On the recordJune 18, 2013
I know the Senator from Delaware was also, like myself, born in West Virginia. And when we think about all the famous people who have come from West Virginia, we think about the men with the right stuff--Charles Yeager, General Yeager, who broke the sound barrier in 1947; we think about the Rocket Boys and the movie ``October Sky.'' We think about the Hatfield and McCoy feud--a couple of feuds we have had and some might say are still going on; and we think about the logo for the National Basketball Association. Jerry West is the person dribbling the basketball. That is his picture. That is the logo. So we think about so many contributions, but most important of all the people in West Virginia and all over this great country have contributed to who we are today, and I am a proud West Virginian through and through.
