MR SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
ALAN. ANDERSON ATKINS BATES
BELL.
BERRYHILL. BRADFORD CANNELLA. DE
LEON. DOT. FULLER GAINES.
GALGIANI GLAZER HERNANDEZ
HERTZBERG HILL. HUESO JACKSON
LADA LEYVA MCGUIRE MENDOZA.
MITCHELL MINING MORE LOCK
MORALE.
NEWMAN. NGUYEN. NELSON PAN.
PORTANTINO ROTH.
SKINNER.
STERN.
STONE. VIDAK Y. CASKEY WIENER.
WILK.
A QUORUM IS PRESENT WITH THE
MEMBERS AND OUR GUEST BEYOND THE
RAIL IN THE GALLERY PLEASE RISE
WE WILL BE LEAD IN PRAYER THIS
AFTERNOON BY OUR CHAPLAIN SISTER
MICHELLE CORPSMAN. AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WE WILL
BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG BY
SENATOR ATKINS.
LET US CENTER OURSELVES IN GOD'S
PRESENCE.
LOVING CREATOR ETERNAL FRIENDS.
IN THIS NEW YEAR GRANT US AND
AIMS TO BREATHE DEEPLY OF THIS
MOMENT.
THIS LICENSE.
THIS MIRACLE OF NOW.
BENEATH THE DEMAND AND FURY OF
GREAT MOVEMENTS AND HARSH NEWS
AND URGENT CRISES.
MAKE US ATTENTIVE STILL TO GOOD
NEWS
TO SMALL LOCATIONS.
AND THE GRACE OF WHAT IS
POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE.
TO DO.
WE GIVE TO RECEIVE.
BEST REMEMBERS NEITHER OUR
NEIGHBORS GIFT.
NOR OUR ENEMIES NEEDS.
PRECIOUS GODS.
GRANT US THE EYES TO SEE WITH
THE ONE WHO SAW SIGNS OF YOUR
KINGDOM.
INSULTS AND USE STE
AND PEARLS AND SEEDS.
AND TRAVELERS AND TAX
COLLECTORS.
AND FOREIGNERS AND FISHERMEN.
THAT'S TODAY WE MAY FOLLOW YOUR
CALL INJUSTICE ENJOY. A MAN.
MISSION.
PROVISIONS. MISSION.
THE. MILITARY.
MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION WE
WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY.
US SENATOR DAILY OWN.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZE
SENATOR DAILY ON.
THANK YOU MUCH OF ABOUT
PRESIDENT'S.
COLLEAGUES I RISE WITH A HEAVY
HEART FEW WATERED THE MEMORY.
OF ONE OF OUR OWN SERGEANT AT
ARMS.
JAMIE DO YOU SEE.
JB PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER
TWENTY EIGHTH FROM COMPLICATIONS
OF STOMACH CANCER.
JIMMY WAS A FRIEND AND SHE WAS A
PROTECTOR TO EACH AND EVERYONE
OF US ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN ALIKE.
SHE WAS VERY CLIENT.
THROUGH VERY PROFESSIONAL.
AS SHE WAS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO
THIS INSTITUTION.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY SHE WAS A
MOTHER.
SHE WAS A DAUGHTER A SISTER A
FRIEND.
AND A PART.
TAKEN AWAY FROM HER FAMILY AND
LOVED ONES AS WE ALL KNOW IS.
A PICTURE WAY FAR TOO SOON.
JIMMY GREW UP IN BELFAIR
WASHINGTON.
A SMALL TOWN IN NORTHERN
WASHINGTON STATE. ON THE HOOD
CANAL.
FOUR VETERANS SPIRIT BUT HER
HERE TO SACRAMENTO BACK IN
NINETEEN NINETY SOON AFTER
GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT IS SHE WHAT SHE WENT ON TO
CAL STATE SACRAMENTO HERE
LOCALLY.
GOT A DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
BACK IN NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT.
AND.
MISS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY SHE
BEGAN WORKING IN THE CAPITAL FOR
THE SIMPLY SERGEANT OF ARMS.
BUT TWO THOUSAND TWO HER VERY
GOOD FORTUNE TO JOIN THE SENATE
SERGEANT AT ARMS.
