[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5635-5636]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO BOB KILLEEN

  Mr. DAYTON. Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute to Bob 
Killeen, the former Subregional Director for Minnesota of United Auto 
Workers of Region 10. Bob has been a good friend of mine for the last 
25 years. And even though his doctors say that he is in a tough battle, 
knowing Bob, and knowing his courage and his heart, I would not be 
surprised to see him bouncing back tomorrow.
  I do want to take this opportunity on the Senate floor to pay tribute 
to him

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for the leadership he has given to the United Auto Workers in Minnesota 
over the past decades, to thank him for his enlightened leadership on 
behalf of working men and women in Minnesota, and to recognize him as a 
leader and a teacher for those who have followed in his footsteps, such 
as myself. Senator Wellstone, I know, joins with me in these remarks.
  Bob is courageous in his convictions. He is always true to those 
convictions. But he has proceeded as a gentleman in the best sense of 
that word. He is respected by his friends and his supporters, and even 
by those who may have sat on the other side of the bargaining table. 
Bob has treated everybody with the same kind of respect and regard. 
That is why so many people love him, as I do, and care for him as a 
human being, and respect his convictions and his principles.
  I say to Bob and to the members of the Killeen family how indebted 
all of us in Minnesota are to all of you for lending your spouse, and 
your father, to us during these years. I know it took many hours and 
nights away from his family for Bob to do the work that he was 
committed to doing. I know he would not have wanted it any other way, 
and I know his family would not have wanted it any other way as well.
  To Bob, I wish you Godspeed. I thank you from the bottom of my heart 
for the gifts of your wisdom and your principles that you have 
bequeathed to me. I say to you: You have done a remarkably wonderful 
job for Minnesota, Bob. Thank you very much.

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