[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 141 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12409]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


       RETIREMENT OF SENATOR ALAN SIMPSON, U.S. SENATOR, WYOMING

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise to join other colleagues in wishing 
Al, Ann, and their children the best for their future. Senator Simpson 
has wisely reclaimed his life, the balance, for them.
  I have waited until this moment, as the Senate ``retires'' from the 
104th Congress to make my statement on behalf of one of the most valued 
and respected friends I have ever had.
  A fearless advocate for what he believed. Integrity that could never 
be doubted.
  As the ``whip'' of our side of the aisle, his leadership reconciled 
the ``mountainous'' Senate egos--ambitions--when all seemed 
unreconcilable. Leadership is ``background and backbone.'' He was truly 
a son of the Senate, a son of a proud father, himself a Senator from 
Wyoming.
  By his side, to steady his hand, often to protect, on occasion, 
fellow Senators from the ``whip,'' to temper his flowing humor, to 
correct his record, was his wife--loved and respected by all. I shall 
dearly miss the Simpson family.

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