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“TRIBUTE TO SENATOR BROWN” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S12419-S12420 on Oct. 21, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
TRIBUTE TO SENATOR BROWN
Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I salute the senior Senator from Colorado [Mr. Brown] on the occasion of his retirement from the Senate. During this term here he has contributed a great deal, especially in his work on the Committee on Foreign Relations.
During the first years of his term, he served as the ranking Republican member of the Subcommittee on International Relations, where I especially appreciated his bipartisan support in helping to forge the State Department authorization bill.
Subsequently, in the 104th Congress, he assumed the chairmanship of the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, and conducted a remarkable number of hearings on matters relating to the area. I was especially pleased that he shared my strong and long-standing interest in the India subcontinent.
While we frequently found ourselves on different sides of the issues, I always appreciated the great good humor that Hank Brown brought to his work on the committee, along with his unflagging energy. I thank him for that, and wish him well in all that lies ahead for him and his family. He is a fine man and one for whom I have high regard.
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