[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 2]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The minority leader is recognized.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Thank you, Mr. President.
  I join in welcoming back our colleagues and staff, and I wish our 
majority leader a happy new year. I hope his holidays were as enjoyable 
as ours.
  I express my good wishes to the Presiding Officer and to the 
distinguished assistant Democratic leader and others with whom I have 
already had the opportunity to talk personally.
  I hope this will be a productive session because there is so much 
that ought to be done. I believe much can be done if we work in a 
constructive and bipartisan way for legislation that will create 
opportunities for all Americans.

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