[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5636-5637]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      COMMENDING SENATOR HEITKAMP

  Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I come to the floor to commend my esteemed 
colleague from the State of North Dakota, Senator Heitkamp, on giving 
her maiden address this morning. She is not only someone I have known 
for a long time and worked with for a long time but somebody who I 
think truly brings a spirit of bipartisanship to this body, which is so 
needed as we address the challenges today, ranging from our debt and 
deficit, to getting our economy going, to getting people back to work, 
and addressing things such as terrorism and the heinous act we saw

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in the attack on the marathon in Boston and the great people of this 
great country, on immigration, on entitlement reform, protecting and 
preserving Social Security and Medicare for the long term, progrowth 
tax reform, an energy plan for this country, making sure we find ways 
to get our health care system working better--the finest health care 
system in the world--all of these great issues of the day for this 
Nation. I know she brings that sense of bipartisanship and that desire 
to serve the people of this great country.
  It is an unbelievable honor to serve the people of North Dakota and 
this country and this body, and I look forward to working with Senator 
Heitkamp--and all of our colleagues--on the challenges we face and the 
opportunities we face, the greatest country in the world, as we work on 
behalf of the American people. But I do want to commend her for her 
dedication and her commitment and her vision for a brighter future for 
this country.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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