Haley Stevens: “I regret seriously that I was not here at the beginning of the statement made by the distinguished Senator from West…”

“I regret seriously that I was not here at the beginning of the statement made by the distinguished Senator from West Virginia, Senator Byrd. I was in an interview, as a matter of fact. My staff came to tell me the Senator was speaking about the article I gave to him that my daughter Lily wrote. I have come to the floor to thank him for his courtesy and generosity in speaking about that article. Lily is one of my six children, the last of my children. As the Senator from West Virginia indicated, she is in law school at Boalt Hall. She wrote her thesis at Stanford about the history of this Capitol. I gave a copy of that thesis to the Librarian of Congress, James Billington, and he passed it on to the National Capitol Historical Society. They determined they would print part of it in their current bulletin, which pleased me very much. I shared that with the Senator from West Virginia, as any proud father would, particularly with the Senator from West Virginia because of our great friendship and the time we have been here together. He is the senior Senator on his side of the aisle, and I am now the senior Senator on this side of the aisle. I will forever be his junior in terms of not only age but service and the admiration I have for him. I knew Senator Byrd would be interested in the way Lily described this Capitol, its history, and its importance to this country.…”