[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26881]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   TRIBUTE TO THE LATE SENATOR CHAFEE

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise in great sadness to 
offer my sincere thanks to a man known as an outstanding example of a 
true leader among his colleagues in the Senate and indeed in life.
  Senator Chafee was known as an old-fashioned legislator. He took his 
job very seriously but he eschewed politics. He cared about public 
policy and doing his best for the people of this Nation, never cowing 
to the partisanship in which we so often becoming entangled.
  I knew him best as a modern man in the Senate, as the co-chair of the 
Congressional Prevention Coalition. As its co-chair, Senator Chafee 
worked to spread crucial health information to Members of the House and 
Senate so that they could spread the word to their constituents 
throughout the United States.
  That was just one of the many ways Senator Chafee reached across the 
aisle to make America a better place to live. We are all better people 
for his efforts. As the Washington Post said this morning, the Senate 
will be a lesser place without him. He will be sorely missed by us all.

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