Senate Proceeding on Jun 26th, 2008 :: 2:00:16 to 2:03:59
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republican, democrat, of the house and the senate was there, and it's just a much stronger bill. people argue that, you know, that people like me talk about a balance between being able to collect,

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Ted Stevens: which is the only way that you can know if you're going to be attacked, or civil liberties.~ is so people tend to go all the way this way or all the way that way not recognizing or not being willing to

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Speech By: Ted Stevens

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Ted Stevens: accept that there can be a balance. we have created that balance in our bill. i'm proud of that. and it's one of the many reasons that i'm for the bill, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator:

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Ted Stevens: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senior senator from alaska is recognized. mr. stevens: mr. president, i never thought i would have this occasion, but i want to speak today to honor the life

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Ted Stevens: of a great woman, my mother-in-law, eladeebittner. she was born during the great flu epidemic. it's really a pandemic. she often remarked on why she didn't have a birth certificate. the hospital

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Ted Stevens: didn't expect her to survive. she grew up and worked on her family's ranch in arizona and went to the university of arizona and graduated in 1939. she rode with the u.s.rmy calvary and was a member of the

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Ted Stevens: national honor society. she was at great lady. she passed away on june 10 in our hometown of anchorage surrounded by her family and i had the honor to be with her for part of that time. and i speak

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Ted Stevens: for all of us and many more when i say, there's a hole in our lives that will never quite be filled. elle left us with wonderful memories and through these she will live on. you know, every time i hear

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Ted Stevens: willie nelson, i'm going to remember elle, she loved willie nelson and i think the only difference she had with willie is that she hoped her children, her babies would grow up to be cowboys. i ask

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Ted Stevens: that my statement in ful be entered in the record at tht point. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. stevens: i ask to be excused from the aand itance from today's session until

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Ted Stevens: july 1. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. stevens: i have another statement. i would like to honor an old friend on his 80th birthday, the former governor of alaska, bill

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Ted Stevens: sheffield. my friend bill heffield is a -- sheffield is a democrat, he was a democratic governor from 1982 to 1986. he served government both in the public and private sector. he came to alaska the same

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Ted Stevens: year that i came to the great state and handled television sales for sears. his intellect was recognized and he quickly took leadership positions in the state of commerce, business groups, becoming the

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Ted Stevens: president of the state of commerce and received the lifetime business award from alaska monthly. i ask that the full statement be placed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered.