Pete Domenici: “this last Saturday, I traveled with my wife Nancy and many of our colleagues in the Senate to Casper, WY, for the…”

“this last Saturday, I traveled with my wife Nancy and many of our colleagues in the Senate to Casper, WY, for the funeral service of my friend Senator Craig Thomas. During the service I was particularly impressed by the words of Minority Leader McConnell and I would like to thank him for so eloquently eulogizing Senator Thomas. So appropriately did his words honor Senator Thomas that I hope all our colleges in the Senate will take the time to read them. I ask unanimous consent that this transcript of Senator McConnell's comments be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Service in Honor of Craig Thomas, June 9, 2007 Reverend [Moore], Susan, Lexie, Patrick, Greg, Peter; distinguished guests, colleagues and friends of Craig Lyle Thomas. There are people that we can't ever imagine dying because they're so alive, and there are people we can't imagine dying because they seem so healthy and so strong. Craig Thomas's death is doubly hard because he was both of these people. But death has done its work, and so we come back to the place that he was always so eager to return to, to accompany him on one last trip back. It was here that he first heard his calling to serve in public life, and here that he first tasted the bitterness of loss.…”