[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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                TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE DAVID L. BOREN

  Mr. DeCONCINI. Mr. President, it has been said that every job is a 
self-portrait of the person who did it. When we look at the career of 
the distinguished Senator from the State of Oklahoma, Senator Boren, it 
is quickly apparent that he has excelled in virtually every effort he 
has undertaken. Senator Boren graduated from Yale University in the top 
one percent of his class. He was a Rhodes Scholar and attended Oxford 
University in England where he received his master's degree in 
Government with honors. He subsequently attended the University of 
Oklahoma College of Law and was named by the faculty as the outstanding 
graduate of his class.
  The State of Oklahoma and the nation are the beneficiaries of Senator 
Boren's decision to dedicate the next 30 years of his life to public 
service. Once again, he excelled in his chosen path. After serving with 
distinction in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, he became the 
youngest governor in the Nation. Next there would follow 16 years of 
service in the U.S. Senate. Oklahoma's overwhelming endorsement of 
Senator Boren's Senate job performance is reflected in the fact that he 
made state election history in both of his re-election campaigns, 
carrying all but two of the State's 2,354 precincts in his last 
election.
  Senator Boren and I came to the Senate just a few years apart. 
Together we worked on many issues to reform our system of government. 
Senator Boren was a key player in campaign finance reform as well as 
legislation to streamline congressional operations; limit lobbyists' 
gifts and travel subsidies to government workers; and to put a rein on 
the revolving door between public service and private profit. He has 
done yeoman's work in making government more efficient and responsive 
to the American people. He has been in the vanguard of the fight to 
ensure that Federal employees serve the public interest--not special 
interests.

  I had the privilege of succeeding Senator Boren as Chairman of the 
Intelligence Committee. His genius in foreign policy is widely 
acknowledged, and his expertise has been tapped by U.S. Presidents, 
Republican and Democrat alike. President Reagan chose Senator Boren to 
be advisor on U.S. policy during the Philippines' transition to 
democracy. President Bush chose him as informal advisor on South Africa 
during the transition from President Botha to President de Klerk. 
Senator Boren was one of three Senators who first visited China 
following the events of Tiananmen, and President-elect Clinton 
acknowledged his expertise by choosing him as an informal advisor on 
U.S. policy on China.
  Teddy Roosevelt once stated that ``real success consists in doing 
one's duty well in the path where one's life is led.'' Throughout his 
life David Boren not only has performed his duties well, he has 
excelled in virtually every endeavor he has undertaken. I am certain he 
will continue his outstanding record of success as he assumes the 
Presidency of the University of Oklahoma. I wish Senator Boren and his 
family every success and happiness in the years ahead.

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