article_snippet: Vice President Joe Biden also spoke at the event, remarking that former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedytreated me like
article_snippet: People fight to get in the Senate only to get afraid,' the president told some 1,800 former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy friends, family and politicians from both parties gathered for the dedication.
article_snippet: the president said former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy was never afraid to compromise with Republicans, even if it would anger former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy supporters.
article_snippet: Speaker after speaker spoke of former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy's outsized influence on the Senate, where former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy served for 47 years, and held former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy consensus-building up in contrast to the gridlock that has become the hallmark of the modern Congress. '
article_snippet: No one made the Senate come alive like former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy,' Obama said. '
article_snippet: It was one of the great pleasures of my life to hear former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy deliver one of former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy stem winders on the Floor.'
article_snippet: Known as the 'Lion of the Senate,' former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy held former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy position as statesman in the U.S. Senate for nearly 50 years.
article_snippet: Vice President Joe Biden said that former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedytreated me like a little brother' when former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy arrived at Senate, and helped former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy into assignments usually not given to such junior politicians .
article_snippet: Vice President Joe Biden, who served with Kennedy in Senate as well, said Ted 'treated me like a little brother.'
article_snippet: When Vice President Joe Biden first arrived in 1973, former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy helped former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy land choice committee assignments not generally available to freshmen senators.
article_snippet: Vice President Joe Biden said former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy introduced former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy around Senate and was a master at generating trust and mutual respect. '
article_snippet: No one in my life understood that better than former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy.'
article_snippet: former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy believed in the majesty of the place and the place ability to inspire,' her said.
highlights_snippet: No one made the Senate come alive like Kennedy,' Obama said; Kennedy served in the upper chamber with Kennedy for three and a half years .
  
highlights_snippet: Known as the 'Lion of the Senate,' Kennedy held Kennedy position as statesman in the Senate for nearly 50 years .