  These were the principles he lived by. This was the guiding 
philosophy that helped create a revolution in communications. And these 
are the lessons that still inspire so many all across the world.
  All of us are deeply grateful to Steve Jobs, who showed us once again 
how one person really can change the world.

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