[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 26924]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    IN HONOR OF SENATOR JOHN CHAFEE

  Mrs. BOXER. As I look over at the flowers at Senator Chafee's desk, I 
feel a tremendous sense of loss. Senator Chafee's accomplishments are 
going to go down in history. They have been recounted on this floor, so 
I do not feel the need to go through all of his incredible 
accomplishments, particularly around environmental issues. I do hope we 
will not undo Senator Chafee's hard work on the Clean Air Act, the 
Clean Water Act, Superfund, and so many of the landmark environmental 
bills on which he led us.
  I wish to comment about Senator Chafee's kindness and his goodness as 
a human being and what a joy it was for me to work with him on the 
Environment and Public Works Committee, to attend the dinners he 
hosted, always in a bipartisan spirit, and how much we are going to 
need that kind of spirit right now. Senator Chafee was a champion of 
the environment. He was a champion of a woman's right to choose, and he 
was a champion of sensible gun laws. On those matters, it was my great 
privilege to work with him, and I will miss him deeply.

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