[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16833]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CONDOLENCES TO INHOFE FAMILY

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, the Senate family was stunned yesterday 
with the news that our colleague Jim Inhofe lost his son Perry in a 
plane crash in Oklahoma. I extend my condolences to Jim, the senior 
Senator from Oklahoma, and his wife Kay and their family on the loss of 
their son.
  Each year, I always look forward to their Christmas card. It is an 
amazing gathering which grows by the year. Clearly, it is a strong, 
large family which takes great comfort in one another's strength. At 
this moment they will need it having lost one of their own.
  I extend my condolences along with those of the Senate family to all 
of their extended family. I pray that they will have the strength--and 
I am confident they will--to face this personal and family tragedy.

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