May 1, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 71 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H3348-H3349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REMEMBERING FORMER SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
former Senator Richard Lugar, who passed away Sunday at the age of 87.
  Senator Lugar served the State of Indiana for 36 years in Congress 
and was a leading voice on issues at home and abroad.
  Senator Lugar was a man of strong integrity who stood by what he 
believed in, and Senator Lugar always was willing to work with 
colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reach a shared goal: 
bipartisanship.
  In 2003, the State Department established a Kennedy-Lugar YES Abroad 
program, named for Senator Lugar and Senator Ted Kennedy. The program 
provides scholarships for students from the United States and countries 
with significant Muslim populations to spend 1 year in the other's 
country. It fosters the same goals that Senator Lugar dedicated his 
life to achieving: understanding, collaboration, and friendship with 
the rest of the world.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Senator Lugar for his legendary service. Senator 
Lugar leaves a long record of legislative accomplishments. I offer my 
condolences to his family.
  May Senator Lugar rest in peace, and may we learn from the example 
that he set.

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