Watson Coleman: “I come to the Senate to associate myself with the praise of my distinguished colleague from West Virginia for Senator…”

“I come to the Senate to associate myself with the praise of my distinguished colleague from West Virginia for Senator Dayton. We live in very partisan times. We live in times where there is great cynicism about politics. We come from opposite sides of the political aisle, and there are moments we are butting heads on issues and press releases, but I have to say my colleague's heart is pure. On issue after issue, when Mark Dayton, the Senator from Minnesota, says something, he says it because he believes it and he is passionate about it. We worked together to try to make sure our troops, when they were on leave from Iraq, came home at no cost. The public does not see all the times we work together. They do not look into a man's heart. I have been here 4 years, and what I call the pureness of the heart, the commitment to public service, a lifelong commitment to public service, again and again at level after level on the State and now in the U.S. Congress is something to be celebrated. I express to my colleague and my friend--thanks for your service.”