[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE SMILING MAJORITY LEADER

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, I don't know 
about eloquence, but I can say that the Senator from Mississippi always 
carries a warm smile. I have not been noted for smiling. I once read a 
story by Nathaniel Hawthorne entitled, ``The Great Stone Face.'' And so 
I usually think of myself, in the context of that story, as the great 
stone face. But the distinguished Senator from Mississippi is always 
bubbling with energy, always on the move, always wearing a smile, 
always with twinkling eyes. He brings a lift to the spirits of all of 
us. I congratulate him. I know that grandchild of his is always going 
to carry the picture in his little mind of that grandfather with that 
sparkling, radiant smile.
  Mr. LOTT. I thank the Senator.

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