[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S15200]
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 CONGRATULATING SENATORS FOR THE LEWIS AND CLARK AUTHORIZATION PROJECT

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I know there is additional business to be 
conducted.
  Let me say briefly that we have just passed a number of very 
important pieces of legislation affecting many States, and it is 
unfortunate at this hour and given these circumstances that Senators 
who have had so much to do with their passage are not on the floor to 
be able to watch them as they have finally passed.
  I commend Senator Johnson in particular for one bill that was part of 
the package, the Lewis and Clark authorization project.
  As a result of the passage of this legislation, there are tens of 
thousands of people in southeastern South Dakota, southwestern 
Minnesota, and northeastern Iowa who will benefit from good, clean, 
abundant sources of water, in some cases for the first time in a long 
time.
  This has been a work in progress for many years. It passed in large 
measure because there was such a collective effort in the southeastern 
part of our State, and the southwestern part of Minnesota, and, as I 
said, in the northeastern part of Iowa.
  I commend them for their efforts and their diligence and their 
persistence. I congratulate them for the fact that it now has passed.
  Let me also thank the distinguished Senator from Oregon, Mr. Smith, 
and the Senator from Alaska, Mr. Murkowski, for all of their help and 
effort in getting us to this point.
  It would not have happened without them as well.
  This is a great day for my State. It is a great day for those in 
other States.
  I, again, congratulate especially Senator Johnson for his leadership 
and his effort in getting us to this point.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The distinguished Senator from West Virginia.

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