[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16950]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF THE LATE SENATOR FRED THOMPSON

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a great American who 
passed away yesterday, former United States Senator Fred Thompson.
  Fred Thompson represented the State of Tennessee in the United States 
Senate from 1995 until 2003. He had been a staffer on the Watergate 
Committee and kind of made a name for himself there when he asked such 
good, probing questions and did such a marvelous job.
  He later went on to be an outstanding attorney before he became a 
United States Senator and an actor and a leader in our country who 
crossed party aisles and was known to sometimes deviate from everybody 
to do what he thought was right.
  I was a State senator and a Democrat. Fred Thompson, a Republican, 
encouraged me to get involved, stay involved, and shoot for the top in 
politics.
  He worked with Democrats in the Senate, and he was awarded the 
National Conference of State Legislators Keeping Federalism Alive Award 
because of his lone vote, a single bill that has kept the policy of 
federalism. It wasn't politics for Fred Thompson. It was philosophy.
  He was a great leader. He will be missed. I send my condolences to 
his family. I thank him for his service to my State and our country.

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