Thomas Daschle: “Mr. President, it is with great pride and pleasure that I announce that Senator Sam Nunn has just become the 17th…”

“Mr. President, it is with great pride and pleasure that I announce that Senator Sam Nunn has just become the 17th Senator in U.S. history to cast 10,000 votes. I am pleased to congratulate him for this remarkable achievement and thank him for his service to this institution and our country. In his leadership role on defense policies, Senator Nunn is following in the footsteps of two other great legislators from the State of Georgia. Senator Nunn served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1987 to 1994, and is currently the ranking Democrat on the committee. He has introduced or cosponsored the most important legislation concerning military and defense issues of the past two decades, including defense reorganization, measures to reduce the threat of nuclear war, Pentagon procurement reform, base closing, and restructuring of military pay and benefits.”