Amy Klobuchar: “I have already given speeches in this Chamber about my four friends, departing Democratic colleagues, Senators Heitkamp…”

“I have already given speeches in this Chamber about my four friends, departing Democratic colleagues, Senators Heitkamp, McCaskill, Nelson, and Donnelly. Now I rise to recognize my Republican colleagues who are leaving the Senate. Let me start with Orrin Hatch, who is truly one of a kind. Out of 100 Senators, none of us can say that our great-grandfather founded the town of Vernal, UT, home of the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo. None of us can say that we served as a Mormon bishop or that we started off working as a janitor to pay for school and then went on to become the most senior Republican in the U.S. Senate. None of us can say that we moonlight as a singer, songwriter, and famed lyricist, whose catalogue includes the classics: ``Heal Our Land,'' ``Eight Days of Hanukkah,'' and his ode to Manhattan, ``Skatin' with My Baby.'' Orrin Hatch's songs have been featured in the movies ``Oceans 12'' and ``Stuart Little 2.'' While Senator Hatch takes pride in all of his accomplishments, I know that he is proudest of his family: his wife, Elaine; their six children; 23 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. Senator Hatch and I have worked together for a long period of time. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976, and I also got my start in elected life that year as the secretary-treasurer of my 10th grade high school class. Washingtonian Magazine once named us the two Senators least likely to get into a scandal, which I assume includes with each other.…”