[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 25194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTES TO RETIRING SENATORS

  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I want to share my views, as did Senator 
Hutchison and others, about our colleagues who are leaving for new 
adventures in life.
  I wish all the best to Senator Hollings. We will miss his booming 
voice. We will miss Senator Edwards, Senator Graham of Florida, and 
Senator Daschle. We will also miss John Breaux, a man we know will 
enjoy life with his good common sense and sense of humor. He is a good 
friend.
  I want to speak about four others, though, including Peter 
Fitzgerald, whom I will miss. He will always be known for two ideas and 
principles of life--honesty and integrity. He has certainly fought hard 
for what he believed was right, and you can always trust his word.
  Ben Nighthorse Campbell is a unique, proud leader of heritage. He is 
a man of principle. I look at Ben Nighthorse Campbell as one who runs 
on his own gear ratio. He is a character with character, whom I will 
certainly miss.
  Don Nickles--gosh, what a smart, principled leader. He will be 
missed. He is a taxpayer's hero. Last night, my wife and I enjoyed the 
Allen Jackson concert in DC. And that makes me think of country music. 
Don Nickles is one of the reasons God made Oklahoma. We will miss Don 
Nickles.
  Zell Miller is probably the colleague that I have known the longest. 
He and I served at the same time as Governors of our respective States. 
He was always one of my role models. We got to know each other very 
well in the Southern Governors Association. Before I came to the 
Senate, one of the people who motivated me to go to the Senate was Paul 
Coverdell. Zell took his seat and his office. When I came in, Zell gave 
up that office, and now I am in Zell Miller's and Paul Coverdell's 
former office. I will think of Zell a lot in the future. Two years ago, 
when Zell announced his retirement, or that he was not going to run 
again, some were saying Zell Miller is a lame duck. Well, on this 
floor, at our convention in New York City, and throughout this fall, 
Zell Miller was anything but a lame duck. Zell Miller leaves office as 
a ``mighty duck.'' We are going to certainly miss Zell. We know he will 
stay active.

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