I AM SURE THAT I CAN SPEAK WHEN I SAY SENATOR FORD WILL BE
           SORELY MISSED. HIS COMBINATION OF PERSONAL CHARM AND
           LEGISLATIVE SKILL IS A RARE ONE, AND WHOEVER FILLS HIS SEAT
           WILL HAVE MUCH TO LIVE UP TO. MY WIFE IRMA AND I SHALL REGRET

           TO SEE HIM AND HIS LOVELY WIFE GO. WENDELL FORD, IN HIS SERVICE
           HERE AND IN HIS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY, REMINDS ME
           OF A BIT OF VERSE BY JOHN G. HOLLINGS. "GOD GIVE US MEN A TIME
           LIKE THIS DEMANDS STRONG MINDS, GREAT HEARTS, TREE TRUE FAITH

           AND READILY HAND DID INESS, MEN WHO THE LUST OF OFFICE DOES NOT
           KILL, MEN WHOM THE SPOILS OF OFFICE DOES NOT BUY, MEN WHO
           POSSESS OPINIONS AND A WILL, MEN WHO HAVE HONOR, MEN WHO WILL
           NOT LIE, MEN HOCK STAND BEFORE THE DEMAGOGUE AND DAMN HIS
           TREACHEROUS FLATRIES WITHOUT WAIVERNINGING, TALL MEN SON

           CROWNED WHO LIVED ABOVE THE FOULING IN PUBLIC DUTY AND PRIVATE
           THINKING, THIS DOUBTFUL DEED STANDS, FOR WHILE THE RABBLE WITH
           ITS SUN WARM CREEDS AND ITS DOUBTFUL
           

           DEEDS STANDS IN SELFISH STRIFE STRIFE. GOD GIVE US MEN, MEN WHO
           SERVE NOT FOR SELFISH BOOTING, BUT REAL MEN COURAGEOUS WHO
           FLINCH NOT ATDUIT TIRX MEN OF DEPENDABLE CHARACTER, MEN OF
           STERLING WORTH, WHEN WRONGS WILL BE REDRESSED AND RIGHT WILL

           RULE THE EARTH, GOD GIVE US MEN." NOW, MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME
           REPEAT THAT SECOND VERSE. "MEN WHO CAN STAND BEFORE A
           DEMAGOGUE, AND DAMN HIS TREACHEROUS FLATRIES WITHOUT WANING
           WINKING, TALL MEN SOME CROWNED WHO LIVE ABOVE THE FOG IN PUBLIC
           DUTY AND IN PRIVATE THINKING, FOR WHILE THE RABBLE WITH ITS
           THUMB WORN CREEDS, ITS LARGE PROFESSIONS AND ITS LITTLE DEEDS,

           MINGLES IN SELFISH STRIFE, LOW FREEDOM WEEPS, LONG RULES THE
           LAND AND WAITING JUSTICE SLEEPS. GOD GIVE US MEN, MEN WHO SERVE
           NOT FOR SELFISH DUTY BUT MEN COURAGEOUS WHO FLINCH NOT AT DUTY,
           MEN OF DEPENDABLE CHARACTER, MEN OF STERLING WORTH AND WRONGS
           WILL BE REDRESSED AND RIGHT WILL RULE THE EARTH. GOD GIVE US
           MEN." MR. PRESIDENT, I YIELD THE FLOOR AND SGEST THE ABSENCE OF
           A QUORUM.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
           

           MR. FORD: MR. PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY.
           

           MR. FORD: MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THE CALL FOR
           THE QUORUM BE DISPENSED WITH.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
           

           MR. FORD: MR. PRESIDENT, I UNDERSTAND THAT EACH SENATOR HAS TEN
           MINUTES -- UP TO TEN MINUTES.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THERE WILL BE MORNING BUSINESS FOR UP TO
           TEN MINUTES.
           

