[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S6043]
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                       THE ROBERT J. DOLE BALCONY

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to immediate consideration of Senate Resolution 258 that I now 
send to the desk.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The Assistant Secretary of the Senate read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 258) to designate the balcony 
     adjacent to rooms S-230 and S-231 of the United States 
     Capitol Building as the ``Robert J. Dole Balcony.''

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, the resolution that I now send to the 
desk on behalf of myself and Senator Daschle is a resolution that 
follows a great tradition in the Senate where we name rooms, sometimes 
buildings, after our colleagues. We have buildings--the Russell 
Building, Hart, and Dirksen, all named after outstanding Senators.
  On the first floor of this building we have the Hugh Scott Room named 
after a former Republican leader, and down the hall the Mansfield Room, 
another great leader who served the longest as Senate majority leader, 
and we also have the Howard Baker Room that is now the Office of 
Senator Dole. All these honors were a very fine and noble tribute.
  But the tribute we name today, or the one we are making today is 
naming the balcony adjacent to the Office of the Republican Leader as 
the Robert J. Dole Balcony. It was Senator Dole who asked this balcony 
be made accessible to legislators and to the leaders. I can tell you 
that there has been a lot of good legislative work done on that 
balcony. I can also tell you that sometimes the balcony is called ``the 
Dole Beach.''
  To our leader, we wanted to have a lasting remembrance, because you 
are part of this Capitol. You are part of this institution. You are one 
of the reasons why this institution is greatly respected, because of 
the respect we have for you.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 258) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 258

       Resolved, That the balcony adjacent to rooms S-230 and S-
     231 of the United States Capitol Building is hereby 
     designated as, and shall hereafter be known as, the ``Robert 
     J. Dole Balcony''.

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The able majority leader, Senator Dole of 
Kansas, is recognized.
  Mr. DOLE. I appreciate very much the resolution just passed. Will it 
be in big letters or neon? I know it cannot have any political 
advertising on it. Just have the name out there in lights the next few 
months. I thank all of my colleagues.

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