John B. Breaux: “I rise, as have some of our colleagues today, to express my deepest sympathy to Senator Paul Coverdell's friends…”

“I rise, as have some of our colleagues today, to express my deepest sympathy to Senator Paul Coverdell's friends, family, and to his wife Nancy, as others throughout the State of Georgia as well as throughout this country mourn the passing of one of our colleagues who, indeed, was a very special person. I think when we reflect on the times we had and the opportunity we had to spend with Paul Coverdell, we will certainly remember him as a Senator's Senator; by that I mean a person who was really interested not so much in the message of the day but, rather, in actually working together to bring to this floor and to the American people legislative products that were appropriate to get the job done. I think all of us, when we see our legislative branches becoming more and more partisan and more and more separated by imaginary aisles that separate us, can think back and remember Paul Coverdell as a person who was willing to work with anyone who was willing to work with him in order to accomplish legislation that was in the interest of this whole country.”