[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3439-S3440]
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             NEW REPUBLICAN SENATOR BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, the whip of our party has just made an 
exciting announcement, that my friend and a friend of most of ours, 
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, is today announcing that 
he will become a Republican.
  For a good number of years I have had the privilege to work with this 
Senator, both in the U.S. House of Representatives and now here in the 
Senate, and I must tell you that he is a man of great integrity. We 
have worked on a variety of western issues that are common to both our 
States and a broad base of our constituency, 
[[Page S3440]] and it is exciting for me to know that Ben is going to 
become one of us. I feel very privileged that he has made that choice.
  I have asked for a special order this morning to do an analysis 
following the vote yesterday of the balanced budget amendment and where 
we stand as a Senate now on the threshold of making a decision as it 
relates to how we will deal with this issue.
  At this time I will yield to the Senator from Oklahoma--whom I know 
needs to preside in the chair and will in just a few moments--for his 
comments on this issue. Clearly, while in the House and now here in the 
Senate, he has been a leader on the issue of the balanced budget 
amendment, and I yield to the Senator for what time he may use.
  Mr. INHOFE. I thank the Senator for yielding. This will be very 
brief, Mr. President.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The distinguished Senator from Oklahoma is 
recognized.

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