[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 98 (Monday, July 25, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: July 25, 1994]
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          TRIBUTE TO FORMER MINORITY LEADER SENATOR HUGH SCOTT

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                         HON. JOSEPH M. McDADE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 25, 1994

  Mr. McDADE. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I inform my 
colleagues of the death late last week of one of the Nation's and 
Pennsylvania's finest public servants, former Senate minority leader 
Hugh Scott.
  Senator Scott served with excellence and distinction for 18 years in 
the U.S. House of Representatives, beginning in 1940, and for three 
terms as Senator. He was elected Senate minority leader in 1969 after 
the death of Everett M. Dirksen.
  Those of us who were fortunate enough to serve with Hugh warmly 
recall a principled man who fought with skill and determination for the 
best interests of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Nation. He 
was a goal-oriented practitioner who used his considerable talents as a 
most effective representative of the people of Pennsylvania and a 
forceful leader of Senate Republicans.
  With his brand of moderate Republicanism and tenacious constituent 
service, Senator Scott set the stage for the success of many future 
Pennsylvania Federal officeholders.
  I remember vividly how innovative and stalwart he could be in 
fighting for the jobs of his constituents. He helped to convince the 
Pentagon to shift the mission of the Tobyhanna Army Depot to 
electronics, thereby insuring that the depot, now the largest employer 
in northeastern Pennsylvania, would remain open.
  Senator Scott served as minority leader during the difficult 
Watergate and Vietnam war years. He could be a tough partisan, but he 
was also able to forge alliances so that the interests of the Nation 
were served.
  The current Senate minority leader, Bob Dole, put it best when he 
said: ``Few Americans gave more of themselves to public service than 
Hugh Scott.''
  The country, the Republican Party, and the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania are all better because of the contributions of Hugh Scott. 
I feel privileged to have known him and worked with him. He will be 
rightfully remembered as a giant of American public service.
  A memorial service will be held on Thursday, and he will be buried 
with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

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