Don Nickles: “Today we recognize the departure of a great friend and colleague, Majority Leader Robert Dole, from the U.S. Senate. In…”

“Today we recognize the departure of a great friend and colleague, Majority Leader Robert Dole, from the U.S. Senate. In honor of his departure, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a poem by Albert Caswell, a longtime guide for the U.S. Capitol, which pays tribute Majority Leader Robert Dole. What is the measure of a man? Today, high atop the Senate we sit and understand. What is the measure of a man? It's not power, wealth, or looks, but how we conduct our lives. This alone, is what put us in the record books. What is the measure of a man? In the Senate this day, comes a great leader of character and class, Who climbed every mountain the Lord put in his path. What is the measure of a man? For against all odds, time and again, his back to the wall, One Robert Dole, heart of a lion, has always stood tall. What is the measure of a man? Yet for all his strength and all his glory, His warmth, kindness, and humor tell the story. What is the measure of a man? He walks in, stillness in the gallery, listen closely, hear the silent tears. Historians and friends sadly know, a man of his stature will not come our way for many years. What is the measure of a man? For on this day, June 11, 1996, Robert Dole gives up his greatest love of all, To answer our nation's cry for leadership, he hears the call.”