[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11947-S11948]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO SENATOR BROWN

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I rise today to bid farewell to the 
senior Senator from Colorado, Hank Brown and to wish him all the best 
upon his retirement from this Chamber.
  Mr. President, my association with Senator Brown has been brief, by 
Senate standards, but it has been quite enjoyable. We have the shared 
goal of reducing this Nation's deficit, even if we have not agreed on 
each and every step of the way.
  I am proud to say I worked with Senator Brown on the Kerrey-Brown 
deficit reduction package 3 years ago, a proposal that would in and of 
itself

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have chopped $100 billion from the deficit. Although we were ultimately 
unsuccessful, the Kerrey-Brown proposal was a model of bipartisanship, 
and I am convinced it laid the groundwork for more recent bipartisan 
deficit reduction efforts.
  Senator Brown and I have also served together on the Judiciary and 
Foreign Relations Committees, and I have appreciated his comity and his 
open-mindedness.
  Mr. President, Senator Brown leaves us after only one term as a U.S. 
Senator. We all wish him well, and we all hope future Senators, from 
Colorado and elsewhere, take a lesson from his tenure in the value of 
bipartisanship and civility. Those qualities have served him well, and 
they have served the Senate well.

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