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




                       TRIBUTE TO SENATOR SIMPSON

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I rise today to extend my best wishes to 
Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming upon his retirement from the U.S. 
Senate.
  Mr. President, in a New York Times interview published in June, 
Senator Simpson was asked to offer valedictory advice to the next class 
of Senators who will arrive with the 105th Congress. Among his 
suggestions was ``be your best self'' and ``learn to compromise an 
issue without compromising yourself.'' Those words would be an apt 
summation of Senator Simpson himself.
  You always know where you stand with Alan Simpson, and where he 
stands with you, even when it's against you. He has demonstrated 
respect for the Senate, his colleagues, and for the public policymaking 
process. He is a man to be trusted, and, therefore, respected, and that 
has made working with him on the Judiciary Committee a pleasure.
  I also appreciated Senator Simpson's cosponsorship of the McCain-
Feingold campaign finance reform legislation.
  Like so many of my colleagues, I will miss Alan Simpson, and I wish 
him and his wife, Ann, all the best for the future.

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