Committee chairman Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) set the easygoing tone early on. I am sure Senator Cohen knows all the answers to the questions he will hear today he has probably asked some of them in some hearings in the past, ... We may even get to hear excerpts of some of the speeches Senator Cohen made during his tenure in the Senate. I am sure he is looking forward to hearing those words again.
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Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no one is sure if a shouted Bingo counted as a yea or a nay.
Elected officials who win trust, like Strom Thurmond and Fritz Hollings, get re-elected.
I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.
We had more threats against Sen. Thurmond than any other official that we provided security for, and I would think that would be because of his long years of service and the many issues he dealt with.
Now the Democrats control the Senate. But the good news is that now the Republicans can admit that Strom Thurmond has been dead since 1988.
At Dell, we're on a mission to find, hire and develop diverse talent. Thurmond has galvanized our internal belief that to be a successful company and a great place to work, Dell must leverage the similarities and differences of employees. The Austin Area Urban League could not have picked a more deserving recipient of its 2006 Whitney M. Young Junior Award.
I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either.
stood for the right of states to reject federal civil rights legislation. After Thurmond spoke, Lott told the group, 'You know, if we had elected this man 30 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today.