Pete Domenici: “Most of us are privileged to believe in a hereafter. Frankly, it is difficult for me to conceive of an adult human being…”

“Most of us are privileged to believe in a hereafter. Frankly, it is difficult for me to conceive of an adult human being with a mind and a heart, difficult for me to see how they do not all believe there is a hereafter. But there is no doubt in my mind that what I believe by faith is true, and there is no doubt in my mind that Paul Coverdell is in the hereafter. I didn't come to the floor today to speak about matters of great depth or of religion or faith or hope. I came to talk about the Paul Coverdell I knew day by day. Let me first say, it is very difficult to put the flowers and the cloth where they actually belong, because Paul Coverdell is not known as much for being at that desk as he is being in this aisle and taking somebody's place in this chair. For most of his time in the Senate, he was either putting together a group of Senators to address an issue or he was trying to get the Senate's work done, because he was asked either by a chairman or by the leader to do it.”