[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S11950]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO SENATOR HEFLIN

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to the 
senior Senator from Alabama, a dedicated public servant, a respected 
lawmaker and a man I am proud to call my colleague, Howell Heflin.
  Mr. President, in three U.S. Senate terms, Howell Heflin has 
distinguished himself in many ways, and perhaps the most prominent has 
been in the area of judicial reform. He has always trusted and 
respected the American judicial system.
  His passion for the highest standards in our judicial system was 
kindled long before Howell Heflin joined the U.S. Senate in 1978. 
During his tenure as Chief Justice of the Alabama State Supreme Court, 
he was recognized as one of the Nation's leaders on judicial reform.
  He was subsequently selected as this country's outstanding appellate 
jurist in 1975 and served as chairman of the National Conference of 
Chief Justices in 1976 and 1977.
  I have worked alongside Senator Heflin on the Judiciary Committee 
and, in particular, on the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and 
the Courts. Throughout that association, I have appreciated his 
intelligence and his wisdom.
  I will miss him, as, I am sure, will all his colleagues in the U.S. 
Senate, as he retires, I am told, to Tuscumbia, AL. I wish him all the 
best as he takes his leave.

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