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THE STATE'S JUNIOR SENATOR
WE RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH
SENATOR BOB CORKER IN HIS
HOMETOWN OF CHATTANOOGA TO
REFLECT ON THE DOZEN YEARS HE
IS SPENT REPRESENTING
THE PEOPLE OF TENNESSEE IN
WASHINGTON BEFORE RISING TO
CHAIR THE POWERFUL SENATE4@
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
SENATOR CORKER4@ FIRST BUILT A
CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS SERVED
AS STATE COMMISSIONER OF
FINANCE IN ONE ELECTION AS
MAYOR OF CHATTANOOGA HIS
SENATE CAREER STARTED4@ IN TWO
THOUSAND AND SIX. A LOT
BETTER THAN THE VAST
COLLECTION4@4@ OF PHOTOS ONLY
BEGIN TO DOCUMENT THE HISTORY
BOB CORKER HELP RIGHT. DURING
HIS TWELVE YEARS SERVING IN4@
UNITED STATES SENATE. WHAT DO
YOU SEE IS THE HALLMARK OF
YOUR TIME. I DON'T KNOW4@ THAT
BACK EVEN DO THAT RIGHT JOHN
I I I CAME AND THEN4@ THE SURG@
IN IRAQ. THE HEADY TIME FOR
NEW SENATOR GOODMAN THE MAYOR
OF A CITY A LOT OF4@ TIME OF
THE WHITE HOUSE THEN WE HAD
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THAN FOR
SOME REASON I PLAYED AN
OUTSIZED4@ ROLE IN COMING UP
WITH A SOLUTION THEY I GOT A
CALL AT TEN O'CLOCK ONE NIGHT
TO JOIN TWO OTHER REPUBLICAN
SENATORS HANK PAULSON BEN
MACKEY AND SOME OTHER
LEGISLATORS TO4@ TO TO TO4@ ONE
POINT WE THOUGHT MONEY WAS
GOING TO COME OUT OF THE ATM
SO FRIDAY WHEN4@ PEO4@PLE WERE
CASHING CHECKS SO THEN I WENT
TO THE AUTO CRISIS IF YOU
REMEMBER AND THIRD AGAINST
THE BILL4@. WELL NOW THAT THAT
THAT ACTUALLY THAT'S THAT'S
THE NARRATIVE I'M GLAD YOU
ASKED I WAS ACTUALLY THE ONLY
REPUBLICAN SENATOR SEEKING4@ A
SOLUTION YES WE VOTED AGAINST
WHAT CAME UP ON THE FLOOR
AFTER NEGOTIATIONS BROKE DOWN
BUT THE FACT IS WE LAID OUT
WHAT IS CALLED THE CORKER
PRINCIPALS GEORGE BUSH ON4@
DECEMBER THE THIRD COMMENT4@
HOME HERE IN CHAD AND I GET
SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
SAID BOB I'M GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND EXTEND CREDIT TO
GENERAL MOTORS AND CHRYSLER
BUT I'M DOING IT UNDER4@
THE CORK OR PRINCIPLES AND
WHEN OBAMA WAS ELECTED TOOK
OFFICE JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER
HE SAID CORKER WE JUST WANT
YOU AND THEY SAID IT PUBLICLY
RAHM EMANUEL LARRY SUMMERS
WERE FOLLOWING THE CORKER4@
PRINCIPLES SO WE ACTUALLY
WERE4@ THE ONES THAT IS AND
WHAT THE COMPANIES HAD TO DO
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE TAXPAYER
MONIES AND I AND THAT TURNED
OUT MY OPINION THE VARIOUS S
SUCCESSFUL4@ FRUSTRATION MARKED
PART OF HIS FIRST TERM
CORKER HELD DOZENS OF TOWN
HALLS TO DRUM UP4@ SUPPO4@RT TO
SOLVE ANOTHER CRISIS
THE NATIONAL DEBT. PEOPLE IN
EAST TENNESSEE LISTENED BUT
CONGRESS FAILED TO ACT AS I
THINKING NOW THAT PROJECTION
SHOW THAN IN4@ THE NOT TOO
DISTANT FUTURE ARE AN
INTERESTING INTEREST RATES
ARE RISING RIGHT NOW4@ OUR
INTEREST ON THAT IS4@ GONNA BE
GREATER THAN WHAT WE'RE
SPENDING ON THE MILITARY I
THINK WHEN THAT HAPPENS4@ A
LEAST GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION
RIGHT4@ AND AND YET AGAIN A
FEAR THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE
A CRISIS TO SOLVE IT YOU CALL
THAT ONE TIME THE MOST
DYSFUNCTIONAL BODY YOU'VE
EVER BEEN APART. I HAVE AND
I'VE SAID4@ SIMULTANEOUSLY TO
THAT THAT IT'S ALSO
THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE MY
LIFE. I MEAN NO MATTER WHAT
MAY BE THE LACK OF
FUNCTIONALITY THERE IS STILL
THE RIGHT IS PROBABLY TO MY
LIFE TO SERVE THE UNITED
STATES SENATE IT'S WHAT IS
YOUR ADVICE TO THE SENATOR
ELECT FROM THE STATE. I WOULD
SAY TO HEART. STILL SHE'S
GOING TO BAIL ON THE TOTEM
POLE AND RICE TO SENIORITY4@
AND I WOULD JUST REALLY FOCUS
ON BEING THE EX PARTE AND
SPAN AND A FEW TOPICS AND NOT
GENERALLY4@ HAPPENS IS YOU'LL
BE CALLED UPON WHEN THE TIME
4@ COMES FOR US TO DEAL WITH
THOSE PARTICULAR4@ AREAS THAT
THAT YOU FOCUSED ON YOUR
ADVICE TO4@ PRESIDENT T4@RUMP.
THAT YOU FOCUSED ON YOUR ADVICE TO4@ PRESIDENT T4@RUMP.H
GOSH I I THINK THAT HE'S HAD
THE INSTINCT TO PUT IN PLACE
SOME4@ PRETTY GOOD POLICIES AND
IN SOME CASES I THINK4@ THAT IF
THERE WAS ANY WAY FOR HIM TO
TO REALIZE THAT THROUGHOUT
OUR4@ NATION THIRTY THROUGHOUT
OUR GREAT4@ STATE BUT
THROUGHOUT OUR NATION WE HAVE
PEOPLE OF OUR TWO PEOPLE WHO
TRULY CARE ABOUT THEIR
NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW4@ CITIZENS
AND IF THEY COULD EVER BRING
HIMSELF TO TRY TO FOCUS ON
BRINGING4@ OUT THE BETTER
ANGELS OF OUR COUNTRY. HE'D4@
HAVE4@ A LOT MORE SUCCESS AND
HAVE A4@ LOT GREATER ABILITY TO
BRING THE NATION TOGETHER AND4@
SOLVE PROBLEMS. PROBLEM
SOLVING STATESMAN. THAT'S HOW
SENATOR CORKER HOPES HE'LL BE
REMEMBERED AND THOUGH4@ HE'S
LEAVING THE SENATE IN JANUARY
HE MAY NOT BE DONE WITH4@
SERVICE IF THERE WAS A4@ WAY
FROM A TO MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN THE ARENA