Senate Proceeding on Dec 7th, 2006 :: 6:20:38 to 6:27:05
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Christopher S. Bond: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ~ ~ quorum call: mr. bond: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to call off the call for the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bond:

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Speech By: Christopher S. Bond

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Christopher S. Bond: i rise to pay tribute to my very good friend and colleague, senator jim talent. i've known him since i was the minority leader in the house of representatives. throughout all these years when he was

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Christopher S. Bond: in the state legislature and in the house as chairman of the small business committee when i was chairman of the senate small business committee, i found jim to be unfailingly a man of honesty, integrity

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Christopher S. Bond: and hard work. he has been a wonderful friend and colleague. jim still has the same common- common-sense values he brought with him to washington. he still has the same calm, polite demeanor. he has

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Christopher S. Bond: the strong convictions and a work ethic and as i said to our folks back home in missouri, in an arena full of show~ and he was a man of unfailing good humor and coverage with a -- and courage, with

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Christopher S. Bond: style, he thaimpgd his lord, his -- thanked his lord, his friends, and gracefully accepted his faith. i have a feeling and hope that public service will see much more of jim talent somewhere sometime,

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Christopher S. Bond: and whatever he decides to do in the public or in the private sector, the qualities he has demonstrated to so many of us in the united states senate will be ones he will carry with him. he served in

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Christopher S. Bond: the u.s. senate for only four years, but when you look at the record of legislative achievements, he had so many positive impacts on people's lives. it's hard to believe he could cram that all into

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Christopher S. Bond: four years. he's been a leader on national security, energy, criminal justice. as a member of the senate armed services committee, jim worked to extend production of the c-17 line allowing 30,000 workers

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Christopher S. Bond: across the country to keep their jobs, but more importantly to give our military the strategic lift capability they need to move troops and equipment to very difficult-to-reach places. jim also cares

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Christopher S. Bond: about our troops in battle. he sponsored legislation to end predatory lending to active duty service members and their families. the new law just took effect six weeks ago. some of our soldiers were paying

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Christopher S. Bond: almost 400% interest on money loaned to them. thanks to jim talent, the rate's now capped at 36%. i trust that applies to marines as well. last year, jim worked very hard to include a renewable fuel

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Christopher S. Bond: provision in the energy bill, and on a bipartisan basis, under -- with his leadership, the u.s. will produce up to 7.5 billion gallons of renewable fuels like ethanol and biodiesel that will be blended

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Christopher S. Bond: in by 2012. jim's work in this area will only come more important as we, in the future, see america continuing to face high energy costs and we attempt to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. another

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Christopher S. Bond: accomplishment jim will be known for is something that is extremely important in our state of missouri and that's his work, again on a bipartisan basis, with the senator from california to fight methamphetamine.

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Christopher S. Bond: meth is a drug that's been destroying lives and communities across our state for many years, and now even across the country. but their combat meth act has helped stop the supply of meth ingredients to

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Christopher S. Bond: dealers through its ban on over-the-counter sales. and you see a significant reduction in meth lab busts. it shows we're finally beginning to make progress against this drug. and obviously, i have

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Christopher S. Bond: to mention his other bipartisan successes, like the sickle cell disease bill and the em mitt till bill. on a near rower focus, jim and i worked on many transportation projects to serve our state

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Christopher S. Bond: of missouri. the liberty memorial in kansas city, the minimum wage avenue extension in st. louis, and countless others throughout the state. i should also mention my friend, jim talent, has put forward

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Christopher S. Bond: some terrific proposals that he's been working on that haven't been enacted. his efforts to allow small business employers to pool together and form association health plans comes to mind. and those of us

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Christopher S. Bond: who have been working to change the law so that small business employees and their families will have access to the same kind of insurance benefits that employees of major corporations have will not give

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Christopher S. Bond: up the fight. we are going to continue with his great leadership in mind. i sure hope the next congress will follow up. the idea should be central in any discussion of expanding health care coverage

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Christopher S. Bond: to the unsignatured. so, jim, as we prepare to say goodbye to you now from this floor, thank you for your years of devoted service to our state, to our nation. we with heartfelt gratitude, on behalf

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Christopher S. Bond: of my wife, linda, and i, wish you, brenda and your children the very best in your future endeavors.~ and i know for a fact there will be great suggest successes ahead. thank you. i yield the floor.

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Christopher S. Bond: the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. talent: mr. president, my great friend and colleague from missouri has an intelligence committee meeting to go to, and i -- so he went ahead and did his

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Christopher S. Bond: kind tribute before i have given my speech, and those who were not aware of that may have thought that they would be able to get the short tributes and a avoid the long farewell swech speef anes that's

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James Talent: not true. -- farewell speech and that's not true. i am going to say a few words. and i'm going to devote my time, if the senate will indulge me to a substantive and very important subject: the

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Speech By: James Talent