[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 12064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CELEBRATING SENATOR DOLE'S 90TH BIRTHDAY

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I, too, want to join my colleague, Mr. 
Yoder, in honoring Senator Bob Dole on his 90th birthday.
  I call my colleagues' attention to the fact that Senator Dole is 
really quite an extraordinary man and quite a legislator. He understood 
the importance of bipartisanship. He reached across the aisle and 
worked with Senator George McGovern on strengthening our antihunger 
social safety net. They made Food Stamps a better program. They 
championed WIC and school meals.
  At a time when some of my colleagues are talking about destroying 
that bipartisan consensus on making sure that we combat hunger in this 
country, it is important to remember Senator Dole led, in a bipartisan 
way, to help the least among us.
  I want to wish him a happy birthday and many, many more.

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