[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31874]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      70TH BIRTHDAY OF SAM MAYNES

 Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate Sam 
Maynes of Durango, CO, on his 70th birthday, although it would be more 
appropriate to congratulate those with the good fortune to have had Sam 
for an advocate or friend over the years. I have been lucky enough to 
count him as both.
  While others have lived as many years, very few have achieved a 
legacy as significant and lasting as his will prove to be. The Southern 
Ute Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and all of southwestern Colorado 
will be enjoying the fruits of Sam's hard work long after the struggles 
and acrimony he endured these past decades have been forgotten. Those 
who time and again pronounced Animas-La Plata a lost cause obviously 
didn't know the stuff Sam was made of. I knew--and I knew that so long 
as there was any chance at all, he would keep fighting. Sam has a 
warrior's heart, and it was an honor to do battle alongside him.
  There are generations of Coloradoans not yet born, who may never know 
the name of Sam Maynes, but who will live better lives because of his 
tenacity. So congratulations to them, Sam, and happy birthday to 
you.

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