[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 82 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO SENATOR PRYOR

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, the first 8 years of my time as Republican 
leader coincided with the administrations of Republican Presidents. And 
one of my jobs as leader was do everything I could to support the 
agenda of those Presidents.
  Though Senator Pryor is not the Democrat leader, he has made it his 
job the past 3 years to do everything he could to support President 
Clinton, his long-time friend and fellow Arkansan.
  And no doubt about it, President Clinton could not have asked for a 
better friend than Senator Pryor. While we have disagreed on many 
issues--especially over the last 3 years--I have admired his loyalty to 
the President.
  I have also admired the special interest that Senator Pryor has taken 
on issues of importance to senior citizens. When he was in the House of 
Representatives, he was the driving force behind the establishment of 
the Aging Committee, and has chaired that committee here in the Senate.
  Senator Pryor will also be remembered for his longstanding crusade 
against overly harsh enforcement methods of the Internal Revenue 
Service, and he is due a great deal of credit for the passage in 1988 
of the taxpayers bill of rights.
  I would close by saying to Senator Pryor that it is my hope that come 
next January, I will have the privilege of having Senators who are as 
good of friends to a Dole administration as he has been to the Clinton 
administration.

                          ____________________