J. Exon: “I just want to say that I was pleased to be here and to hear that excellent speech that Senator Dole gave as his…”

“I just want to say that I was pleased to be here and to hear that excellent speech that Senator Dole gave as his farewell address in the U.S. Senate. It was sad in lots of ways, and yet it was so reassuring to see someone of the integrity, the ability, the character, and the good nature of Bob Dole spelled out in that speech so very, very well. I hope that many, many people in the United States heard that speech by my friend and colleague, the man from Kansas. I have worked with him so very, very long on so many issues. Many times we have been on the same side, but on many of the items we have been on opposite sides. But never, as Senator Dole mentioned in his speech this morning, has he ever, to my knowledge, violated that cardinal rule of the U.S. Senate--unwritten, which is just as effective: A man's word or a woman's word is their bond. In all of these nearly 18 years that I have had the pleasure of my association with Bob Dole, I have never known Bob even to give a hint of breaking his word.”