{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2004-12-08-pt1-PgS12017-3", "2004-12-08", 108, 2, null, null, "STAN KIMMIT", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S12017", "S12018", "[{\"name\": \"John B. Breaux\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Thad Cochran\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"William H. Frist\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"108\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"486\"}, {\"congress\": \"108\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"486\"}]", "150 Cong. Rec. S12017", "Congressional Record, Volume 150 Issue 139 (Wednesday, December 8, 2004)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 139 (Wednesday, December 8, 2004)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S12017-S12018]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                              STAN KIMMIT\n\n  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.\n  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I rise to inform our Senate colleagues of\nthe very unfortunate, untimely, and unexpected death of a person last\nevening who was truly a part of the family of the Senate. Although he\nwas never elected to this body, he served this body with great\ndistinction over a very long period of time and truly was part of the\nfamily of this distinguished body. I speak of Joseph Stanley Kimmit,\nStan Kimmit, who served this body as Secretary of the Senate with great\ndistinction from 1977 to 1981. Members who served during that period of\ntime know how much he meant to the family of the Senate through his\nservices, through his respect for this institution, for his\nunderstanding of the history of how important this institution is to\nour Nation and to the world.\n  Prior to that, Stan Kimmit served as Secretary for the majority, as\nprincipal floor assistant to Majority Leader Senator Mike Mansfield\nfrom the State of Montana from 1966 to 1977. Prior to that, he was the\nadministrative assistant or chief of staff to Senator Mike Mansfield.\n  Before he served the Senate, he served his country with great\ndistinction in the U.S. Army during World War II. As a captain in the\nU.S. Army, he was selected to receive the Silver Star medal, the Legion\nof Merit, the Bronze Star medal and a number of other awards\nrecognizing his service to our great Nation.\n  It was unfortunate that this man, who had seven wonderful children\nand a beautiful wife, passed away in a very untimely fashion, and I\nwould just share it with the Senate family this afternoon. He was at a\nfunction where I happened to be receiving an acknowledgment of my\nservice to the Senate, and Stan wanted to be there. He wanted to\nparticipate. After the principal person who was responsible for the\nfunction, the chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, Al From,\nmade his remarks, Stan stood up and said: May I say something? Of\ncourse, the answer was: Absolutely.\n  He said some very kind things about me, and he said some very kind\nthings about the Senate and this institution and how important it had\nbeen in his life. He quoted my predecessor in this body, Russell Long,\nas saying: When I have a friend, I have a friend, and I will fight for\nhim or her until hell freezes over, and then I will fight on the ice.\n  That was the kind of friend that Stan Kimmit was. He pointed out that\nhe had to correct Russell Long because Russell Long, when he originally\nmade that quote, I say to my colleagues, did not have the words ``or\nher.'' It was just ``I will fight for him until hell freezes over,''\nand Stan had the duty of saying to Senator Long, You should say him or\nher, and Russell Long certainly followed his advice.\n  What I will mention in closing is that last night he spent almost a\nhalf hour talking to a young staff person who worked for me, a young\nlady by the name of Jodi Bannerman, and he sat there and talked about\nhis days in the Senate and what this institution had meant to him and\nsome of the things he has seen in this institution and how it has\nchanged over the years.\n  He said last night that when he was here, the Senate was truly one\nbig family. It was not segregated. When I say segregated, he was\nreferring to the interaction between the two parties, that it was not\ntwo armed camps he was talking about last night, that it was one big\nfamily. We had our differences. We fought hard. We stood up for the\nprinciples of the party, but it was one big family that he was honored\nto have been able to serve in the capacity of Secretary of the Senate.\n  He was telling my young staff person he was very concerned about how\nhe has seen things change, and that was unfortunate, in his mind. He\ntold her there were three principles, three truths he knew to be true,\nand she wrote this down after she spoke to him: Never sacrifice your\nprinciples, never ask for more than you deserve, and never quit one\nthing until you have something better.\n  He said that twice in her conversation with him last night. Stan\nquoted to her the Hamlet quote, ``To thine own self be true,'' as\nadvice that he was giving this young person about her own life.\n  He did not mention any regrets, only great memories of this great\ninstitution, and I think anyone who has had the privilege of either\nworking here or serving here and working as a Member, as I have and as\nwe all have, understands what a great honor this has been. Stan Kimmit\npersonalized that last night.\n\n[[Page S12018]]\n\n  After he made those remarks, he sat down and never got up. We know\nthat he is happy where he is, and I think part of that happiness is the\nknowledge that he had the great honor and privilege of serving his\ncountry and this great institution.\n  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am deeply saddened by the news of the\ndeath of former Secretary of the Senate Stan Kimmitt.\n  It was just a few weeks ago when I was with him on a trip to Montana\nand enjoyed swapping stories about his early days as a staff member in\nthe Senate. He was a protege of Senator Mike Mansfield and served for\n11 years as Secretary for the majority. Even though he was employed by\nthe Democratic majority at the time, he enjoyed the friendship of\nRepublican Senators, including this Senator.\n  Stan Kimmitt loved the Senate, and he respected its traditions and\nits role in our government. He was totally trustworthy.\n  I extend to his fine family my sincere condolences. His son Jay\nserved for several years as a member of the staff of the Senate\nAppropriations Committee, and I enjoyed working with him in that\ncapacity. It was also my good fortune to get to be with another son,\nBob, when he was our Ambassador to Germany. His other son, Mark, was\nrecently served as the spokesman for our Armed Forces in Iraq.\n  Stan was very proud of his family, and he had every right to be.\n  Stan Kimmitt was a wonderful person who reflected credit on the\nSenate by his dependable, conscientious devotion to his duties and his\nwarm affection for those who served in this body.\n  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution\nbe agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be\nlaid upon the table, and that any statements relating to this\nresolution be printed in the Record.\n  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.\n  The resolution (S. Res. 486) was agreed to.\n  The preamble was agreed to.\n  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:\n\n                              S. Res. 486\n\n       Whereas Stan Kimmitt served with distinction in the United\n     States Army for 25 years, served in combat during World War\n     II in Europe and later in Korea, received the Silver Star,\n     the Legion of Merit, and the Bronze Star for Valor with Three\n     Oak Leaf Clusters, and retired with the rank of Colonel;\n       Whereas Stan Kimmitt began his service to the United States\n     Senate in 1965 as administrative assistant to Majority Leader\n     Mike Mansfield;\n       Whereas Stan Kimmitt served as Secretary for the Majority\n     of the Senate from 1966 until 1977;\n       Whereas Stan Kimmitt served as Secretary of the Senate from\n     1977 until 1981;\n       Whereas after a distinguished career in the United States\n     Army, Stan Kimmitt served as an employee of the Senate of the\n     United States and ably and faithfully upheld the high\n     standards and traditions of the staff of the Senate from 1965\n     until 1981;\n       Whereas Stan Kimmitt faithfully discharged the difficult\n     duties and responsibilities of a wide variety of important\n     and demanding positions in public life with honesty,\n     integrity, loyalty and humility; and\n       Whereas Stan Kimmitt's clear understanding and appreciation\n     of the challenges facing the Nation has left his mark on\n     those many areas of public life: Now, therefore, be it\n       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow\n     and deep regret the announcement of the death of Stan\n     Kimmitt.\n       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate\n     these resolutions to the House of Representatives and\n     transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the\n     deceased.\n       Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it stand\n     adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of Stan\n     Kimmitt.\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-2004-12-08-pt1-PgS12017-3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.44584297575056553, "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"}