Joe Donnelly: “I want to thank my colleague from Wisconsin for those heartfelt and inspiring remarks. It illustrates the problem--the…”

“I want to thank my colleague from Wisconsin for those heartfelt and inspiring remarks. It illustrates the problem--the problem I was talking about with my friend Randy, from Fort Wayne, who said: ``My entire career I was promised what I would earn from my pension.'' These are people who every day got up in the dark, worked all day, and went home in the dark so they could take care of their families, so they could meet their obligations. All of the businesses to which many of these teamster drivers delivered counted on those drivers to be there every day, on time in order to keep their business going, and they always kept their word. The coal miners from my State were promised by Harry Truman that this pension was a sacred obligation that would be kept, and they counted on President Truman's word and the word of everybody else after that. They kept the lights on in our country. They helped to make sure that we were able to win wars. They stood up every single day to fight for the red, white, and blue. All they ever asked is for us to keep our word. That is what we need to do. I am honored to have with us here today my colleague from North Dakota, who fights every single day for the people of her State. We are so blessed to have her with us right now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.”