Bob Dole: “I am less dynamic than many,'' Senator Claiborne Pell once said in his typical quiet manner, ``But I have my own course…”

“I am less dynamic than many,'' Senator Claiborne Pell once said in his typical quiet manner, ``But I have my own course, which I set and try to follow.'' For six terms, Claiborne Pell has followed that course in representing America's smallest State in terms of geography with a commitment and dedication that is anything but small. Foreign policy and the environment are just two of the many issues on which the contributions of Senator Pell will be long remembered. But, as countless college students over a quarter century can tell you, the one cause which will be forever linked with the gentleman from Rhode Island is education. His basic education opportunity grant--justifiably renamed the Pell grant in 1980--has provided many financially challenged young Americans with the resources necessary to receive a college degree. The great educator Henry Adams once said, ``a teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops.'' Senator Pell will leave this Chamber with the knowledge that he will never be able to tell where his influence stops--because it would be impossible to know or quantify the difference that Pell grants made in the life of countless Americans. I am proud to be called a conservative Republican and Senator Pell is proud to be known as a liberal Democrat.”