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Senator susan collins for the kind and generous introduction. it was very moving and touching for me. it's hard to believe, really, that the three of us have served together in this body for almost 20 years. when i arrived in the senate in 1997, i probably wouldn't have anticipated becoming so close with a colleague from maine, two people from the northernmost part of our country and southernmost part of our country -- [ protest er speaking ] >> it took us awhile to perhaps understand our accents but once we did, we became fast friends. of course, richard shelby and i never had an accent probl...

Generous introductions. it was very moving and touching for me. it is hard to believe really that the three of us have served together in this body for almost 20 years. when i arrived in the senate in 1997 i wouldn't anticipated coming so close with a colleague from maine, two people from the northern-most part of our country and the southern-most part of our country. [disturbance from the audience] it took us a while to perhaps understand our accents but once we did we became fast friends. of course, richard shelby and i never had an accent problem.