[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21225]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                               SID YATES

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I want to say, before my friend from 
Illinois leaves the floor, that I had the pleasure of serving with Sid 
Yates. I served with him in the House, of course, but didn't know him 
very well in that large body. I came to know him better after coming to 
the Senate and being a member of the Interior Subcommittee on 
Appropriations while he was chairman of that committee on the House 
side.
  We worked very closely together. Everything the Senator from Illinois 
has said is absolutely true about Sid Yates. He was a distinguished 
man, and a distinguished looking man. When he left the House, he was 
almost 90 years old; handsome; stood tall; never faltered a word of his 
speech.
  Being from the western part of the United States, I will never forget 
Sid Yates. He stood for the West. He loved the wilderness, and he 
helped us protect the pristine wilderness of Nevada and other places in 
the West. Native Americans never had a better friend in the Congress 
than Sid Yates.
  I didn't know Sid Yates as well as my friend from Illinois, but I 
have great respect and admiration for Sid Yates, and I will never 
forget him.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, I thank the 
Senator from Nevada for his comments. I think each one of us who served 
with Sid Yates on either side of the aisle will never forget him. When 
his retirement came about, Congressman Ralph Regula, a Republican from 
Ohio, never missed a retirement event for Sid Yates. I think it showed 
that he reached across the aisle and established friendships and 
alliances that were not just good for Congress but were good for 
America. He was a wonderful man. I am blessed to have known him, to 
have served with him, and perhaps to have learned a few lessons at his 
side.
  I think his legacy will be his efforts for education, for defense of 
the arts, for defense of the environment, and for the rights of 
Americans.
  Our condolences go to Addie and his family. We wish them strength in 
this time of loss and tell them we stand by their side.

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