[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 140 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12155]
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                    TRIBUTE TO SENATOR SHEILA FRAHM

  Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I rise to pay a tribute to Senator 
Sheila Frahm, who is retiring at the end of the current year.
  Many of our colleagues will be leaving us at the end of the 104th 
Congress. Some of these people have been here for decades, and some for 
only a very short time. Today, I rise to pay tribute to one Member of 
this body whose service has been brief, but in no way less than 
sterling, Senator Sheila Frahm of Kansas.
  Senator Frahm joined us just this year after being appointed to the 
seat vacated by the resignation of the former majority leader, Bob 
Dole. Sheila Frahm came to this position well prepared to carry out its 
duties as she held a number of important offices during her years in 
State government, including that of Lieutenant Governor.
  I came to know Senator Frahm through her membership on the Senate 
Armed Services Committee. I was impressed by the determined manner in 
which she took her duties and responsibilities as a member of the 
committee. She worked hard in an attempt to make informed and 
considered decisions on the matters that came before us and were 
critical to the defense of the United States. It would have been easy 
for someone in her position to simply bide her time until the end of 
the Congress, but I think Mrs. Frahm knew that the men and women of the 
``Big Red One'' at Fort Riley, KS, and that soldiers, sailors, airmen, 
and marines throughout the world were grateful for her excellent 
service.
  Mr. President, Senator Frahm will leave this Chamber at the end of 
the 104th Congress and return to her native Kansas. Though the duration 
of her service was short, it was critical. Sheila Frahm can be proud of 
the contributions she made to governing of the United States and we 
will certainly be sorry to see her go.

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