Olympia Snowe: “I rise today to state how proud I was to support Senate Resolution 19, celebrating the life of the late President Gerald…”

“I rise today to state how proud I was to support Senate Resolution 19, celebrating the life of the late President Gerald R. Ford. It was an honor to commemorate the extraordinary legacy of the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Rudolph Ford, as we have mourned the loss of a treasured national leader and exceptional public servant. President Ford will forever be remembered for his unassailable integrity and decency, at a most difficult and challenging time. He was truly a great American who devoted his life not only to the Nation he loved but also to the finest and most ennobling ideals of public service. Throughout the years, President Ford represented a voice of civility and problem-solving--of consensus-building--and healing. History will record that his contribution to America's story was both indispensable and irrefutable. When our Nation looked to him for assurance, his stalwart character, disposition, and judgment instilled a quiet and renewed confidence in our country.”