Senator Tom Daschle Portrait Unveiling

Apr 22, 2008

U.S. Senate | Senate Commission on Art U.S. Capitol | Old Senate Chamber

The U.S. Senate Commission on Art presented a portrait of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in the Old Senate Chamber. Current and former Senate leaders spoke about Senator Daschle's service and career.
The U.S. Senate Commission on Art presented a portrait of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in the Old Senate Chamber. Current and former Senate leaders spoke about Senator Daschle's service and career.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:07 Unidentified Speaker BACK LIVE TO THE SENATE CHAMBER OF THE U.S. CAPITOL FOR A PORTRAIT UNVEILING OF FORMER MAJORITY LEADER...
00:03:47 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR BYRD. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND ALL OF YOU ESPECIALLY THOSE SITTING...
00:13:47 Unidentified Speaker I REMEMBER ONE DAY. I THIS I THAT WE MOVED ALL JUDGES AND WE WENT 70 NOMINATIONS LICK EIGHTY SPLIT....
00:15:05 Unidentified Speaker IT ISN'T ENOUGH THAT WE SAY IN OUR HEARTS THAT WE LIKE A MAN FOR HIS WAYS. AND IT ISN'T ENOUGH THAT...
00:16:04 Unidentified Speaker WELL SENATOR LOTT, MY DEAR FRIEND HARRY REID, SENATOR BYRD, SENATOR McCONNELL. MY FORMER COLLEAGUES,...
00:26:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
00:26:20 Unidentified Speaker IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE, IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR ARTIST MY PORTRAIT ARTIST AARON SHIKLER....
00:26:37 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. IT'S A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME. I'VE NEVER BEEN INVITED TO TALK AT A HANGING OF A SENATOR...
00:26:48 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT THE WORLD OF PORTRAIT. MOSTLY QUITE ARCANE. ANYWAY, I HAD TO GIVE A...
00:28:21 Unidentified Speaker A BETTER EXPERIENCE HAD TO DO WITH WELL, GILBERT STUART WHO WAS COMMISSIONED TO DO A YOUNG WIFE AND...
00:28:57 Unidentified Speaker IT'S TRUE. NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IS WASHINGTON WAS NOT HAPPY...
00:31:12 Unidentified Speaker IN ANY CASE IT WENT ON FOR A NUMBER OF SITS AND THEN WHEN THE PORTRAIT WAS FINISHED I INVITED THEM...
00:32:25 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE TO INTRODUCE THE REPUBLICAN LEADER MR. MITCH McCONNELL. GOT THAT RIGHT? [APPLAUSE]
00:32:49 Unidentified Speaker WHEN THE SENATE MET IN THIS ROOM THE OFFICE OF PARTY LEADER DID NOT EXIST. YET A CLOSE READING OF...
00:35:50 Unidentified Speaker OTHERS CHERISH A THANK YOU NOTE OR THE MEMORY OF AN UNEXPECTED PHONE CALL THANKING THEM FOR SOME SMALL...
00:36:14 Unidentified Speaker WHILE JOGGING. WHO ELSE WOULD BE0 ABSENT MINDED AS TO LEAVE A MEMORY RETENTION BOOK ON AN AIRPLANE....
00:36:29 Unidentified Speaker AND THEY ADMIRED HIM THE WAY HE STOOD UP TO HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS TO REALLY MEAN GUYS LIKE ME. ...
00:36:58 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS JUST ONE MORE OBSTACLE HE HAD OVERCOME LIKE BEATING SHYNESS AS A YOUNG BOY BY LYING AWAKE AT...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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  • Daschle, Thomas A.
  • Lott, Trent
  • McConnell, Mitch Jr.
  • Reid, Harry
  • Shikler, Aaron

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