Johnny Isakson: “we are reaching that time of year when some of our colleagues will retire, some may be retired without wanting to be…”

“we are reaching that time of year when some of our colleagues will retire, some may be retired without wanting to be retired, and we will have new colleagues coming to the Senate and the House next year. I wish to pause for a moment and pay tribute to a great Georgian who will be retiring at the end of December and who has served our State for six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives-- Mr. Lynn Westmoreland. Lynn Westmoreland is a true entrepreneur, a native Georgian, a dedicated father, an outstanding businessman, and an unquestioned leader in the House of Representatives. As the ranking member of the Intelligence Committee in the House, he has been instrumental since 9/ 11, seeing to it that we remain safe in this country and that we have the information we need to make decisions we need to make to keep America safe. I go back with Lynn Westmoreland a long time. I was a realtor in Georgia. I was in the brokerage business for 33 years. I dealt with homebuilders all the time, and one of them was Lynn Westmoreland. Early in his career, he founded his own construction company, called L.A.W. Construction. He was an outstanding homebuilder in Fayette County, GA, and in our State. He built that business to be one of the best building and construction businesses in our State, and I am proud of what he accomplished. He is also a guy who gives back. So Lynn decided to run for public office.…”