[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5530]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         BRINGING BACK MEMORIES

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, every time I see the Presiding Officer 
introducing the prayer and directing the attention of the Senate to 
follow the Presiding Officer in reciting the pledge of allegiance, it 
brings back to me a lot of memories.
  When I first came to the Senate, we had several of Members of 
Congress who had been to war. Now that is not the case. We all look at 
John McCain with such idealism of what he did in the Vietnam war. There 
are others but there aren't many, and to have now the Presiding Officer 
having not only been to war but being a general and having led hundreds 
of people from Montana to war, I am sure when that Pledge of Allegiance 
is said by the Presiding Officer, your feelings are a little different 
from anyone else's because during those bitter battles in Iraq, members 
of your unit were killed and injured.
  So even though we don't say much publicly about the new addition to 
the Senate, I want the record to reflect that the people of Montana are 
so fortunate to have this patriot here in the Senate.
  We will miss Max Baucus tremendously. He was my friend. But I am 
really impressed with the Presiding Officer and--I repeat--his having 
been not only a warrior but a general who led a lot of warriors in war.

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