Don Nickles: “one thing I would urge my colleagues-- and particularly leadership on the Democrat side in the Senate--would be for us…”

“one thing I would urge my colleagues-- and particularly leadership on the Democrat side in the Senate--would be for us to work together to pass the parks bill. Time is growing very, very short. I know that some of our colleagues--we have a lot of colleagues who are retiring this year--have bills that they would like to get passed. And a lot of these bills are very, very important. I have had the pleasure of working with Senator Bumpers and Senator Pryor on one bill, the Arkansas and Oklahoma land exchange. Senator Pryor is going to be retiring. I would like to pass that bill before he retires. Senator Bradley has worked very, very hard on Sterling Forest, as well as Senator Moynihan, and others; Senator D'Amato. Sterling Forest--we need to pass these bills. The Presidio is maybe the best known of any of these parks, a beautiful area in San Francisco. A lot of work has gone into the Presidio legislation. I know the Senators from California and others are committed to it. The Senator from California would like to have passed the Presidio legislation, and I really want to do that. Senator Heflin has a couple of bills, and other colleagues who will be leaving. Many of these bills--I guess I will still be around, and some of us will be here next year. Maybe we can take care of them at that time. But a lot of our colleagues will be leaving. I see Senator Nunn has a couple of provisions. Most of these are not controversial.…”