February 14, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 29 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                            VALENTINE'S DAY

  Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, it was a year ago today that I was 
presiding and something occurred to me. One is that in the 12 years 
that I have been in public service, I have virtually spent none of 
those Valentine's Days at home. Last year, I was thinking about how I 
messed up. I didn't even order flowers or do the things that I would 
normally do, although, I usually get flowers on Valentine's Day.
  But then I started contemplating the Senate rules, and I know that 
there are a number of, well, things you just can't do on the floor.
  I determined, for example, that you can't do an ad hoc prop and say 
something because it would be a violation of the rules. So although I 
thought about putting this heart up and presenting this and saying, ``I 
love my wife Susan Tillis of 32 years,'' I am not going to do that 
because I think it would be a violation of the rules.
  But in the event that someday we do change the rules and we are able 
to come to the floor and express our love for our spouses and people 
who sacrifice as much as we do, I hope someday to be able to give that 
speech on the Senate floor.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Georgia.

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