[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 98 (Friday, June 28, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S7292]
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                    CONGRATULATIONS TO SENATOR FRAHM

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I would like to take just a moment to 
congratulate the distinguished Senator from Kansas for her maiden 
speech.
  Over the last few years, as I have gone back and read the history of 
the Senate, I have found that there have truly been many magic moments 
when maiden speeches are made in the Senate, and it is one you will 
always remember. I remember the first one I made--only I was on the 
back row over there. The Senator from Kansas is already right up on the 
front row.
  But she has exhibited, Mr. President, all in her brief time in the 
Senate, that she is a legislator of courage and that she is an 
experienced legislator. The fact that she is here this afternoon making 
this maiden speech, saying what she has said and the way she has 
handled herself, reflects the fact that she has had tremendous 
experience as a leader in the Kansas State Legislature.
  So I commend her for her experience in the past and for her work 
already in the Senate. She is going to make a great Senator for the 
State of Kansas like the two Senators we have been serving with earlier 
this year--Senator Kassebaum, of course, and, of course, our great 
majority leader, Bob Dole. It is a challenge to succeed such giants as 
those two.
  I am convinced that our new Senator is up to the challenge. She has 
already been given very important committee assignments where I know 
she will have a chance to provide leadership. I know she is already 
enjoying the pleasures of being on the Armed Services Committee, having 
worked on this very bill in the Chamber.
  I just wanted to say on behalf of the leadership and all Members of 
the Republican side of the aisle, in fact the entire Senate, that we 
are truly pleased and honored to have join us this great Senator from 
the State of Kansas.
  Mr. THURMOND addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.
  Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I wish to commend the junior Senator 
from Kansas on her maiden speech. It is a pleasure for us in the Senate 
to have such a delightful person join us in this body. She is a lady of 
integrity, ability and dedication, and will be a great asset to the 
Senate.
  Mrs. KASSEBAUM addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas.
  Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I am particularly proud to have heard 
the junior Senator from Kansas. I have known Senator Frahm as a friend 
in Kansas. I have known her as a majority leader of the Kansas Senate, 
and I think she spoke in her speech to the qualities that have made her 
an exemplary leader and legislator in Kansas.
  I have every confidence she is going to translate the very skills she 
spoke to in her maiden speech to the work she carries out in the future 
on the floor of the Senate, not only for the best interests of Kansas, 
as she said, but the best interests of the Nation. It is with real 
pride today that I, the senior Senator from Kansas, heard the maiden 
speech of the junior Senator from Kansas.
  I yield the floor.
  Mr. WARNER addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I also wish to join my colleagues in 
extending well-deserved praise to our new colleague, and particularly 
since she has joined the Senate Armed Services Committee on which I 
have been privileged to serve with the distinguished chairman for some 
many years.
  It is interesting to note, Mr. President, I think a footnote in 
history; California was the first State in the history of the Senate to 
have two women and how quickly thereafter came a second State. Of 
course, it is of small distinction--two members of the Democratic Party 
from California and, proudly, two members of the Republican Party from 
Kansas. I have always been interested in the history of this 
institution. It goes way back. The Senator has made history today in 
two respects. Well done.
  I yield the floor, Mr. President.
  Mr. ROTH addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.
  Mr. ROTH. I, too, join in congratulating our new Senator from Kansas. 
We are particularly proud to have two distinguished women Senators from 
Kansas. I only wish that we could look forward to both of them 
continuing to serve that State.

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