[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S18983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ACCOLADES TO SENATOR BYRD

  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I thank the Chair for recognizing me.
  Mr. President, first, I want to add my accolades, if I might, for 
just a moment, to the very distinguished senior Senator from West 
Virginia, Robert Byrd, who earlier this afternoon, I think probably 
gave one of the more classic speeches that has been given on this floor 
for many a year.
  I hope the result of that will be that this Senate makes a video tape 
of this particular speech available--and certainly the Congressional 
Record--and that it would be widely disbursed, and that, hopefully, 
each incoming Senate class in years to come in this great institution 
would have the privilege, during the orientation period, of listening 
to the wise and truthful and very strong words of Senator Robert C. 
Byrd----about the institution that he loves and that we love and 
respect. I applaud him for his statement. I think it was timely. I 
think it was on the point. I think all of us owe him a deep debt of 
gratitude for that statement which was given from Senator Byrd's heart.

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