[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17308]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING REPRESENTATIVE TIM SCOTT OF SOUTH CAROLINA ON BEING 
                             NAMED SENATOR

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, as the senior Republican 
member of the delegation from South Carolina, it's my honor, on behalf 
of my colleagues, Congressman Mulvaney, Congressman Duncan, and 
Congressman Trey Gowdy, to be here to recognize--and I will be 
recognizing the senior member of the other party in just one second. 
I'm very grateful to be here this afternoon to give recognition to a 
person whom we have the highest regard for, the former chairman of the 
county council of my birthplace of Charleston, a former member of the 
statehouse, a distinguished Member of the House of Representatives, and 
now the next U.S. Senator from South Carolina.
  I now defer, before he has comment, to the senior member of our 
delegation, Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina.
  Mr. CLYBURN. Thank you very much, Representative Wilson. I didn't 
think I would ever live long enough or serve here long enough to call 
myself the dean of the South Carolina delegation, but I seem to have 
reached that point.
  I would like to add my voice of congratulations to Tim Scott. Tim I 
have known for some time. He has worked in the vineyards of Charleston 
County and in the State legislature. I enjoy Tim a whole lot. I enjoy 
those moments when we talk about the issues and then go to our 
respective voting places and cancel each other out. He is that kind of 
guy, and I appreciate him for it.
  But I also know that Tim is the personification, as I said to one 
media, of South Carolina's motto. Our State's motto is: ``While I 
breathe, I hope.'' It's a great motto for a State, and it personifies 
what Tim Scott's appointment has meant, not just to South Carolina, but 
to this great Nation of ours.
  Tim, congratulations. Godspeed. I know that you will represent our 
State and Nation honorably.
  Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Thank you, sir.
  Let me just say thank you to everyone. I have thoroughly enjoyed my 
time in the House. To my delegation members, there is no better 
delegation in America to serve with than all of you.
  I thought I would get a standing ovation for that one, but obviously 
not.
  I will say this, though, that one of the things that I've learned in 
this House is that there is a way to disagree without being 
disagreeable. And Jim Clyburn, you've helped me to understand that.
  To my guys here, I will say without any question that being a part of 
the team is important. And when I think about our country, I think of 
our country as a team. And as a kid coming from a single-parent 
household looking for opportunities, I found that in my team at home 
and my mentor. And now as I head to the Senate, I hope that we will 
continue to be a team. But America needs us to remember them. So thank 
you all so very much for this opportunity.
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. I yield back the balance of my time.

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