[Congressional Record: July 26, 2011 (Senate)]
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CHRISTOPHER S. BOND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to Calendar
No. 111, S. 846.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Casey). The clerk will report the bill by
title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 846) to designate the United States Courthouse
located at 80 Lafayette Street in Jefferson City, Missouri,
as the Christopher S. Bond United States Courthouse.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the
table, and that any statements be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (S. 846) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third
time, and passed, as follows:
S. 846
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CHRISTOPHER S. BOND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.
(a) Designation.--The United States courthouse located at
80 Lafayette Street in Jefferson City, Missouri, shall be
known and designated as the ``Christopher S. Bond United
States Courthouse''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
United States courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the ``Christopher S. Bond
United States Courthouse''.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I note that this courthouse is going to be
named for our long-term colleague Kit Bond. That is very nice. He is a
fine man. He served his State in many different ways. He was a
Governor, a very popular Governor. He served as the ranking member of
the Intelligence Committee and served admirably.
One thing he and I talked about on a number of occasions, when he was
Governor of the State of Missouri, he rescinded an order that had been
given by his predecessor, a man by the name of Governor Boggs, as I
recall, which was an extermination order against all the Mormons who
were in Missouri--extermination meaning to kill them all--and some of
them were killed. But they worked their way out of Missouri. But that
extermination order remained in effect until Kit Bond came along. Of
course, they were not trying to exterminate the Mormons, but as a
matter of principle he thought that was the wrong thing to do.
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So for that and other reasons, I have fond memories of our friend Kit
Bond.
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