Political Quotes

“I am today introducing a sense-of-the- Senate resolution which calls upon the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend to the Postmaster General, Marvin Runyon, that a postage stamp be issued honoring the late college football coach, Paul ``Bear'' Bryant. The committee met last month to consider Bryant's nomination for depiction on a first class stamp. Senator Shelby and I were joined recently by Senators Ford, Bumpers, and Phil Gramm, in sending a letter of support for a Bear Bryant stamp to the advisory committee. Although Bryant is widely remembered for his legendary coaching career at the University of Alabama, he also coached at the University of Kentucky, Senator Ford's alma mater, and Texas A&M University, where Senator Gramm taught economics. Senator Bumpers had the luxury of claiming Bryant as a native son of his State since the great coach was born in Moro Bottom and raised in Fordyce, AR. I ask unanimous consent that a copy of this letter, dated March 29, 1994, to the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, as well as a resolution to that effect, passed by the Alabama House of Representatives, be printed in the Congressional Record immediately following my remarks. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. (See exhibit 1.)”