[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 191 (Monday, December 4, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S17925]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. SIMON (for himself and Ms. Moseley-Braun):

  S. 1443. A bill to designate the United States Post Office building 
located at 102 South McLean, Lincoln, IL, as the ``Edward Madigan Post 
Office Building,'' and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs.


    THE EDWARD MADIGAN POST OFFICE BUILDING DESIGNATION ACT OF 1995

 Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce, along 
with Senator Moseley-Braun, a bill to designate the post office of 
Lincoln, IL, as the Edward Madigan Post Office Building.
  I served with Ed Madigan in the Illinois Legislature, where we worked 
on a variety of things together, and then I served with him in the 
House here in Washington.
  He was one of those people who had common sense and a graciousness 
about him that was infectious.
  He knew how to disagree without creating hostility. He was a 
remarkable person.
  When we had a vacancy in the office of Secretary of Agriculture, I 
called him and said I wanted to call President Bush's chief of staff in 
Ed Madigan's behalf unless he had an objection. He had none, and I was 
pleased to call John Sununu and tell him that if they wanted someone 
who could get along with Democrats and Republicans and still do a very 
good job, they could not do better than Ed Madigan.
  I am sure a great many people with much more influence than Paul 
Simon conveyed the same message.
  It was typical of Ed Madigan that I called him, rather than the other 
way around.
  He was a great public servant, but even more important than that, he 
was just a genuinely fine human being.
  I am pleased to introduce this legislation. My only regret is that Ed 
Madigan is not around to see this building designated for him. He was 
proud of his hometown of Lincoln, and I know the people in Lincoln are 
proud of him.

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