leave us at the end of the 116th congress, my good friend, the senior senator from kansas, pat roberts, is preparing to close out the longest congressional tenure the sun flower state has seen. when he arrived at the house, he was a young man among giants, byrd, stephens, dole, but the name roberts has come to define its own brand of heartland statesmanship. pat is the first to admit he didn't establish that name all on his own. he inherited it from another great kansan, charles wesley roberts was a marine, a journalist and leader in republican politics. so get ready to experience some deja vu, mr. president, because at age 16 our future colleague got to attend the 1952 convention that nominated kansas' own general eisenhower.