Barry Loudermilk: “I thank Representative Scott for his time here, and I thank him for organizing this. This is a moment that I am sure all…”

“I thank Representative Scott for his time here, and I thank him for organizing this. This is a moment that I am sure all of us are having mixed feelings. There have been a lot of accolades given here today to Senator Isakson, a lot of talk about his accomplishments, which are absolutely many. What a lot of people don't understand about Georgia is we have legends. There are legends from Georgia that, if you go to any history book or you talk to anybody, they will recognize those names as Georgia. James Oglethorpe is one of those, the founder of Georgia. Sam Nunn, Zell Miller, John Lewis, Dr. Martin Luther King. Of course, everybody knows Vince Dooley, the legendary coach of the University of Georgia. Others, like Tom Murphy, the longest serving speaker of the house in the Nation, who served in the Georgia State House, that I know Senator Isakson served with when he was in the State house. I believe that Johnny Isakson is one of those legends, as well. As was mentioned, he is the only Georgian in the history of our State, in the history of this Nation, to serve in both houses of the State legislature and both Houses of the United States legislature, an accomplishment no one else has ever achieved. Now, the one thing I know about Senator Isakson is the character of the man, that he didn't accomplish those things because it was a personal goal; it was because of his heart of service.…”