Senate Proceeding 10-14-09 on Oct 14th, 2009 :: 3:43:25 to 3:46:20
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Saxby Chambliss: i'll do that when you finish. mr. chambliss: okay. it won't take me have five minutes. thank you. -- take me five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. sham slam mr. president, it is with -- mr. chambliss: it is with great pride and regret that i stand here to recognize a good friend and long time servant of american agriculture who is retiring from public service. through nearly 25 years of rving in various capacies on

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Speech By: Saxby Chambliss

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Saxby Chambliss: the house and senate agriculture committees, bernie hubert has exemplified tremendous character andnfectious personality and astute knowledge for the law for which i admireably respect and thank him for. i would like to issue a special thanks to his wife kathleen and daughter mary phillips for allowing us to have him in washington for the past three

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Saxby Chambliss: years while they have lived in texas. i'm eternally grateful for his dedication to agriculture and his encyclopedic knowledge and valued input will certainly be missed. what began as an internship in the house agriculture committee for bernie in 1982 has since blossomed into a distinguished

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Saxby Chambliss: agriculture law career. before entering law school, he earned a bachelors degree in biomedical science at texas a&m university and served as first lieutenant in the united states army medical reserve service corps after graduation. upon graduation from saint mary's university school of law in 1985, bernie returned to his

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Saxby Chambliss: beloved south tex stint as an assistant prosecutor in brazos county. though his heart has always remained in texas, bernie returned to the house agriculture committee to work with then-chairman de la garza and charlie stenholm where he served for almost 20 years in

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Saxby Chambliss: various roles as associate counsel, staff director, and legislative director. in 2004, i was fortuna in luring bernie to the senate where he has served as chief counsel on the senate agriculture committee for me since then. we were successful in passing a farm bill last year and a big

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Saxby Chambliss: reason for that success is due to the tireless diligent efforts of seeing that t 2008 farm bill was the fifth farm bill that saw passage during bernie's tenure, it goes without saying that his experience in negotiating agriculture policy is not going to be easily replaced. in fact, mr. president, it's

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Saxby Chambliss: impossible to replace a person like bernie not only for his wealth of knowledge but also for the richness of his character. in the years i have known and worked with him, hay remained a loyal -- he has remained a loyal confidant and has always kept america's -- american agriculture's best interests at heart. bernie, you will sincerely be

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Saxby Chambliss: missed by everyone that has had the pleasure of working with you, and i wish you nothing but the best in all your future en