On the recordMarch 2, 2012
as I indicated to the Acting President pro tempore this morning, the junior Senator from Hawaii, how fortunate I was to have one of the senior Members of the Senate preside, that doesn't happen often, and here it is again with the Senator from West Virginia. I was commenting to my friends on the staff who don't know the Senator from West Virginia very well--and they don't know a lot of us because we just whip through here. In a brief synopsis I was telling them what a wonderful man the Senator is and what he has done to contribute to a better society. I have such gratitude to know the Presiding Officer, to know his background and the sacrifices he has made for his country. He has done so much for his State. When the history books are written, there will be a big chapter on what has taken place in West Virginia during the Presiding Officer's service there. Cloture Motion
