[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S11957]
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                            RETIRING MEMBERS

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, we are coming to the end of an interesting 
Congress. It has been a contentious one. We have had a lot of 
difficulties among various colleagues here. We have had some awful 
battles, but by and large it has been a Congress of great capacity, a 
Congress of great accomplishment.
  I personally want to express appreciation to my colleagues on both 
sides of the aisle for being able to work together as well as we have 
and being able to accomplish all the good things we have accomplished. 
I also want to pay tribute to all of those who are now about to leave 
the Congress of the United States and in particular, the U.S. Senate.
  We have had a remarkable group of people serving with us in the U.S. 
Senate who are leaving this year, and I, for one, will miss each and 
every one of them. I wish my colleagues the best in the upcoming 
election.

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