[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 145 (Tuesday, November 12, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S10810]
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                    WELCOME TO SENATOR DEAN BARKLEY

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, Senator Lott and I would like to begin by 
welcoming Senator Barkley. He is the 39th Senator to represent the 
great State of Minnesota. He was born in Annandale, MN. He received his 
undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Minnesota, so he 
is truly a son of the State.
  He ran for the House of Representatives in 1991 and for the Senate in 
1994 and then in 1996 as a reform party candidate. He advised the 
Governor, Governor Ventura, in his successful campaign for the 
Minnesota governorship in 1998. He was appointed as director of 
Minnesota's Planning and State Strategic Long-term Planning Agency.
  In addition, as a businessman, he brings a great deal of experience 
and real-life perspective to this Chamber. I congratulate Senator 
Barkley, his wife Susan, and their three children and welcome him to 
the Senate family.
  Before I make my remarks in regard to our dear departed colleague, I 
yield the floor to accommodate Senator Lott's interest in welcoming 
Senator Barkley as well.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Mississippi.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I extend our welcome to our new Senator, 
Dean Barkley from Minnesota. I congratulate him on his selection and 
wish him well on behalf of the Members of the Senate on both sides of 
the aisle. I pledge to him my commitment and our commitment to work 
with him as he fills this interim appointment on behalf of the people 
of the great State of Minnesota.
  I reviewed his background. I have had a chance to visit with him. I 
know he is going to be very serious about this opportunity he has to do 
the right thing for his own State but also for our country.
  His experience as director of the Minnesota Planning and State 
Strategic and Long-term Planning Agency should serve him well in his 
time in the Senate. His involvement in the effort toward good 
government in his State, his participation in the reform party and the 
independence party, and as a matter of fact his friendship and work 
over the years with members of both parties, Democrat and Republican, 
will serve him well in this period that he will be in the Senate.
  We are looking forward to the opportunity to encourage him, to answer 
his questions, and to work with him on behalf of the people he will now 
represent. So I extend our congratulations and our welcome to Senator 
Barkley of Minnesota.

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