Dale Bumpers: “let me echo what the distinguished Senator from Mississippi has just said. First, let me say--I do not say this to be…”

“let me echo what the distinguished Senator from Mississippi has just said. First, let me say--I do not say this to be all that gracious but to simply state as fact--that the Senator from Mississippi's patience is much greater than mine. There were times this afternoon when I grew terribly frustrated about the pace of the proceedings, and the Senator from Mississippi kept assuring me that negotiations would pay off and that we would get the bill passed in due time. Of course, he was dead right. But more importantly than that, he is a very gifted legislator and a man of great patience and intellect. And it is a real pleasure for me to work with him as the ranking member on this committee. I thank him for his really truly magnificent work on the bill. I would be remiss if I did not thank Becky Davies, Jimmy Reynolds, and Hunt Shipman of Senator Cochran's staff; and my own staff, Galen Fountain. If we choose to tell the truth, we will admit that is where most of the work was done. We could not have done it without them. I want to pay special tribute to the staff.”