AND SHE SERVED WITH INTEGRITY.
POSITIVITY.
WITH DEDICATION DISTINCTION.
AS WELL AS AN INCREDIBLE SENSE
OF PROFESSIONALISM.
I KNOW PERSONALLY BECAUSE.
JAMIE WOULD SOMETIMES PICK ME UP
AND SHE WOULD DRIVE ME AROUND.
HERE IN THE STATE CAPITAL.
THOSE FIFTEEN YEARS SHE WENT OUT
OF HER WAY. TO LEND A HELPING
HAND AND TO CARE FOR OUR MEMBERS
OUR STAFF AS WELL AS OUR
VISITORS.
CONCLUDING SERVING AS AN EMT
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN FOR
THE SENATE.
WHAT ONCE SAY THAT'S THAT'S JUST
WHO SHE WAS?
UNLESS COMPASSION AND CARING.
WHAT HER LIFE SHE WAS ALWAYS THE
CARETAKER IN THE FAMILY?
PUTTING THE NEEDS OF OTHERS
BEFORE PEROT.
SERGEANT.
THAT ARMS OUR OWN SERGEANT OUR
OWN SENATE SERGEANT ARMS
JAMIE DISEASE SURVIVED BY HER
SISTER.
JENNIFER. HER BROTHERS MIKE AND
JOHN AND HER. BELOVED SON TWELVE
YEARS OF AGE STEVEN.
I ALSO WANTED VERY GIVE A VERY
DEEP.
RECOGNITION TO ONE OF OUR OWN
HERE.
ANOTHER FRIEND OF OURS ANOTHER
PROTECT OF OURS.
AND HE'S SOMEONE WHO'S ON MY BE
TELL. THAT IS SERGEANT JEREMIAH
WATER BURGER.
BECAUSE WHO WAS BY JAMIE SIDE
THROUGH THICK AND THIN.
PERFECT IN FAN. UNTIL THE VERY
AND.
WE HOLD YOU IN OUR HEARTS.
MADE JAMIE REST IN PEACE AND
MADE HER LOVED ONES FIND
COMFORT.
IN HER MEMORY.
I KNOW SHE'LL BE DEEPLY DEEPLY
MISS.
COLLEAGUES PLEASE JOIN ME.
A MAJORITY IN THE MEMORY OF
JAMIE.
SENATOR BATES
THANK YOU AMANDA BRESLIN AYE
BEHALF OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
I THINK TODAY. AYE WE DON'T
IDENTIFY OURSELVES AS
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS BUT A
FAMILY.
A FAMILY WHO HAS LOST A VERY
VERY VERY DEAR MEMBER SOMEONE
WHO DEVOTED HER LIFE AYE TO
MAKING OURS BETTER. WHAT WE
SERVED IN THIS INCREDIBLE
INSTITUTION?
I DEARLY MISSED IS PROBABLY AN
UNDERSTATEMENT OF FOR HOW WE ALL
FEEL TODAY. HOW WE HAVE THAT
LUMP IN OUR THROAT TO THAT ICANN
R. HEART? I KNOW LONELY FOR
JAMIE BUT FOR HER FAMILY WHO'S
LOST A DEAR LOVED ONE A CHILD
WHO'S LOST A MOTHER. A LET US
REMEMBER THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS IN OUR LIVES CERTAINLY
OUR FAMILY OUR FAITH.
OUR FRIENDSHIP.
AND I THINK ARE CALLED TO DUTY.
ARE AN ATTEMPT HERE IN THIS
HOUSE TO HONOR THE KINDS OF
PEOPLE.
THAT JAMIE REPRESENTS OUT THERE
HA WHO DEPEND ON US FOR FAIR NOW
FOR JUSTICE FOR LOVE AND CARING
AYE HERE.
EACH ONE OF US FOR ANOTHER BOOK
SO I JOIN.
MY COLLEAGUE.
ALL OF YOU BY IN EXPRESSING OUR
DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HER FAMILY
INTO EACH AND EVERYONE OF US LA
WHO SUFFER TODAY AS WE REMEMBER.
ALL THE LOSS OF THIS DEAR DEAR
LEFT ONE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR BASIS OR
ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.
