[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 141 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO SENATOR BRADLEY

  Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I would like to pay tribute today to the 
senior Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley], who announced last year 
that he would not seek reelection but that he would remain active in 
public life.
  Blessed with both great academic and athletic gifts, Bill Bradley 
graduated from my alma mater, Princeton University, with honors in 
American history. He won a rhodes scholarship to Oxford University, 
where he earned his graduate degree after studying politics, 
philosophy, and economics. He was best known to many, before he came to 
the Senate, as a basketball player of tremendous skill and talent.
  During his career in the Senate, four principles have guided Bill 
Bradley. He has sought to restore economic and personal security for 
American families, strengthen our civil society, protect our natural 
heritage and rethink America's role in the world. He has worked toward 
these goals on the Senate Finance Committee, the Energy and Natural 
Resources Committee and the Special Committee on Aging.
  Others may focus on his contributions in the fields of economics and 
taxes, but I believe he Bill Bradley has been particularly effective in 
building bridges between peoples and spreading the values of 
democracy--methods which I also consider the best ways of building 
lasting security and peace.
  Bill Bradley wrote the 1992 Freedom Exchange Act, the largest U.S. 
educational exchange initiative in history. I understand that more than 
10,000 ``Bradley kids'' have come here from the former Soviet Union to 
study and absorb our culture and the lessons for freedom, democracy and 
a market economy.
  The Senate will miss him and his spirit of independence. I am 
confident that, although he is retiring, he will not be out of public 
life. Whatever he and his family do, I trust that it will be as 
exciting and rewarding. The Senate, however, will truly miss him.

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