[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13802]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING SHIMON PERES

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, we were saddened to learn last night 
that Shimon Peres, the ninth President of Israel, has passed away at 
the age of 93. He leaves behind a remarkable legacy of service on 
behalf of the people of Israel and a lengthy resume to match. The Nobel 
Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold 
Medal--Peres earned them all. In fact, I was honored to be a part of 
the ceremony to award him that Gold Medal just a few short years ago.
  His political career is one that spans nearly seven decades and 
encompasses just about every high office imaginable: President, Prime 
Minister, peacemaker, revered statesman, and one of the last remaining 
connections to the founding of the modern State of Israel. This is how 
the world will remember Shimon Peres, but above all, we will remember 
him as the embodiment of a nation that the United States is privileged 
to call an ally and dear friend.
  Our thoughts are with his family; with our friends, the people of 
Israel; and with the many others around the globe who mourn his passing 
today.

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