[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 141 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




[[Page S12370]]



         COMMENDING EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP OF THE MAJORITY LEADER

  Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I ask the resolution commending the 
majority leader be reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 323) to commend the exemplary 
     leadership of the majority leader.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I rise today to submit a Senate 
resolution to commend the exemplary leadership of the distinguished 
majority leader, the Honorable Trent Lott of Mississippi.
  Senator Lott is the 16th majority leader in the U.S. Senate and the 
first Mississippian ever to hold the Senate's top leadership post. He 
was elected to serve as majority leader on June 12, 1996.
  The majority leader has earned the respect of his colleagues in both 
the House and Senate, having served in the House of Representatives for 
eight terms. While serving in the House, Senator Lott was elected 
chairman of the House Republican Research Committee and for 8 years he 
served as the Republican Whip. The personal friendships he developed in 
the House have contributed well to his recent dealings with the other 
chamber.
  Senator Lott was elected to the Senate in 1988 and continued his 
leadership service as Secretary of the Senate Republican Conference. In 
1995, he was elected Senate Majority whip and is the first person to be 
elected to the position of whip in both the House and the Senate.
  Mr. President, since assuming the challenging responsibilities as 
majority leader, Senator Lott has shown a penchant for moving 
legislation and a willingness to do so in a bipartisan manner. The 
majority leader has solid footing in the Senate's top post and it is 
not on the backs of his colleagues. Rather, Senator Lott has worked in 
cooperation with the distinguished minority leader, Senator Daschle, 
and has been at our side in the trenches of this legislative arena. The 
Majority Leader has cooperated with all Senators to facilitate the 
orderly procession of the Senate's business.
  Mr. President, Senator Lott has a wonderful family and I extend my 
best wishes to his lovely wife, Tricia and their two fine children, 
Chet and Tyler. They are justifiably proud of Senator Lott as a 
husband, father, and dedicated public servant. I am honored to call him 
my leader in the U.S. Senate and my good friend.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no objection, the resolution is 
agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 323) was agreed to as follows:

                              S. Res. 323

       Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby tendered 
     to the distinguished Majority Leader, the Senator from 
     Mississippi, the Honorable Trent Lott, for his exemplary 
     leadership and the cooperative and dedicated manner in which 
     he has performed his leadership responsibilities in the 
     conduct of Senate business during the second session of the 
     104th Congress.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama.

                          ____________________