[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 13 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S860]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE STAN CAVE: REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR

 Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Stan Cave, who represents the 45th district (Lexington) in the Kentucky 
House of Representatives. Representative Cave has been recognized by 
the National Republican Legislators Association as one of their ten 
Legislators of the Year.
  I am proud to have joined several of his General Assembly colleagues 
in nominating Stan for this award. I have worked closely with Stan 
since his election to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1993, on 
a variety of issues of importance to our constituents.
  Since his election, Stan has risen quickly in the Republican 
leadership in the Kentucky House. He currently serves as Chairman of 
the House Republican Caucus. For the past two years, Stan has played a 
major role in overhauling Kentucky's Workers' Compensation laws, as 
well as other important issues ranging from Higher Education Reform to 
the state budget.
  Outside of the General Assembly, Stan has been very generous with his 
time to both Republican causes and candidates for office. As 
Recruitment Chairman for the Fayette County Republican Party, Stan has 
worked tirelessly to find quality candidates for Congress, the state 
legislature, Mayor and Council in his home community of Lexington, 
Kentucky.
  Mr. President, in just a few short years, Stan Cave has become a 
respected contributor to Kentucky government and politics. His meteoric 
rise has now been recognized and rewarded by the National Republican 
Legislators Association as a 1997 Legislator of the Year, a great and 
well deserved honor.

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