Joe Lieberman: “I rise today proudly to introduce legislation to rename the postal facility at 141 Weston Street in Hartford, CT, as the…”

“I rise today proudly to introduce legislation to rename the postal facility at 141 Weston Street in Hartford, CT, as the ``Barbara B. Kennelly Post Office Building.'' Barbara Kennelly is a dear friend, a former member of the House of Representatives, and an outstanding citizen of Connecticut who has dedicated her life to public service on behalf of the citizens of our great State. It is long past time, and the very least that we can do to pay tribute to her in this small but lasting way. Barbara's life of public service came as no surprise to those of us who knew her and her family--the first family of Connecticut politics, I might add. Her father, John M. Bailey, was one of the all time great political legends of our State--a powerful political leader, confidante of John F. Kennedy, and Democratic Party chairman under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. I devoted the better half of my senior year at Yale to the study of Bailey and wrote my senior thesis, later turned into a book, on his brilliant and sophisticated use of political power.”