WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. John Thune issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor:
Thune's remarks below (as delivered):
"Mr. President, I come to the floor today with a heavy heart.
"I look to my right and I see a desk which we in the Senate refer to and know as the John Calhoun desk.
"It's covered with a black shroud.
"And on ... top of that shroud is a bowl of white roses.
"That, Mr. President, is Lindsey Graham's desk.
"It's difficult to believe that Lindsey Graham is no longer here with us - that we won't run into him at a meeting today, or share a joke with him at this afternoon's vote.
"The halls of the Senate already feel empt...