[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 23 (Wednesday, March 6, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REMEMBERING FORMER SENATOR HOWARD CANNON

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, it is a very sad day because Nevada lost 
one of its great citizens--Howard Cannon died today.
  Howard Cannon served in the Senate for 24 years. He left the Senate 
in 1982. He was a wonderful man. I have great memories of him when I 
worked as a police officer, when I was going to law school. Howard 
Cannon had been a bar examiner before coming back here. He was a very 
fine lawyer, had a great legal mind. He tutored me, as busy as he was 
as a Senator, to help me pass the bar. I am always grateful for that. I 
am grateful for all he did for me as I moved up the political ladder to 
different offices.
  I remember the first political office I ran for was the hospital 
board. His chief of staff, Jack Conlin, through Senator Cannon, gave me 
some money for this race. He was always very caring about me, and I 
cared a great deal about him. I do have, though, some satisfaction 
because just a couple of weeks ago, on his 90th birthday, I came to the 
Senate and talked about what a fine man he was, how much he had done 
for the State of Nevada. I talked to him that day on the telephone.

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