[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 104 (Friday, June 23, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S9009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         GRATITUDE FOR SCOTT BATES' 25 YEARS OF SENATE SERVICE

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, the distinguished majority leader has not 
only spoken for both of us, but I think for all of us, in expressing 
our sincere gratitude to Scott.
  To look at him, you would think he was five when he started, not 27. 
He still looks young and full of energy and vibrance. And that is the 
way he conducts himself each and every day. Many of us who have had the 
great fortune to work with Scott for a number of years have grown to 
admire him and his professionalism each and every day when he comes to 
work. It is not just the days when he has to call out each of our 
names, but it is the long days when he has to read a bill, page by page 
by page, that we have a great sympathy for him and for the positions he 
finds himself in from time to time.
  But I know that all of us express today our sincere appreciation and 
congratulations to Scott. He epitomizes public service. He epitomizes 
what we hope to be the real model of public life each and every day.
  As the distinguished leader said, it is his voice and his persona 
that people have the opportunity to see and hear each and every time 
they tune into C-SPAN. Let me also say how grateful we are to his 
family, because these jobs sometimes take people away from their 
families more than they should. It is only because we have 
understanding families, and families willing to support what it is we 
do here, that we can be here at all.
  So to Scott's family, and to Scott personally, we say congratulations 
and thank you.
  Mr. DOLE. I might say, too, that it is particularly hard when 
Senators mutter and mumble sometimes, and whether they voted ``yes'' or 
``no'' or ``I do not care.'' But it generally works out alright, 
because the Record is always accurate.

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