Lamar alexander and the touching moment between the leader and the senior senator from tennessee which is moving to all of a us. Now senator alexander and i have not always agreed but what an amazing incapable legislature and true statement and has been. Nhe has been Little Things for much of his 18 years in the senate. That is because he is not somebodye log who still over in his corner. Because he is someone who has been always falling and insistent on reaching across the aisle. And viewing another senators Common Ground however now or it may be. He he searches to do the right thing for you to remember when we did the immigration bill. There was a lot of pressure on senator alexander to vote against it. And i watched him wrestle with it and turn in turn. And i just knew in my heart, he would do the right thing. In my judgment the least. In both the bill that he did. The real political consequence eto himself and thats who he ws now he is. A man of principle worried we often would talk in the senate jim almost every morning for a long period m of time. This was posted covid19. More often than not, we found each other on opposite sides of the senate jim. Er we helped open up the amendment process on childcare legislation and together we led the rules committee for aom number of yea. From very different backgrounds. Ou thell never forget weekend that i spent with honey and lamar at blackberry farms. Ud it was a beautiful weekend for us that we will always cherish and remember. Given the opportunity to put a stamp on president ial inaugurations lamar and i said whoever is in the majority, we didnt know and we would give each other time to speak. It has served us both well. This is the kind of person he has been. As someone who isto willing to reach out, someone willing to see the other side. And someone above all, and tumultuous and very difficult times for all of us is a man of principle and conscience. Senator alexander, leaves this chamber with a legacy that every senator will be proud of. I wish his family and he the very best. Now and a few other words, on to make a few remarks about going and coming in are coming as of a new senator who will be installed today and that is captain mark kelly. Will be sworn in as next senator from arizona. It may not be the throne he expected for himself earlier in his life in the u. S. Navy captain. And then an astronaut aboard the international spaceac station. As mark likes to say, his wife kathy was alreadydy a member of the family and congress. The tragedy that offended both of their lives and change so any of the plans. Everyone continues to be inspired by gabbys recovery, but marks devotion and the the familytook for to reenter public life in public service. We can get right to senator alexanders remarks at the 10s 30 scheduled time. Go to cspan. Org for video live a on demand to follow the transition of power, president ump, president elect biden, news conferences and event coverage at cspan. Org. A peaceful president ial transition of per in question following the 2020 election, sunday night on q a, susan helton and eric ashway talk about 1861 between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln and 1933 between herbert hoover. They considered him a sectional president for the fact that, by and large, his support came from nonslave states. 9 so no sooner add had he been elected, then South Carolina makes good on its promise to proceed toward seceding from the union. Hoover, on election day really had no choice, it was clear that he he had lost the election. But he never conceded the substance of the argument. He continued to believe that the new biel, as president deal, represented a fundamental threat towards the american way of life. So he he devoted himself to preventi roosevelt from being ab to enact it. Contentious predential transitions sunday night at 8 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Senators on the floor praised the career of retiring senator mike enzi of wyoming. They talk about