{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgS11853", "2000-12-15", 106, 2, null, null, "COMMENDING THE EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP OF THE MAJORITY LEADER", "SENATE", "SENATE", "COMMENDING", "S11853", "S11853", "[{\"name\": \"Thomas A. Daschle\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Harry Reid\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Trent Lott\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"106\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"391\"}, {\"congress\": \"106\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"391\"}]", "146 Cong. Rec. S11853", "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 S11853]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n       COMMENDING THE EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP OF THE MAJORITY LEADER\n\n  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I have a resolution at the desk and ask\nfor its immediate consideration.\n  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.\n  The legislative clerk read as follows:\n\n       A resolution (S. Res. 391) to commend the exemplary\n     leadership of the Majority Leader.\n\n  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the\nresolution.\n  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, this resolution is offered in the most\nheartfelt and sincere way. These last 2 years have been very difficult.\nThere have been times when it has tested all of us. But no one has been\nmore tested than the majority leader. No one has been called upon to\nlead in more arduous circumstances, on more occasions, than the\nmajority leader. And as he has just noted, there have been times when\nwe have had our differences. But I have always admired him for his\nremarkable ability to put aside those differences, to come to my\noffice, to invite me to his, to talk in the most affable and personal\nway when the day is done. I admire that and many other of his\nremarkable talents. We are fortunate to have his leadership. We are\nfortunate to have his service to this country. And I am fortunate to\nhave his friendship.\n  So I congratulate him on his successful tenure as majority leader.\nAnd as he noted, our times in the future will become even more arduous,\neven more tested. I look forward to taking on those challenges with the\nsame degree of enthusiasm, the same degree of willingness, to work in a\npartnership that I hope we can continually demonstrate. So I thank him.\nI wish him well and look forward to our service together in the next 2\nyears.\n  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the American public, the people from South\nDakota, the people from Mississippi, do not know how hard these two men\nwork for their States and their country. They probably have some idea\nbecause they are both so popular in their respective States, but from\nsomeone who sits and watches these two men every day we are in\nsession--and many of the days we are not in session--I am in awe as to\nthe work they do and the difficult situations they get us out of.\n  If someone had said this morning at 10 o'clock that we would be in\nthe position we are in today--being able to go home for Christmas--I\nwould have laughed at them. I thought it was impossible for us to do\nthat. But these two men, working together, were able to put together a\npackage of about $500 billion involving the most important things this\ncountry deals with on a daily basis. They did this. They did it alone.\nThere were others on the outside helping a little bit, but this is just\nan example.\n  But I have been able, from my perspective here for 2 years, to watch\nthem, and I am tremendously impressed. I want this Record spread with\nthe fact that these resolutions do not in any way connote the really\ngood work they do. On paper it says they did a good job, but it takes\nsomeone who works with these two gentlemen on a daily basis to see the\nsacrifices they make for their States and for the country.\n  Their families should be so proud of what they do. The people of\ntheir States should be so proud of what they do. And I, speaking on\nbehalf of Americans, after this bitter election, say here are examples\nof everything that is good about the American political system--\nSenators Daschle and Lott.\n  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the resolution?\n  Without objection, the resolution is agreed to.\n  The resolution (S. Res. 391) was agreed to, as follows:\n\n                              S. Res. 391\n\n       Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby tendered\n     to the distinguished Majority Leader, the Senator from\n     Mississippi, the Honorable Trent Lott, for his exemplary\n     leadership and the cooperative and dedicated manner in which\n     he has performed his leadership responsibilities in the\n     conduct of Senate business during the second session of the\n     106th Congress.\n\n  Mr. LOTT. I appreciate very much the kind remarks of Senator Daschle\nand also our good friend, Senator Reid of Nevada. He has been very\ngenerous, and we appreciate it. He makes our jobs easier. Sometimes\nwhen we are out there having meetings or taking incoming shots from\nvarious places, in a quiet, humble, self-effacing, diligent way, Harry\nReid is out there finding a solution. I sincerely appreciate the work\nhe has given us and the entire institution over the last year. I enjoy\nworking with him very much.\n  I am very proud, too, while we have big States, very important\nStates, the little States of Nevada, Mississippi, and South Dakota are\nhanging in there. We are glad to be able to fill these positions of\nresponsibility.\n  So I thank them both very sincerely.\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-PgS11853"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8278839997947216, "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"}