Angie Craig: “I want to add to my earlier remarks two thoughts that I think are appropriate as many of our colleagues have come to the…”

“I want to add to my earlier remarks two thoughts that I think are appropriate as many of our colleagues have come to the floor today to express their sadness, their reminiscent thoughts, and in some instances our joy that Bob Dole is now free to lead our party, my party, the Republican Party, in his quest for the Presidency. Over the last 2 years I have had the privilege of developing a unique relationship with leader Bob Dole. I chair the steering committee here in the Senate, better known as the conservatives, or a group of conservatives, and there have been many occasions when I have been instructed by that group to go sit down with our leader and express our concern over a given issue. It has been over the course of that time that I have gotten to know Bob Dole for the person that so many have spoken to today: a man whose leadership, and his concern about our country and this institution, the Senate, was always foremost. He did so in style and dignity.”