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Sen. Bunning delivered these remarks on the senate floor on December 9.

Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to thank all of my colleagues and other individuals who have come to the Chamber to hear me bid farewell.

I have had the great fortune of having three wonderful careers during my life:  one as a husband, a father of nine children, and a grandfather of 40, one in Major League Baseball for twenty-seven years and one in public service for thirty years. 

Many people often talk about how different my baseball and public service careers are, but they really are not so different.

I have been booed by 60,000 fans at Yankee Stadium standing alone at the pitcher’s mound, so I have never really cared if I stood alone here in Congress as long as I stood by my beliefs and my values.  I have also thought that being able to throw a curve ball never was a bad skill for a politician to have.

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