Don Nickles: “it is almost kind of sad in a way to think that Dirk Kempthorne will be leaving the Senate after only one term in the…”

“it is almost kind of sad in a way to think that Dirk Kempthorne will be leaving the Senate after only one term in the U.S. Senate. It has been a pleasure to work with Dirk, to be with him, to get to know him, to get to know his family, his wife Pat. But I will just say Dirk Kempthorne is a Senator's Senator. He is a person who comes from the great State of Idaho. He brought a great deal of, I must say, refreshing energy to the Senate. He served as mayor of Boise City for 7 years. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 and proved something unconventional: He could get a lot done in his first term in the Senate. Most people have the idea you have to be in the Senate a long time before you can get anything accomplished, but he proved quite the opposite. He proved to be a very effective legislator. He proved to be a person who could work on both sides of the aisle, that he could work with Democrats and Republicans and make things happen.”