Political Quotes

“Madam President, I come to the floor today with, frankly, a heavy heart and a fair bit of trepidation. My goal over the next few minutes is to pay tribute to somebody who is so special, so remarkable, so beloved, so important to my home State of North Dakota that I feel inadequate, frankly. But here I am to pay tribute to Sister Thomas Welder, who died and went to be with the Lord on Monday morning of this week at the age of 80. Sister Thomas was for 31 years the president of the University of Mary and in the last several served as president emerita--very active. She was a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery at Bismarck. She was a dear personal friend--and not just to me but to everyone. When I say ``everyone,'' I mean everyone who mattered. I am unprepared, frankly, to begin to really address all that she is and was and does and means to people. Madam President, first of all, I would like to ask unanimous consent to print in the Record her obituary, as well as the news release announcing her passing from the University of Mary There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Sister Thomas Welder [April 27, 1940-June 22, 2020] Sister Thomas Welder, 80, a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery, Bismarck, and president of the University of Mary for 31 years, passed into eternal life June 22, 2020, at the monastery, following a recent diagnosis of kidney cancer.…”