[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I am completing my first year in the 
Senate. I will be the first to confess I have a lot to learn, but it 
has certainly been a rewarding experience serving in this great body. 
Having had the opportunity to serve 14 years in the House, I was no 
stranger to Capitol Hill, but this is a much different institution. The 
dynamic of 100 men and women working together as opposed to 435 is 
substantially different. I have been impressed with the volume of work 
that each Senator is asked to shoulder. I have also been very impressed 
with the leadership, and I join my colleague from Kentucky, Senator 
Ford, in noting the fine work of Senator Daschle as the Democratic 
minority leader. It is a tough job. He is lucky to have a good staff to 
have the energy and talent he brings to it. We are fortunate on the 
Democratic side to have him.

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