{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgS11807-9", "2000-12-15", 106, 2, null, null, "SENATOR CHARLES S. ROBB", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S11807", "S11808", "[{\"name\": \"John Warner\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "146 Cong. Rec. S11807", "Congressional Record, Volume 146 Issue 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S11807-S11808]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                        SENATOR CHARLES S. ROBB\n\n  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, Virginia has had a long history of\ndistinguished citizens of our great Commonwealth who come forward to\nserve Virginia. Among them in this long line of distinguished\nindividuals will be Charles S. Robb.N O T I C E\n\nEffective January 1, 2001, the subscription price of the\nCongressional Record will be $393 per year or $197 for six months.\nIndividual issues may be purchased for $4.00 per copy. The cost for\nthe microfiche edition will remain $141 per year with single copies\nremaining $1.50 per issue. This price increase is necessary based\nupon the cost of printing and distribution.\n                                    Michael F. DiMario, Public\nPrinter\n\n[[Page S11808]]\n\n  We started our careers together when he served in the Marine Corps.\nThat was back during the period of Vietnam. I was then serving--for\nover 5 years--as Under Secretary and Secretary of the Navy. I was\nprivileged, of course, to serve with the Presiding Officer's father,\nSenator Chafee. At the time he was Secretary of the Navy; I served as\nhis Under Secretary.\n  Senator Robb had served his tour in Vietnam in 1961 through 1970 and\nthen he remained in the Marine Corps Reserves from 1970 to 1991. I was\nprivileged to wear the marine green during the Korean conflict and\nserved for a very brief period in the Marines. However, I assure\nMembers that the career of Senator Robb was far more distinguished than\nthe career of the senior Senator, myself. I am pleased to acknowledge\nthat. He then went on to serve as Lieutenant Governor from 1977 to\n1981, and Governor from 1982 to 1986.\n  His two terms in the Senate began in 1988. He has been a Member of\nthe Senate Armed Services Committee, a committee which I have been\nprivileged to chair since 1993. Throughout this distinguished record,\nit has been my good fortune to share a very warm friendship with the\nSenator and with his lovely wife and his children. We all know when we\ntake the oath of office as U.S. Senator, the family plays the key role.\nI could not count the number of times I have been in matters relating\nto the Senate, trips relating to the Senate, our frequent\njoint appearances throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia these many\nyears, beginning back when he was Lieutenant Governor, and there was\nMrs. Robb, a daughter of a most distinguished American public servant,\nformer President Lyndon Johnson and a former Member of the Senate.\n\n  So I wish him well. It was a difficult task in this past election. He\nrespects both of us as marines. We have duties to perform. I hope the\nRecord reflects that I performed that responsibility I felt very\nsincerely was necessary, but I did it in a spirit that preserved our\nfriendship.\n  When I think back on his work, I think of the many times Senator Robb\ncame from that side of the aisle to this side of the aisle to join\nothers in working on pieces of legislation which he felt, and indeed\nothers felt, were in the best interests of this country. He was a\nbridgebuilder. He served that purpose on the Senate Armed Services\nCommittee. He stood by my side as chairman these past 2 years,\nsupported me, I think, almost in every instance. And he had very keen\ninsight into the life of the men and women of the Armed Forces who\nserve today. He worked very hard on their behalf.\n  I hope history will reflect that his contributions directly benefited\nthose who serve today and who will serve tomorrow. He also was quite\nactive in working with me on the retirement benefits, particularly the\nmedical benefits, for those who have served in years past.\n  Virginia is privileged to have one of the greatest shipyards--we like\nto think the greatest shipyard--in America. We have the naval shipyard\nas well as private shipyards. In those yards are built some of the\nfinest ships that sail the seven seas today on behalf of our Navy.\nSenator Robb was always there to work with not only me but a strong\nbipartisan Virginia congressional delegation, Senate and House, on\nmatters of national defense since our State is privileged to be\npreeminent in the field of national defense, having a number of the\nmajor bases and a number of men and women in uniform who are stationed\nthere. Of course, the Pentagon is the core of this complex throughout\nVirginia. But there was Senator Robb on all occasions, and particularly\nas it related to our naval shipbuilding program.\n\n  I am joined on the floor today by two very able members of my staff.\nAnn Loomis is the chief of our legislative staff; Susan Magill, with\nwhom I consulted early this morning in preparing these remarks, is my\nchief of staff. They would want it known that, through the years, the\nstaff working relationship between Senator Robb's office and my office\nwas always excellent. We looked upon our duties as serving the\nCommonwealth of Virginia and the people of that State; therefore, our\nstaffs did everything they could to prepare the two Senators to meet\nthat challenge and that responsibility.\n  He is a man of principle. I think that is unquestioned by those of us\nwho watched him. Indeed, at times we differed on very fundamental\npolicy issues, and that is reflected in our voting records. But he was\nalways a man of principle and he stood by those principles. As I\nlistened to him, my reaction sometimes bordered on disbelief because I\nso disagreed with him, but he stood by those principles no matter what\nthe cost to his professional career as a public servant. He stood by\nwhat he believed.\n  So I say to my good friend, I shall remember him in many ways but\nabove all for his friendship and his always senatorial courtesy. As we\nlaugh around here and joke: The title senior Senator and perhaps a\ndollar or so will get you a cup of coffee. But he never tried one-\nupmanship and he always addressed me as his senior in the Senate. I\nthank him. I wish him and his family well in their next career. I am\nconfident there are many challenges that await this distinguished\nAmerican public servant.\n  I note my distinguished friend from Pennsylvania is on the floor. I\nyield the floor at this time, and I thank the Chair for his indulgence.\n  The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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