Dale Bumpers: “In any event, it is appropriate that the Senate should consider this nomination today because this week is U.S. Small…”

“In any event, it is appropriate that the Senate should consider this nomination today because this week is U.S. Small Business Week, as proclaimed by President Clinton. Hundreds of small business owners are in Washington even as we speak. They are being honored by festivities around the city which celebrate their individual accomplishments and contributions to the Nation's economy. Without a doubt, small business owners have long felt that the chief counsel for advocacy's office was the best bargain in Government, the one office which they most favored, and the one office in Government they believe is most helpful to them. Created during the Carter administration, the Office of Advocacy is intended to serve as small business owners' pit bull against the Federal Bureaucracy and in the Halls of Congress. No person better fit that description than the legendary Milt Stewart who served under President Carter as the first chief counsel for advocacy. It speaks well of Jere Glover that he was selected by Milt Stewart to serve as his deputy in that administration, and he carried out those duties with distinction.”