[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 23 (Monday, March 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 7, 1994]
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                               JOHN RILEY

  Mr. DURENBERGER. Mr. President, last night, at about 8:30, quite a 
number of us lost a very dear friend to cancer. He was just 47 years of 
age. He was my friend John Riley, and he was a friend of many of the 
rest of us here.
  The members of the Commerce Committee, some of whom are on the floor 
now, will remember John well as the Federal Railway Administrator, 
beginning, as I recall, late in 1983, quite a number of years ago.
  He left that post in April 1989. The next day he was at Arlington 
Hospital with a brain tumor, of which, by some miraculous positive bent 
that is John's only, he was cured. But it followed with another one and 
another one and the third one finally killed him here 5 years after the 
first was discovered.
  John was an incredible human being. He was, above all, an optimist. 
He was a character to many people, but he was a person with whom, if 
you were lucky enough to have a relationship, you found that 
relationship a treasure beyond any value, because it is so hard 
sometimes to discover in the relationships we develop in this body or 
in a political sense, people whose characters we look up to and whose 
persona is something to be emulated, and we would like to see our 
children, our friends, and our constituents.
  I give notice to my colleagues that there will be a memorial service 
for John by his family and friends and others in Ardmore, PA, on 
Friday, at noon, I believe it is, of this week.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  Mr. DOLE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair recognizes the Senator from Kansas.
  Mr. DOLE. Do I have any leader time remaining?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 10 minutes leader time.

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