Thomas Daschle: “I add my heartfelt congratulations, as well, as we celebrate this special moment in the distinguished career of our…”

“I add my heartfelt congratulations, as well, as we celebrate this special moment in the distinguished career of our friend and colleague, Senator Domenici. It was Teddy Roosevelt who once said: Life has no blessing like that of the ability to work hard at work worth doing. No one knows that better than Senator Domenici. He has worked hard at work worth doing now for all of these years. I remember I was a young staff person in 1973, and he was a newly elected Senator from New Mexico, formerly the mayor of Albuquerque. Even back then many of us recognized--because of his intelligence, his good will, and the way he was able to demonstrate his ability to work across the aisle--that we would have the good fortune to work with him for a long, long time. He has now cast more votes than 1,877 of our colleagues, including most of us on the Senate floor. As we mark this occasion--knowing he has many more years to go, knowing he has many more thresholds to break--we congratulate him, we wish him good fortune, and we recognize this extraordinary achievement today. I yield the floor and, again, congratulate him heartily.”