April 30, 1980
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CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT CARTER ON CHOICE OF SENATOR EDMUND S. MUSKIE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
(Mr. BRADEMAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. BRADEMAS. Mr. Speaker, I take this time to congratulate President Carter on his nomination of Senator EDMUND MUSKIE, of Maine, for the position of Secretary of State.
Like many Members of the House of Representatives, I have known Senator MUSKIE for a long time; indeed, for all of the 20 years that he has served in the other body.
Senator MUSKIE is a man of great intelligence, great stability of character, great strength of purpose. He has served with distinction on a number of committees in the Senate, most significantly as chairman of the Committee on the Budget, in which capacity he has given outstanding service to the Senate, to Congress as a whole, and to our country.
Mr. Speaker, ED MUSKIE, of Maine, is a man of unswerving dedication to our national interest, and I believe that he will be an outstanding Secretary of State.