[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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                        TRIBUTE TO SENATOR BOREN

  Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I rise in tribute to my friend and 
colleague, the senior Senator from Oklahoma, David Boren, who will soon 
be leaving the Senate to begin a new career as president of the 
University of Oklahoma.
  I have shared a number of interests with David Boren since he came to 
the Senate in 1979. In his capacity as chairman of the Select Committee 
on Intelligence, he was concerned with many issues that were also of 
concern to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  I especially appreciated his concern that the United States might 
lapse into a state of isolationism in the wake of the cold war. And in 
that connection, I share his interest in the concept of U.S. 
participation in a standing international military force.
  Our shared concern about world affairs culminated last year in a 
memorable around-the-world tour that took us to China, southeast Asia, 
the Mideast, and Europe.
  Another notable aspect of David Boren's Senate career has been his 
unabashed commitment to reform, both as chairman of the Joint Committee 
on the Organization of Congress and as the principal sponsor of 
campaign finance legislation. It is a sad irony that both of these good 
causes have fallen victim to procedural impasses in the final days of 
Senator Boren's tenure. It remains for those of us who stay to continue 
his fight.
  I extend all best wishes to David and Molly Boren as they move on to 
a new life and new challenges.

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