Cohen Eulogizes Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker on House Floor

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) paid tribute to the life of former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, who sadly passed away today. Congressman Cohen made the following statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today, and video is available here:

“I have unfortunate news that we have lost a great American and a great Tennessean, Senator Howard H. Baker, Junior. Howard Baker served this country well, and he served it in a fashion that was worthy of admiration from both parties and from all people.

He was an American first, Tennessean second, and a Republican third. He served three terms in the United States Senate, serving as both Majority and Minority Leader. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and as Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan.

He was an attorney in private practice Baker Donelson, a firm his grandfather started. He practiced law at one time with his father, who served in this House as a United States Representative from Tennessee.

Howard Baker has been recognized since his retirement from the Senate on many occasions with several awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

His was a life well lived, and he should be remembered as a role model of a legislator who worked with both sides of the aisle and worked for America first.”