[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 144 (Monday, October 12, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SENATOR WENDELL FORD

  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I am sorry our colleague from Kentucky has 
left the floor. I would like to add my voice to those who thanked him 
for his service. In an era where there are so many cellophane 
politicians, when there are so many people in public life who talk like 
newscasters but you can never quite tell what they are talking about 
when they get through speaking, I think Wendell Ford has been a welcome 
relief from that. He is a politician who has texture. When he speaks 
you may think he is wrong--which I often do--but you never question the 
fact that he is sincere, and when he speaks you know what he is talking 
about. I find the longer I serve in this great Senate, the more respect 
I have for people who stand for something and who speak up for it and 
who say what they think.

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