Pete Domenici: “the last 3 or 4 hours have been a time of very mixed emotions for many of us. A while ago when we were crammed, all of…”

“the last 3 or 4 hours have been a time of very mixed emotions for many of us. A while ago when we were crammed, all of us Republican Senators, in Bob Dole's office, when he told us of his desires and wishes, I can say that was a room where grown men, more than one, had a few tears in their eyes, including our distinguished majority leader. I, for one, will miss him very, very much here in the Senate. But I think when we finally take stock of the U.S. Senate--we are now 208 years old, but if we were to take stock, now, of the 208 years of the U.S. Senate, looking for the giants of the Senate, I am not the least bit reluctant to say that whatever short list one chooses as part of history, Bob Dole will be among the giants and the real leaders of the U.S. Senate. There is no doubt in my mind, if you take just the last 100 years, that Bob Dole would once again show up in the top three, four, five U.S. Senators of this entire modern century.”