Cord Byrd: “as a Senator who has witnessed the services that have been rendered to our country by this very remarkable American and…”

“as a Senator who has witnessed the services that have been rendered to our country by this very remarkable American and extraordinarily remarkable Senator, I wish to add just a few words about Samuel Augustus Nunn. He is the second individual who has served in the Congress by the name of Nunn. The first was David Alexander Nunn, who served from the State of Tennessee, elected to the House of Representatives in 1867, served for 2 years, and then was not reelected, but in 1873, was elected to a second term. I was looking over these names last night, and something struck me about them in particular. There is David Alexander Nunn. David, as we all know, is a Biblical name. Alexander, as we all know, was a great military general and ruler. And Nunn is a Biblical name. It is spelled N-u-n in the Bible. And often I have asked Sam, facetiously, if he named one of his sons Joshua. We are told that Joshua was the son of Nun. And then I noted Sam's name--Samuel, again a Biblical name, who answered God's call. He said, ``Here am I. Send me.'' And I saw this Senator who said in response to the needs of the people of Georgia, ``Here am I. Send me.'' ``Speak, Lord, thy servant heareth.'' And then his middle name is, as I indicated, Augustus. I do not know how many of you knew that. But Augustus was the first Roman emperor. He defeated Cleopatra and Anthony at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C. on September 2, the same birth month as Sam's.”