richard holbrooke. our nation mourned his passing may offer my condolences to his family's and loved ones during this most difficult time.e >> andre, p. have of myself and wife kathy, i'd like to thank the people of new hampshire for giving us the great order and this is an extraordinary body of we senate. it is filled with wonderful people. t ihe look around us and a few otr friends, people that i've had the chance to do work with and r admire immensely.d when and i thanked him for theg i'm o friendship. when people ask me about leavinp the senate, was the thing in going to most?d to mak iowa state people come the people of the senate because they're special. dedicated to making this a job better place, dedicated to doing their jobs well, dedicated to d so serving, serving america. and so i thank you for the great honor and privilege that she's given kathy and i to allow us td save and participate in this body with yourself and yourlse spouses.een i want to thank everybody else who's been so helpful throughout our her career, the folks here, and this staff, people in the i mean cloakroom, throughout throughout this, building. sen