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Tributes to Hon. Trent Lott TRIBUTES TO HON. TRENT LOTT VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:02 May 15, 2009 Jkt 040534 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 H:\DOCS\LOTT\40534.TXT CRS2 PsN: SKAYNE VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:02 May 15, 2009 Jkt 040534 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 H:\DOCS\LOTT\40534.TXT CRS2 PsN: SKAYNE (Trim Line) (Trim Line) Trent Lott U.S. SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES E PL UR UM IB N U U S VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:02 May 15, 2009 Jkt 040534 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6687 Sfmt 6687 H:\DOCS\LOTT\40534.TXT CRS2 PsN: SKAYNE congress.#15 (Trim Line) (Trim Line) Trent Lott VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:02 May 15, 2009 Jkt 040534 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6687 Sfmt 6687 H:\DOCS\LOTT\40534.TXT CRS2 PsN: SKAYNE 40534.001 (Trim Line) (Trim Line) S. DOC. 110–13 Tributes Delivered in Congress Trent Lott United States Congressman 1973–1989 United States Senator 1989–2007 ÷ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 2009 VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:02 May 15, 2009 Jkt 040534 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6687 Sfmt 6687 H:\DOCS\LOTT\40534.TXT CRS2 PsN: SKAYNE (Trim Line) (Trim Line) Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:02 May 15, 2009 Jkt 040534 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6687 Sfmt 6687 H:\DOCS\LOTT\40534.TXT CRS2 PsN: SKAYNE (Trim Line) (Trim Line) CONTENTS Page Biography .................................................................................................. v Letter of Resignation ................................................................................ viii Farewell to the Senate ............................................................................. ix Proceedings in the Senate: Tributes by Senators: Alexander, Lamar, of Tennessee ............................................... 34 Allard, Wayne, of Colorado ........................................................ 39 Barrasso, John, of Wyoming ..................................................... 73 Bennett, Robert F., of Utah ....................................................... 32 Bond, Christopher S., of Missouri ............................................. 72 Boxer, Barbara, of California .................................................... 82 Brownback, Sam, of Kansas ...................................................... 75 Bunning, Jim, of Kentucky ....................................................... 54 Burr, Richard, of North Carolina .............................................. 56 Byrd, Robert C., of West Virginia ............................................. 78 Casey, Robert P., Jr., of Pennsylvania ..................................... 85 Chambliss, Saxby, of Georgia ................................................... 41 Coburn, Tom, of Oklahoma ....................................................... 86 Cochran, Thad, of Mississippi ................................................... 12 Coleman, Norm, of Minnesota .................................................. 47 Collins, Susan M., of Maine ...................................................... 64 Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota ................................................. 85 Corker, Bob, of Tennessee ......................................................... 87 Cornyn, John, of Texas .............................................................. 38 Craig, Larry E., of Idaho ........................................................... 69 Crapo, Mike, of Idaho ................................................................ 55 Dodd, Christopher J., of Connecticut ....................................... 87 Dole, Elizabeth, of North Carolina ........................................... 15 Domenici, Pete V., of New Mexico ............................................ 51 Durbin, Richard, of Illinois ........................................................ 14 Ensign, John, of Nevada ............................................................ 56 Enzi, Michael B., of Wyoming ................................................... 59 Feingold, Russell D., of Wisconsin ............................................ 61 Feinstein, Dianne, of California ................................................ 21 Graham, Lindsey, of South Carolina ........................................ 91 Grassley, Chuck, of Iowa ........................................................... 26 Gregg, Judd, of New Hampshire ............................................... 66 Hagel, Chuck, of Nebraska ........................................................ 71 Hatch, Orrin G., of Utah ........................................................... 17 Hutchison, Kay Bailey, of Texas ............................................... 61 Inhofe, James M., of Oklahoma ................................................ 