[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 144 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
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                  TRIBUTE TO SENATOR DAVID DURENBERGER

  Mr. HEFLIN. Mr. President, I want to take a moment to salute our 
friend and colleague, Senator David Durenberger, who announced that he 
will be retiring from the Senate at the end of the 103rd Congress. Dave 
and I came to the Senate together in 1979, and he has always been warm, 
friendly, and pleasant to work with.
  He has been an effective leader on a wide range of issues, including 
health care reform and financial management. I dare say that there are 
few of us in this body who understand health care and doctors better 
than Dave Durenberger. His is a unique perspective, because his State 
of Minnesota has been a progressive innovator in the health care field. 
It was one of the States that experimented early on with Health 
Maintenance Organizations and other reforms that are getting close 
attention today.
  Dave's has often been a moderate, reasoned voice within his party on 
important legislation. He has served the people of Minnesota and the 
Nation well, and has been a true Senate leader and shining light within 
the Republican Party. He will be missed when the next Congress convenes 
in January 1994. I congratulate and commend him for his many years of 
public service.

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