{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgS11825", "2000-12-15", 106, 2, null, null, "RETIREMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD H. BRYAN", "SENATE", "SENATE", "RETIREMENT", "S11825", "S11825", "[{\"name\": \"Patrick J. Leahy\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Trent Lott\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "146 Cong. Rec. S11825", "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[Page S11825]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                 RETIREMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD H. BRYAN\n\n  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, with my dear friend from Nevada, Senator\nReid, on the floor, I want to talk about his colleague, also my friend,\nRichard Bryan, who announced his plans to retire from the Senate. When\nhe did, he said very simply and earnestly: It's time to come home.\n  I have known Dick and Bonnie Bryan since they came here. I say Dick\nand Bonnie Bryan because, like Marcelle and me, we think of them as one\nperson because usually at events outside work, when you see one you see\nthe other. In fact, that is what I cherish about both my colleagues\nfrom Nevada. I cherish their family life.\n  Dick said it is time to go home, and I am disappointed to learn we\nare going to lose a good humored and skillful colleague. As a\nVermonter, I have to empathize with that deep-rooted impulse to go\nhome. Everything Dick Bryan has accomplished here paves the way for his\nreturn to a better Nevada, something all of us hope for because all of\nus will leave this body at one time or another.\n  Most of the time, the strength of our Nation stood resolutely with\nthe welfare of Nevada in Senator Bryan's mind. As Democratic cochair of\nthe Senate National Guard Caucus, he blocked unwise and unjustifiable\ncuts in our citizen-soldier force. He brought us together so the\nGuard's voice could be heard, and his persistence has positioned this\ninvaluable force to prepare for the new, continually emerging strategic\nlandscape. Under his watch, Nellis Air Force Base became a national\ntreasure, where our best, most skilled pilots mastered the art of war\nso that our country would never have to call on them for the real\nthing.\n  Senator Bryan guaranteed the credibility of the institution of the\nSenate. I think of the Senate as being the conscience of the Nation,\nand we should be the guardians of it. Those who abused the public's\ntrust and the powers of office, as Senators knew they would, received\nintense scrutiny when Senator Bryan chaired the Ethics Committee in\n1993 and 1994. None of us will forget his calm and dexterous handling\nof numerous sensitive investigations, something he could do because he\nwas trusted by both Republicans and Democrats to do the right thing.\n  It had to be one of the most difficult times, requiring arduous work\nby any Senator, but never once did any of us hear Senator Bryan\ncomplain about the difficult task, nor did he swerve from the steady\ncourse toward fairness and justice.\n  Indeed, in so many areas, Richard Bryan made a difference whether in\npreserving the fragile desert environment or modernizing our commercial\naviation system. The list is long, and if he stayed, he would have\naccomplished even more.\n  Senator Bryan has made a choice that deserves only accolades and\nrespect. He is going home, and Nevada is a fortunate State for it. It\nis also fortunate that he has left his partner, Harry Reid, here to\ncarry on his battles. My wife Marcelle and I wish Dick and his wife\nBonnie all the best, but I am going to miss some of our late night\nconversations and some of the humor and good will he has shown to all\nSenators.\n  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.\n  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.\n  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.\n  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for\nthe quorum call be rescinded.\n  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgS11825"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 26.178346015512943, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}