I WILL MISS MY COMPANION ONE OF
THE FEW TIMES THAT I WAS TALLER
THAN THE SERGEANT WHO STOOD NEXT
TO ME HERE AS HIGH.
A PRESIDED I KNOW WE ALL.
FEEL DEEP LOS OUR CONDOLENCES TO
HER FAMILY IF WE COULD HAVE A
MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU SENATOR BATES THANK
YOU SENATOR DAILY OWN SENATOR
DAILY ON THE WEB CIGARETTE SHOP
MADAM PRESIDENT TAUGHT
COLLEAGUES I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR
DEMOCRATIC.
DEMOCRATIC CARCASS.
IN THE MEDI LURCH.
SENATOR BATES WHAT PURPOSE FORUM
CALLED FOR A REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
AYE IN THE COPS LOUNGE THINK
PUBLICAN CAUCUS IN THE* ONE
THIS HAS CONCLUDED UP ALL
MEMBERS PLEASE COME. BACK TO THE
ALL MEMBERS TO THE SENATE FLOOR
WE ARE BACK IN SESSION OF UNDER
ANNOUNCEMENTS SENATOR MENDOZA.
OUR DEAR COLLEAGUES I HAVE A
MESSAGE THAT WHEN THEY GIVE TO
YOU I.
WANT TO JUST COME FAR COME UP I
KNOW THAT ALLOWED DISCUSSION OF
EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
AND NOT HAVE TO FEEDBACK WITH MY
COLLEAGUES.
THE SENATE SIDE AND DEMOCRATIC
SIDE.
THEY'D BE REALLY.
WANT ME TO.
GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THIS
INVESTIGATION TO CONTINUE MOVING
FORWARD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I DO I DO APPRECIATE THEIR
FEEDBACK. AND THEY FEEL THAT.
IT'S BETTER IF I JUST. ASK THAT
BACK A LITTLE BIT AND I THOUGHT
THAT.
TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AND TO TAKE
AWAY ANY TYPE OF APPEARANCE OF
IMPROPRIETY ON IT UP APPEARANCE
OF.
GIVING ANY TYPE OF.
SPECIAL INFLUENCE.
I HAVE DECIDED TODAY WILL.
TAKE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
FOR THIS MONTH OF JANUARY TO
ALLOW THEM DESICCATION TO MOVE
FORWARD.
AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE EXPEDITE
ARE NOT EXPELLED THESE CODES
START SOON COULD HAVE TO WAITING
FOR IT.
EN BEGUN BY THE END OF THE
MONTH.
I WILL RETURN ON FEBRUARY THE
FIRST.
AND SOME OF THOSE TERMS.
.
BUT I WILL.
DON'T WORK OUT WITH THE PRO
TEM'S OFFICE AS FAR AS MY LEAVE
IS CONCERNED TO MAKE SURE I
CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I CAN FROM A
CONSTITUENT.
BUT I WILL TAKE MY LEAVE NOW TO
THE END OF THE MONTH. ARE LESS
IS.
ON THIS WE THE AND THAT'S EASY
CONCLUDES EARLIER THAT I'LL BE
BACK SOONER WHICH I'M REALLY
HOPING THAT IT WILL.
SO WITH THAT I DID WANT TO MAKE
THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
THAT.
AYE WITH BE THINKING MANY FOR
THIS MONTH ONLY AND RETURN
OCTOBER THE FIRST.
WITH THE HOPE THAT THE COMMITTEE
SHOULD BE DONE.
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
THANK YOU THANK YOU CENTER
MENDOZA SENATOR DAILY ON.
THE CARE MUCH ABOUT PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES FROM BOTH SIDES OUT
BOTH DEMOCRATS WAS REPUBLICANS
WE APART ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
CENTER TWENTY MENDOZA.
WITH REGARDS TO THE PENDING
INVESTIGATION HAS LIED ABOUT
SINCE.
.
I LIKE TO ADJOURN SO WITH THAT
WE WILL RECONVENE TOMORROW AND
ANY M. PICTURE MUCH THANK YOU
SENATOR.
VERY JOURNEY WE WILL CONVENE
TOMORROW AT NINE AM