Don Nickles: “the resolution that I now send to the desk on behalf of myself and Senator Daschle is a resolution that follows a great…”

“the resolution that I now send to the desk on behalf of myself and Senator Daschle is a resolution that follows a great tradition in the Senate where we name rooms, sometimes buildings, after our colleagues. We have buildings--the Russell Building, Hart, and Dirksen, all named after outstanding Senators. On the first floor of this building we have the Hugh Scott Room named after a former Republican leader, and down the hall the Mansfield Room, another great leader who served the longest as Senate majority leader, and we also have the Howard Baker Room that is now the Office of Senator Dole. All these honors were a very fine and noble tribute. But the tribute we name today, or the one we are making today is naming the balcony adjacent to the Office of the Republican Leader as the Robert J. Dole Balcony. It was Senator Dole who asked this balcony be made accessible to legislators and to the leaders. I can tell you that there has been a lot of good legislative work done on that balcony. I can also tell you that sometimes the balcony is called 'the Dole Beach.' To our leader, we wanted to have a lasting remembrance, because you are part of this Capitol. You are part of this institution. You are one of the reasons why this institution is greatly respected, because of the respect we have for you.”