Pete Domenici: “First let me talk for a moment, since he is present on the floor, of Senator Bumpers, the senior Senator from Arkansas.…”

“First let me talk for a moment, since he is present on the floor, of Senator Bumpers, the senior Senator from Arkansas. Let me use a couple of minutes of my time to say a few words about him before I proceed to talk about the budget and a few other matters. First, I want to say to Senator Bumpers, I don't think he needs me to repeat again what I have said in committee. He is going to be missed. He has been a real credit to this place called the U.S. Senate. I have never known him to behave, act, or in any way conduct himself as to demean this place. He has held it in respect, and that makes it a better place when we do that. But I also want to remind the Senate, since it has not been stated here on the floor as I know of, that in the energy and water appropriations bill it was my privilege, at the behest of some of Dale Bumpers' good friends here in the Senate, with the help of his staff and others, to include a resolution honoring him for his diligent and hard work on behalf of the public domain in the United States--the forest lands, the wilderness, the parks. In that bill, the resolution says we want him to be known for as long as there is an Arkansas. Thus, we took eight wilderness areas that are in his State that he had a lot to do with, and for name purposes we made all of them part of one wilderness called the Dale Bumpers Wilderness Area. That is now 91,000 acres in total that will bear your name.”