Englander to serve with him in the United States senate. And while it is not the most, sometimes you feel like youre in the graveyard shift on a friday night presiding over the senate. I must tell him after decades here, it is extremely important to have somebody of his integrity, his ability, his competence, his experience presiding over the senate should make every senator, republican and democratic, proud. Mr. President , after latenight thee theatrics house yesterday i hope well soon vote on the spending bill. I support this comprehensive spending package. Chairwoman mikulski has done an outstanding job. She has been a giant of the appropriations process. She should be congratulated for her perseverance in bringing us to this point right now. Now, mr. President , i spoke yesterday about the funds included in the bill for the state department and foreign operations. I commended members of my office who worked so hard on that. We put important funding for the environment, for aids pr
Bob, thank you for your service. Simply, bob, thank you for your service. That encompassed so many different things. It did not say 1983 Social Security. It was just that people really thank him. Every once in a while, there was a hi, pat, too. Thank you for joining us. I appreciate that. Bob dole at the world war ii memorial, he is like a mother hen. The word gets out that bob dole is here and they all flock to him wherever he is. Then the stories start. Sometimes for the first time the veteran tells a story he has never told anybody before. And it becomes a very emotional thing. Hes almost like the minister or the priest or something. People come up to him and want to tell him a story because they know he has been there, and they know he is responsible for that memorial. That is quite a thing to watch. Very emotional. Thank you for being with us on American History tv. You bet. Thank you. [applause] my colleagues in the Senate Special family former staff , members, and guests, but es
Argument about light bulbs. He sat through the whole thing. The preacher asked him the next week why did you sit through that whole argument about light bulbs . He said i could have pulled out my wallet and bought the light bulbs, but i thought it was important for the session, the elders to all have their say, to talk all the way through the end so they would be comfortable with voting on a decision. Thats the way you look at the senate. Senator Lamar Alexander thank you very much. [applause] [indistinct conversations] thank you for being here this afternoon. Though we come together this evening in this stately and formal Senate Chamber our convocation has a light spirit of a family reunion. It is a thrill to me to see the way our colleagues react to baker on both sides of the house and even some who could not be here tonight made a special point of coming by to speak to senator baker. Tonight we welcome the second in a series of leaders, lecture series. Were hoping this will be somet
Bob, thank you for your service. Simply, bob, thank you for your service. That encompassed so many different things. It did not say 1983 Social Security. It was just that people really thank him. Every once in aware in a while, there was a hi, pat too. Thank you for joining us. I appreciate that. Bob dole at the world war ii memorial, he is like a mother hen. The word gets out that bob dole is here and they all flock to him wherever he is. Then the stories start. Sometimes for the first time, the veteran tells a story he has never told anybody before. And it becomes a very emotional thing. Hes almost like the minister or the priest or something. People come up to him and want to tell him a story because they know he has been there and they know he is responsible for that memorial. That is quite a thing to watch. Very emotional. Thank you for being with us on American History tv. You bet. Thank you. [applause] my colleagues in the Senate Special family, former staff members, and guests,
That is quite a thing to watch. Very emotional. Thank you for being with us on American History tv. You bet. Thank you. [applause] my colleagues in the senate our special family former staff members, and guests, but especially our good friend senator bob dole, and his lovely bride elizabeth, welcome home. It seems quite natural seeing you here. [applause] i should have asked senator dole to come up and join us on the platform, but somehow or other i thought he should sit in the leaders seat right there with elizabeth. I want to welcome you all again to the sixth presentation in the leaders lecture series. This has been an exciting series. We have had some fantastic presentations from great leaders of the senate. And, of course, Vice President bush was here. We look forward to hearing from other Vice President s and leaders of the senate in the months ahead. This has certainly been an enjoyable, i know, and worthwhile program. And we are delighted tonight to have our friend, our colleag