Senate Proceeding on May 11th, 2009 :: 2:23:50 to 2:28:15
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Bernard Sanders: quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from mr. sanders: i would speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: is the quorum calling call is in progress. mr. sanders: i would ask that the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: madam president, today we celebrate the 75th birthday of senator james merrill jeffords of was born in rutland, verntle on

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Speech By: Bernard Sanders

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Bernard Sanders: may 11, 1934. he is the son of marian houseman and olan jeffords. his father served at on the vermont supreme court. he got a law degree from harvard law school and served three years of active duty in the united states navy and was in the naval reserves until he

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Bernard Sanders: retired as captain in 1990. the political world and was elected to the vermont state senate. two years later he ran for vermont attorney general and was elected to that position. in 1974, he ran for vermont's seat in the u.s. house of representatives and served 14 years. in 1988, jeffords was elected to the u.s. senate.

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Bernard Sanders: he was reelected in 1994. in 2006 he retired from public life. jim jeffords' mother was a music teach. while in congress, he cosphowndzed the congressional arts caucus. he also began high school art competion, a bipartisan program that celebrates the talents of local

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Bernard Sanders: high school students in congressional districts all across america. flourishes. jim jeffords has worked in both the house and senate was centered on job traing and individuals with disabilities, culminating in a strong support for the individuals with disabilities education act. he will be long rembered as a

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Bernard Sanders: champion of education and especially for providing new, enriched educational opportunities for those millions of americans with disabilities who in too many instances were ignored by our jim jeffords continued a long vermont tradition in the footsteps of his predecessors, senator robert stafford and

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Bernard Sanders: senator george aiken, of serving on the environment and publi he provided early and courageous leadership on an emergent problem with today we recognize as the central environmental issue of our time:global warming. early on, jim jeffords recognized that the buildup of greenhouse gases would change the climate of our entire planet.

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Bernard Sanders: he said, "the climate is warming. it is due to human activity and only a change will ensure that my grandsons will not suffer the consequences." but he 0 not only recognized the problem; he set about finding a solution, cap-and-trade legislation which even today represents the

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Bernard Sanders: single-most important federal route to reducing greenhouse gases and to lessening and hopefully reversing global warming. as we consider cap-and-trade in this session, we will be continuing the work that jim jeffords' work began. in 2001, jim jeffords in a move of great courage left the

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Bernard Sanders: republican party and became an independent. this action changed control of the senate, won widespread support in vearmt, and thrust this normally reserved and quiet man into the national spotlight. on october 1, 2002, jeffords was won of 23 senators to vote against authorizing the use of military force in

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Bernard Sanders: madam president, i personally have known jim jeffords for 37 years and i can attest to the warmth and affection with which he is held to this day in the state o vermont. on unassuming, straightforward and honest, he is respected not only by those who agreed with his views but by those who disagreed. his service has been a beacon of

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Bernard Sanders: vermont independence and vision, and so today i join the rest of and the senators in this body in wishing jim a very happy 75th birthday. thank you, madam president.

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Bernard Sanders: i would yield i note the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.