[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 70 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S5096]
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                         RECORD SENATE SERVICE

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I commend the President pro tempore, the 
distinguished Senator from South Carolina, [Mr. Thurmond]. As we will 
note when we come back, the distinguished Senator from South Carolina 
will mark a very important day on Sunday. That day will represent the 
first day he will have exceeded the time that anyone has had the good 
fortune to serve in the Senate. He will go down in history as having 
served longer than any other Senator, Democratic or Republican or, for 
that matter, any other party that has existed in our Nation's 220-year 
past. I congratulate and commend him. I look forward to having more of 
an opportunity when we return to call attention to his remarkable 
record and the success he has enjoyed. It has been my good fortune to 
work with him. While we differ on many issues, I certainly admire the 
extraordinary service he has provided this country. I congratulate him 
and his family on this remarkable achievement this weekend.

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