History. I join with leader mcconnell, with my Senate Colleagues and with all americans to offer deepest sympathies and prayers to the royal family and to the people of the United Kingdom. I never had the honor of meeting her majesty the queen myself but i admired much about her until the very end. Its hard to fathom that today we have to say goodbye because after all, most americans to say nothing of the british people have never lived in a World Without her majesty the queen. It is a marvel to think that on the day of her majestys coronation, harry truman was in the white house. The world was still coming out of the shadow of the Second World War entering a bold, uncertain, unchartered future. In her time she came to know 15 different prime ministers, 14 u. S. President s, traveled to well over a hundred countries and made over 200 official state visits. She was the first british monarch ever to address a joint session of congress and thanks to her, the special relationship between the United States and the u. K. Gained even more special significance. Her reign saw the dawn of the atomic age, the age of the internet, the fall of the soviet union, an unprecedented global pandemic. She didnt just witness the great turns of history. She helped shape them over the seven decades, seven decades of her reign. And every step of the way she was precisely the kind of leader the moment demanded. In times of hardship, she was both strong and comforting. In times of joy she was gracious and dignified. She was a rock, the living embodiment of the virtues that lie at the core of the nation she so proudly led. I dare say we will never see a leader quite like her for as long as we live. So today we join the people of the u. K. And the royal family in mourning the loss of her majesty the queen. May she rest in p mr. Mcconnell today all americans stand with our great friends across the atlantic in mourning the passing of her majesty, Queen Elizabeth ii. Our deepest sympathies are with the royal family and the many millions of people across the United Kingdom and the commonwealth and the entire world who have drawn reassurance and inspiration from her historic reign, sterling character, and shining example. For 70 long years, from the aftermath of world