[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 25140]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        SENATOR RICHARD H. BRYAN

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to my good 
friend, California's good neighbor, and our distinguished colleague, 
Senator Richard H. Bryan of Nevada.
  With his impending retirement from the Senate, Senator Bryan will 
culminate 36 years of public service at the local, state, and national 
levels. He has served the people of Nevada as a district attorney, 
public defender, state legislator, state attorney general, governor, 
and United States Senator. Throughout his career, he has been known for 
his intelligence, integrity, and good sense.
  During his two terms in the Senate, Dick Bryan has addressed a 
variety of national issues without forgetting the people of his state. 
He has been a leading champion of American consumers, fashioning laws 
to require air bags in automobiles, protect Internet privacy, reduce 
telemarketing fraud, and reduce errors in personal credit reports. He 
has fought for American taxpayers by working to reduce wasteful 
spending, eliminate special-interest subsidies, and balance the Federal 
budget.
  Senator Bryan has been a vigilant and tireless protector of Nevada's 
environment, working to save Lake Tahoe and prevent the construction of 
a nuclear waste storage facility at the Nevada Test Site. Earlier this 
month, he won another victory for his home State's environment with the 
passage of the Black Rock Desert--High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails 
National Conservation Area Act, which will provide added protection to 
nearly 800,000 acres of federal land in northwestern Nevada.
  Senator Bryan is a gentleman, a man known for his ability to work 
with people of all parties and persuasions. In bidding him farewell, I 
hope that the Senate will carry on his spirit of comity, courtesy, and 
bipartisanship.

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