[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 4, 1994]
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               THE RETIREMENT OF SENATOR DAVE DURENBERGER

  Mr. EXON. Mr. President, as we close this session of the Senate, I 
want to take this opportunity to salute another dear friend of mine 
from the other side of the aisle, Dave Durenberger.
  Even though we have sat on opposite sides of the political aisle in 
the Chamber, I have never known partisanship to get in the way of Dave 
Durenberger pitching in and doing good work on behalf of our country. A 
more recent example, one of many, was our joint collaboration to break 
the logjam on Senate passage of campaign finance reform legislation. 
The Exon-Durenberger compromise was the only reason we were able to 
gain bipartisan Senate passage of this legislation last year and served 
as a model for how this important reform could be enacted not only on 
the Federal level but on the State level, as well. I believe any future 
such reform effort will have to be based on this concept.
  Dave Durenberger has been a field commander in the long, hard fight 
to reform our health care system. While we have not met with success on 
that front, without the good work of Dave Durenberger, we never would 
have even had a chance. We will miss his knowledgeable and 
conscientious approach to these and many other issues. I want to wish 
him well on his return to his beloved Minnesota and all the best in the 
future.

  Mr. President, I thank the Chair, and I yield the floor.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I ask I may be allowed to continue as in 
morning business for a period of time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. EXON. I ask my friend, the assistant majority leader, to advise 
me at the time he is ready to close the Senate down.

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