we celebrate the life of zell miller. ring, would be my 60th year that we talked about baseball. 60 years. he was my very first mentor outside of my family. what a mentor. he was a man and i was a boy. even when we both grew old, he was still the man i was the boy. on our honeymoon, i wanted to go to the grand ole opry and my wife wanted to go to gatlinburg. we compromised and went to gatlinburg. [laughter] rev. harper: and the good news was, we could meet zell and shirley miller. on our honeymoon. sorry, you were there too. she does this to me sometimes. shirley got to meet my mentor zell miller. shirley cooked fish for those of us on the baseball team and we would catch them. i'm sorry we infringed on you but you made us feel welcome. you had that way of caring and loving us. but he was my baseball coach. i only felt the barbed wire once. we were ahead of gma 7-6. top of the ninth inning, and two men on second and third and zell said walk this hitter who is the best hitter. there was a little measly guy, zell said we'll

collins, for collins: i rise today in memory of georgia's legend in many ways, zell miller, who spent the last few years of his life, all of his life in my district. he helped shape georgia into one of the strongest states in the union. he was a national giant from northeast georgia and looked up to him as a leader who never blinked in the face of the challenge or let kohl ticks eclipse his principles. i'll remember the way he supported and encouraged me through many seasons. my family knew and admired him s a true man of the mountains. he was born to a mother who built sing handedly their home with rocks from the stream. he put his education on hold to enlest in the united states marine corps. one year after he joined the marine, he married shirley carver and they had two sons. a few years later, zell enrolled in university of georgia and graduated with a bachelor and master's degree in history. this learned im-- earned him a teaching position back home and in the same year the town elected him as their mayor. after one may i don't recall term, residents sent him to the gold dome as

it shows you, as my now late friend zell miller used to say, a hit dog hollers. mr. because he knows this hurts, it is hitting him. he's showing guilty knowledge. >> i think we have to keep the issues separate until we know that they are co-mingled, right? the raid on michael cohen's office is more than likely related to the stormy daniels payments, which is not related to the russia investigation. that said, the reason why trump is hollering, as paul says, michael cohen is his lawyer. that means he is the perfect representation of how donald trump has conducted his personal and professional life. and any outward observer of michael cohen knows that he does business through threats, bluster, lies, and who knows what else. we also know that for the feds to raid his apartment, the burden was pretty darn high. they not only had to draft a warrant, they had to get it authorized in there, and so do these roads eventually lead together? perhaps. it all gets back to whether it is russia, whether it is stormy daniels, the lies and secrets the president has and how he's kept

senator zell miller. he died earlier this month at the age of 86.

bush focused a funeral -- hosted a funeral for former governor zell miller who died earlier this month at the age of 86. this is one hour. ♪

thoughts and prayers to zell miller who has left us, great citizen of the united states of america. and really to the people of georgia and atlanta and particularly my personal hero, john lewis, who is a congressman -- [applause] i know sometimes it's hard to appreciate people who are still alive but he is a saint. and a great american hero. and i trust that you all know that. if you don't know it now you'll know it years after his passing because sometimes we don't revere people while they're here but he is truly a gem for all of us. so thank you for having me here today. want to just tell you a little story before i get into my remarks but there was a guy who was a ceo of a company and he was having trouble am bad time for this company, stock price was going down. people were getting laid off. having a hard time, and he went to the doctor and said, you know, doc, i feel like i'm going to stroke out. everything is bad at the business. he goes when i go home, the wife, the kids give me trouble mitchell wife works full-time but giving me a bucket load, and i need to do something abou

on friday, march 23, former senator zell miller departed this life at the age of 86. those of us who served with zell knew him as a kind and honorable man and a committed public servant. he rose from a childhood boat electricity and running water, well into his school years to serve the state of georgia as governor and later as senator. zell miller did so with grit and determination, never afraid to buck partisanship in favor of his pring pells. and -- principles. also this past thursday senator daniel akoka, our former colleague from hawaii passed away. he worked to advocate for his state. as a senator once himself put it, he also referred to a workhorse to a show horse. the senate offers our condolences to their families. now, on an entirely different matter, today we just welcomed a new colleague to this chamber, senator cindy hyde smith was sworn in. she became the 51st senator and the first woman to represent mississippi here in the senate. senator hyde smith brings experience as a state legislator and as the mississippi commissioner of ai agriculture d commerce.

the clerk: senate resolution 454, relative to the death of zell bryan miller, the former governor and senator of the state of georgia. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 455, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 455, relative to the death of the honorable daniel k. akaka, senator from the state of hawaii. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the immediate consideration of the measure. mr. mcconnell: i further ask the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without obj

now, over the past weeks, as we've been away, we've heard of the passing of two of our senators, zell miller and danny akoka. i would like to say a few words about danny who is a good friend of mean and everything he did. he was a soldier, a teacher, and a statesman. he embodied the spirit of hawaii. he was so sincere in his beliefs and such a kind and gentle man that senators went out of their way to help him and of course he fought so hard for his state. he taught us so much, in his modesty, in his persistence, in his love of his constituents. and so for all he taught us for his service and his friendship, we say mahalo one final time. now, it was tammy duckworth who first informed me of senator akaka's passing, and it shows god's rhythms of life, the passing of danny akaka after a -- after long service and a wonderful life, and now we have just learned of the birth of tammy duckworth's child. it's a milestone. tammy duckworth a few hours ago became the first senator to give birth while in office. we're very glad to hear that she and her newborn daughter are happy and healthy. now, like al