74 Isakson, Johnny, of Georgia ...................................................... 46 Kyl, Jon, of Arizona ................................................................... 19 Leahy, Patrick J., of Vermont ................................................... 36 Lieberman, Joseph I., of Connecticut ....................................... 65 [ iii ] VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:02 May 15, 2009 Jkt 040534 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6687 Sfmt 6687 H:\DOCS\LOTT\40534.TXT CRS2 PsN: SKAYNE (Trim Line) (Trim Line) Page Proceedings in the Senate:—Continued Tributes by Senators—Continued Lugar, Richard G., of Indiana ................................................... 89 Martinez, Mel, of Florida ........................................................... 50 McCaskill, Claire, of Missouri ................................................... 82 McConnell, Mitch, of Kentucky ................................................. 5, 6 Murkowski, Lisa, of Alaska ....................................................... 83 Nelson, Bill, of Florida ............................................................... 3 Pryor, Mark L., of Arkansas ..................................................... 83 Reid, Harry, of Nevada .............................................................. 3, 5 Sessions, Jeff, of Alabama ......................................................... 43 Smith, Gordon H., of Oregon ..................................................... 13 Snowe, Olympia J., of Maine .................................................... 28 Specter, Arlen, of Pennsylvania ................................................ 21 Stabenow, Debbie, of Michigan ................................................. 31 Stevens, Ted, of Alaska ............................................................. 81 Sununu, John E., of New Hampshire ....................................... 90 Thune, John, of South Dakota .................................................. 76 Vitter, David, of Louisiana ........................................................ 40 Warner, John, of Virginia .......................................................... 49 Proceedings in the House of Representatives: Tributes by Representatives: Barton, Joe, of Texas ................................................................. 93 [ iv ] VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:02 May 15, 2009 Jkt 040534 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6687 Sfmt 6687 H:\DOCS\LOTT\40534.TXT CRS2 PsN: SKAYNE (Trim Line) (Trim Line) BIOGRAPHY TRENT LOTT served for three decades in the U.S. Congress on behalf of the people of the State of Mississippi. A cham- pion of a strong national defense, he remained dedicated to encouraging economic growth and protecting Americans’ eco- nomic security by getting government off their backs and out of their pocketbooks. Seven Presidents have known both his cooperation and his opposition, for he kept Mississippi and his country ahead of partisan and personal concerns. As the House Republican whip in 1981, he forged the bi- partisan alliance that enacted President Ronald Reagan’s economic recovery program and his national security initia- tives. Part of the reason for this and other victories was Con- gressman LOTT’s creation of the House of Representative’s first modern whip organization, focusing on regular Member- to-Member contacts and extensive outreach to sympathetic Democrats. Counting votes, building coalitions, and moving legislation were things he seemed born to do, and he genu- inely enjoyed the process. Elected to the Senate in 1988, he was a member of the group of pro-growth stalwarts who opposed the tax increase forced on President Bush in 1990. When he became the Sen- ate’s 16th majority leader in 1996, he again put his coalition- building skills to the test and, along with House Speaker Newt Gingrich, enacted the historic welfare reform bill of 1996. The next year, LOTT, Gingrich, Congressional Budget Com- mittee chairmen John Kasich, and Pete Domenici together produced a historic budget and tax cut agreement that lim- ited some Federal spending. But more important, it created new incentives to save and invest, thereby stimulating the economic growth that brought the Federal budget into bal- ance for the first time since 1968. As the Republican leader during the first 2 years of Presi- dent George W. Bush’s administration, Senator LOTT led the fight for passage of the President’s tax cut package, the President’s landmark education reform bill, the largest in- crease in defense spending since the cold war, the most sig- [ v ] VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:02 May 15, 2009 Jkt 040534 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6688 Sfmt 6688 H:\DOCS\LOTT\40534.TXT CRS2 PsN: SKAYNE (Trim Line) (Trim Line) nificant trade legislation in a decade, and the resolution sup- porting the President on military action in Iraq. During the Senate’s lame duck session of November 2002, Senator LOTT, drawing
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