January 2, 1971
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TRIBUTE TO SENATOR ALBERT GORE
HON. EDMUND S. MUSKIE OF MAINE IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Saturday, January 2, 1971
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, I know that my good friend ALBERT GORE has insisted that the Senate not set aside any time to honor him before his departure from the Senate.
Nevertheless, I cannot pass up an opportunity to pay tribute to a man from whom we have all learned so much, and for this, I ask Senator GORE'S indulgence. I intend to be brief.
I shall not attempt to list the impressive array of his legislative achievements. They span a total of 32 years in the Congress – 18 of these years in the Senate, and they include such landmark measures as medicare and the Interstate Highway System.
ALBERT has consistently been outspoken on the most critical issues of the time. In the process of our painful awakening to the prevalence of racial injustice and an ill-founded war in Indochina, the voice of ALBERT GORE has been out front, leading the way toward change.
It can be said that with ALBERT GORE in the Senate, Diogenes would have needed no lantern to find his honest man.
His unswerving honesty, and his uncommon concern for the people of our Nation have illuminated this Chamber for nearly two decades.
We shall miss that light dearly.