           MR. FORD: MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S BEEN OBVIOUS HERE LAST FRIDAY AND
           TODAY THAT THIS SENATOR EXCEEDED THE SERVICE OF DISTINGUISHED
           KENTUCKY STATESMAN ELBAN BARKLEY, AND IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
           GIFT THAT THE PEOPLE OF MY STATE HAVE GIVEN TO ME, BECAUSE IT
           IS A GIFT ONLY THEY HAVE IT TO GIVE, AND THAT'S THROUGH THEIR

           VOTES. AND IF THERE'S ANY SIGNIFICANCE TO THIS PERIOD OF
           SERVICE, IT'S THAT I'VE SERVED MY PEOPLE WELL AND HAVE VOTED
           THE WAY THEY WOULD HOPE I WOULD VOTE, AND THAT THEY UNDERSTAND
           THAT I WORK HARD EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING
           THAT I WOULD HOPE TO. MR. PRESIDENT, ON FRIDAY, ONE OF THE
           FINEST YOUNG MEN THAT I'VE KNOWN IN A LONG TIME, SENATOR

           DASCHLE, SAID SOME VERY KIND WORDS ABOUT ME AND OUR
           ASSOCIATION, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HIM. JOHN GLENN, WHO EVERYBODY
           KNOWS AND YOU OUGHT TO STAND CLOSE TO HIM SO YOU CAN GET YOUR
           PICTURE MADE -- BUT JOHN AND HIS WIFE, ANNE, AND MISS FORD AND
           I HAVE BECOME VERY CLOSE AND PERSONAL FRIENDS WITH THEM. JOHN
           IS GOING TO DO WHAT HE FEELS LIKE HE CAN STILL MAKE A
           CONTRIBUTION TO, AND THAT IS HOW WE CAN PREVENT AGING. AND I

           WISH HIM ALL THE SUCCESS IN THE WORLD. AFTER I LEAVE HERE, I
           INTEND TO FORM THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION CENTER IN MY HOMETOWN
           FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE JOHN GLENNS OF THIS WORLD WILL DO
           WHAT THEY CAN DO BEST, AND I HOPE THAT WENDELL FORD CAN DO WHAT
           HE DOES BEST AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN
           GOVERNMENT, WHETHER IT'S LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL. MAYBE WE CAN

           FIND ANOTHER HENRY CLAY OR HENRIETTA CLAY, AS THE TIMES WOULD
           DICTATE IN THE CLASS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE WILL BEGIN
           THAT IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR WHEN I LEAVE THE SENATE. HARRY
           REID WHO TALKED ABOUT SEARCHLIGHT, NEVADA, A VERY SMALL
           COMMUNITY, REMINDS ME OF YELLOW CREEK, KENTUCKY, WHERE I CAME
           FROM, A LITTLE TOWN OF T THRUSTON. AND SENATOR CONDITION -- AS

           HE MADE HIS REMARKS ON FRIDAY, I'M GRATEFUL TO. AND WE'VE JUST
           LISTENED TO SOME WORDS FROM THE DISTINGUISHED SENATOR FROM WEST
           VIRGINIA, ROBERT BYRD. AS HE SAID, HE WAS WHIP WHEN I CAME TO
           THE SENATE, AND HE WAS ALMOST A THIRD SENATOR FOR KENTUCKY
           BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH IN COMMON BETWEEN WEST VIRGINIA AND
           KENTUCKY, PARTICULARLY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. I THOUGHT I KNEW

           THE LOVE OF THIS INSTITUTION UNTIL I MET SENATOR ROBERT BYRD
           AND UNDERSTOOD HIS LOVE FOR THIS INSTITUTION. I THOUGHT I
           UNDERSTOOD THE -- I UNDERSTOOD TO DEFEND AND SUPPORT THE
           CONSTITUTION OF THESE UNITED STATES UNTIL I MET ROBERT C. BYRD
           AND SAW HIS TENACIOUS SUPPORT OF THE
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