Senate Proceeding on Sep 10th, 2009 :: 1:56:40 to 2:01:20
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1:56:37 to 1:56:59( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: the cause endures. the hope still lives. and the dream shall never die." and i say, ted, and to his family, i believe these words are true. the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.

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Speech By: Thad Cochran

1:57:00 to 1:57:21( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: thank you. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: t mr. cochran: madam president, it's difficult to imagine or accept the fact that ted kennedy is no longer serving in the united he was such a presence her a

1:57:22 to 1:57:43( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: big man with a big smile and a bigger heart. sympathetic to those willing to do all he could to address their he expanding federal programs to make available education and nutrition benefits to more americans than ever

1:57:44 to 1:58:06( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: i first met the senator from massachusetts when he was running in his first campaign for the s it w i was an instructor at the naval officers candidate school in newporort, rhode island, friend invited me to hyannis port during the weekend.

1:58:07 to 1:58:28( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: i ended up at ted and joan kennedy's house. he was there working with his iends fund-raising activities. we exchanged greetings, and he said you're in law school? i said yes, i am. he said it's hard as hell, isn't it? well, that was about all the conversation we had that day,

1:58:29 to 1:58:49( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: and i had no idea, first of all, how his campaign would tur out, and certainly the most remote thing in my mind would have been my being a member of the united states senate. but he and his wife, spending summer

1:58:50 to 1:59:10( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: near -- other family members and enjoying the weather in new england was a real treat. but instead of politics, we talked about how hard law school was. i didn't think i'd ever see him again. i had no reason to think i would, much less end up serving here in the senate with him and serving the day he took charge

1:59:11 to 1:59:31( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: as cha committee from my predecessor in the senate. it was a day that attracted a lot of attention. the hearing room was absolutely full of p as a matter of fact, the news media were all over the place. it was hard to get near the seats of the committee i rember alan simpson and i

1:59:32 to 1:59:53( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: were the two most junior republicans, and as we were trying to get situated there at the end of the row of seats committee members, one of the cameramen bumped alan in the head with his camera. alan told him he shouldn't do th

1:59:54 to 2:00:18( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: time tpaoeupblgd his cam -- finding his his cam. that is the kind of excitement that ted kennedy brought not only to the judiciary committee, his leadership as a brand new

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Thad Cochran: chairman, but his entire career you can make a long list of the things he did in terms of legislative accomplishments, political leadership here in the senate. but he was he was a thoughtful person and generous with his house. he invited a members of the judiciary committee to come out for dinner

2:00:41 to 2:01:02( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: at his house here in washington. what a nice, do and what an excitingening it turned out to be. everyone enjoyed it to enormously. but he became a very determined advocate for serious reforms and left an impressive record of legislative accomplishment. protecting and enlarging the

2:01:03 to 2:01:22( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: civil rights of ordinary citizens. i came to kennedy friendship over the years that we served together in senate. his personal qualities, generosity, his serious commitment to fairness. and assistance for those who