[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO MIKE SYNAR

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, not far from the floor of the House of 
Representatives is a statue of that great son of Oklahoma, Will Rogers. 
Rogers, of course, delighted in making fun of politics and 
politicians--but he believed in democracy, and he loved America.
  Another Oklahoman who believed in democracy and loved America was 
former Congressman Mike Synar, who passed away this weekend after a 
brave fight against brain cancer.
  Mike served in the House of Representatives with great energy from 
1979 to 1995. Since we represented neighboring States, we worked 
together on a number of issues--especially those relating to 
agriculture.
  Since Mike was a staunch Democrat, there were many other issues on 
which we found ourselves on opposite sides.
  But Mike knew that you could disagree with someone without being 
disagreeable.
  And I never doubted for a minute that Mike was standing up for what 
he believed.
  He was, in the words of our former colleague David Boren, truly a 
``person of principle.''
  I know I speak for all Members of this Chamber in extending our 
condolences to Mike's family, and to his many friends.

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