Heidi Alexander: “I thank the Senator from Colorado for his remarks. He reminds me of something former Majority Leader Tom Daschle told us…”

“I thank the Senator from Colorado for his remarks. He reminds me of something former Majority Leader Tom Daschle told us one morning at the Prayer Breakfast. He said that after World War II, Archibald MacLeish, who was the poet laureate of the United States, said of the veterans who came back from the war--when talking to Members of the Senate, he said: They gave us our country. Now it is up to us to see that we can do something with it. I think we need to always remember that challenge and opportunity that we have. The Jackson Magnolia Mr. President, some disappointing news arrived last month. The White House announced that the Andrew Jackson magnolia is sick and dying and that part of it had to be removed. On December 27, the east leader, which is a top section of a tree, was removed. The other leader of the Jackson magnolia is still intact, but it is supported by a cabling system. The part that was removed will eventually be replaced with a seedling from the original tree. When President Trump visited the Hermitage outside Nashville in March of last year and laid a wreath at Andrew Jackson's tomb, he likely walked past trees that were also seedlings from the Jackson magnolia. The news of the Jackson magnolia has special significance for Tennesseans and for several Tennessee families, including our own.…”