On the recordOctober 21, 2020
``Farmer,'' ``fiercely independent,'' ``fiscal hawk''-- all of the good things the Presiding Officer said about him--they describe a part of Senator Mark Andrews, but to me, he is still a giant. At his funeral, the Gospel text that was read was from an agrarian parable in Matthew 13--a very familiar one to most people--where Jesus talks about the teeny mustard seed. In verse 32, He is recorded as saying: ``Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree so that birds can come and perch in its branches.'' Mark Andrews was a really big tree with really big roots into the soil of the Red River Valley of North Dakota. I felt as though I had found a perch on his branches and stand on his shoulders. Mark and Mary also died with the Gospel promise that Christ has prepared a mansion for them in Heaven. I am pretty sure it is a farmhouse. Thank you, Senator Andrews. You served North Dakota well and will be missed. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire. Coronavirus
