Political Quotes

“As we pass this resolution to name the Washington headquarters of one of President Kennedy's greatest legacies, the Peace Corps, after Paul Coverdell, Senators should recall that we already honored our departed friend and colleague last year. In addition to the programs that were named for Senator Coverdell last year that have already been identified by Senator Dodd, we honored Senator Coverdell by placing his name on another major Government program and to the legislation that established it--the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000. We were all shocked and saddened last July by the untimely passing of our friend, Paul Coverdell. As I said at the time, he was one of the kindest people to grace this floor, and there was a certain peacefulness about him that was always pleasantly contagious. In a sometimes very divisive Senate, that peacefulness was so respected. All of us who worked with Paul liked him; we missed him, and we wanted to honor his memory in an appropriate way. I think we did that.”