[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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                   RETIREMENT OF SENATOR DAVID BOREN

  Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN. Mr. President, I rise today to honor my friend and 
colleague, Senator David Boren, who will be leaving the U.S. Senate at 
the end of this session to become the next president of the University 
of Oklahoma.
  Mr. President, the distinguished Senator from Oklahoma began is 
career in public service in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 
where he served with distinction from 1966 through 1974. During his 
four terms in the Oklahoma legislature, Senator Boren not only served 
his constituents in Seminole County in elected office, but also as 
chairman of the department of government at Oklahoma Baptist University 
in Shawnee.
  Senator Boren was elected Governor of Oklahoma in 1974, and served in 
that office until 1979. As the youngest sitting governor in the Nation, 
Senator Boren enacted many progressive government reform laws, which 
strengthened conflict-of-interest statutes, expanded campaign financing 
disclosure requirements, and increased the number of contracts open to 
competitive bidding.
  First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1979, Senator Boren brought his 
commitment to reform to Washington, where he has led numerous efforts 
to make government work better for all Americans. As the chair of the 
Joint Economic Committee on the Organization of Congress, Senator Boren 
conducted a comprehensive review of congressional operations in order 
to make the institution more efficient and responsive.
  In 1991, he introduced legislation to limit congressional campaign 
spending, discourage negative campaigning, and abolish PACs. Senator 
Boren also introduced legislation to discourage administration and 
congressional staff from benefiting from government service by becoming 
lobbyists.
  A leading member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Boren 
authored the Farm Credit Act of 1987, which stabilized the farm credit 
system and saved thousands of its borrowers from bankruptcy.
  Senator Boren has also worked tirelessly in the Senate Finance 
Committee to reform our Nation's Federal tax and energy policies and 
enhance our Nation's competitiveness in the emerging global economy.
  As the longest-serving chairman in the history of the Senate Select 
Committee on Intelligence, Senator Boren has stressed bipartisan 
cooperation in U.S. foreign policy. In fact, Senator Boren helped 
negotiate the final terms of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces [INF] 
Treaty, the Conventional Forces in Europe [CFE] Treaty, and the Start 
Arms Control Treaty.
  Mr. President, after 28 years of distinguished public service, 
Senator Boren has decided, once again, to help meet the educational 
needs of our Nation's young people by becoming the next president of 
the University of Oklahoma.
  Although all of us here in the Senate will miss Senator Boren, we 
understand and admire his commitment to the education of our Nation's 
citizens.
  Mr. President, I would like to conclude my remarks today by thanking 
my colleague, Senator David Boren, for all of his hard work on behalf 
of the citizens of the United States, and by wishing him and his family 
all the best.

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