dole has the same chief hero for his entire adult life, fellow son of kansas, and president dwight eisenhower. he saved the second to last quotation from his hero in abilene, kansas and kept his foot personally on the gas pedal for the eisenhower memorial well into his 90's. and invoked ike throughout his career. one such occasion late 1979. an event was held at eisenhower's boyhood home, presidential library and graver site at abilene on what would have been his 89th birthday. it so happened that only a couple of weeks later, mrs. eisenhower would pass away and be laid to rest there as well. on that day, senator dole explained that america had gotten lucky, why? because, quote, when we were thirsty for leadership we turned to a man from kansas. a genuine hero who embodied in his own life the finest qualities of the american people. a man from grass roots america steeped in the traditions of patriotism and service. a strong man who earned his strength in war yet never forgot the disease of poverty or the scourge of personal suffering. bob was always eloquent and those lines of his certainly d

his fellow son of kansas, the general and president, dwight eisenhower. he didn't just like ike, he idolized him and the speech in 96 he saved the second to last quotation from abilene kansas. it would have been his 89th sbirthday. he explained america had gotten lucky. when we were thirsty for leadership we turned to a man from kansas, genuine hero that embodied in his own life the finest qualities of the american people yet never forgot the disease of property or the scourge of personal suffering bob was eloquent. but now that our friends 98 amazing years have come to a e close, we can say with certainty that eisenhower isn't the only be reached the standards. not only general eisenhower but also second lieutenant general was a hero from kansas who set aside the nation's thirst to leadership. i want to close where he closed 25 years ago. i'm using on both his past and his future the colleagues final quote was from carl steinberg. yesterday the sun dropped in the west. i tell you there is nothing in the world only an ocean, a sky of tomorrow. for our rem

his fellow son of kansas, general verna president, dwight eisenhower. bob did not just like him he idolized him and senator speech in 1996, he saved the second to last quotation for his hero from abilene kansas. he kept his foot on the gas pedal for the eisenhower memorial in washington well into hehis 90s. he invoked in praised i constantly throughout his career. one altercation was in late 1979 an event was held at eisenhower's boyhood home presidential library in the gravesite in abilene of what would've been his 89th birthday. it so happened that only a couple weeks later mrs. eisenhower would pass away and bet really to rest as well. on the day senator dole explained america had gotten lucky. why, when we were thirsty for leadership we turn to a man from kansas a genuine hero who embodies his own life the finest qualities of the iraqi people. a man from grassroots america, steep into the tradition of neighborhood and patriotism andp service . . . ngth in war, yet nr forget the disease of poverty or the scourge of personal suffering. bob was always

a general and then a a president, dwight eisenhower, bob did not dress like ike, who is a farewell speech in 1996, he saved the second to last quotation for his hero from abilene kansas. he kept his foot personally on the gas pedal for the eisenhower memorial here in washington well into his 90s but he invoked and praised ike constantly throughout his career. when education is late 1979 an event was held at eisenhower's boyhood home, presidential library and the gravesite in abilene, would have been his 89h birthday. it still happens only a couple weeks later, missing eyes and i away and be laid to rest there as well. on that day that ardell had to explain got lucky, why? more thirsty for leadership returned to a man from kansas, a genuine hero who embodied in his own life the finest qualities of the american people. a man from grassroots america steeped in patriotism and service. a strong man who earned a strength in a war, yet never forgot the disease of poverty or the scourge of personal suffering. bob was always eloquent in those lines of his certainly did describe ike. now our friend

he longed his hero, dwight david eisenhower, are kansas' faift sons, and they represent the vision and promise of america. life in our state molded bob and ike, open prairies, wind, always the wind, wheat fields, agriculture, where man is at the mercy of chance and weather, but can still be confident in the dignity of his labor. bob's early life in russell, kansas, where the population hovered around 2,000, included the dust bowl and the great depression. bob characterized russell when addressing the russell high school graduating class of 1986, he said, there are two kinds of education in this world. there's one where you give yourself. and another you get from others. you can get an education on the farm or in a factory or in a science lab and a church pew, most of all if you are from russell, you can get an education just by looking at life around you. when i was a boy i doubt we knew the names of our congressmen or senators, but we were blessed to have friends and neighbors who knew and cared for one another. when times were tough, people were tougher. when the winds howled and par

his fellow son of kansas, a general and then a president, dwight eisenhower.nsas. he kept his foot personally on the gas pedal for the eisenhower memorial here in washington well into his 90's. he invoked and praised ike constantly throughout his career. once such occasion was in late 1979. an event was he will at eisenhower's boyhood home, presidential library and grave scythe in abilene on what would have been his # 9th birthday. it so happened that only a couple of weeks later, mrs. eisenhower would be -- would pass away and be laid to rest there as well. on that day, senator dole explained america had gotten lucky. why? because, quote, when we were thirsty for leadership we turned to a man from kansas, a genuine hero, who embodied in his own life the finest qualities of the american people. a man from grassroots america, steeped in the traditions of neighborhood and patriotism and service. a strong man who earned his strength in war, yet never forgot the disease of poverty or the scourge of personal suffering. bob was always eloquent and those lines of his

my final words are the exact ones that dwight eisenhower used to conclude his speech nearly seven decadestes of america." i will miss him so much. i i think i will still talk to him every night. i love you, dad. a promise, you will never walk alone. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> readings from the new testament. "and one of the scribes came up and asked him "which commandment is the first of all?" jesus answered "you shall love the lord, your god, with all your heart, your soul, your mind, and strength. the second is this: you shall love your neighbor as yourself. there is no other commandment greater than these. love is patient, kind. it does not envy. it does not boast. it is not proud. it is not rude. it is not self-seeking. it is not easily angered. it keeps no record of wrongs. love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. he who does not love does not know god, for god is love." "the word of the lord. the word of the lord. >> mr. president, madam vice president, distinguished guests, and dole staff. having

. -- dwight eisenhower. because he was our supreme commander. he also came from abilene, kansas. born in texas but quickly moved to kansas. [laughter] mr. dole: i would say to phil, he was only two years old. it took a while. [laughter] but in any event. this is his quote. "as we peer into society's future, we -- you and i and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today. plundering for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. we cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss of their political and spiritual hair -- heritage. we want democracy to survive for all generations to come. not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow." and i think those words are just as good today as they were 35 years ago when president eisenhower spoke them. we can lead or we can mislead, as the people's representatives. but whatever we do, we will be held responsible. we're going to be held responsible and accountable. and i'm not talking about 1996. i'm talking about any time, or the next century. so the bible tells u

my final words are the exact ones that dwight eisenhower used to conclude his speech in abilene nearlyof the united states of america. i will miss him so much. i think i will still talk to him every night. i love you, dad. i promise, you will never walk alone. thank you. ♪♪ ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ ♪ that saved a wretch like me i once was lost ♪ ♪ but now i'm found was blind, but now i see ♪ ♪ was grace that taught my heart to fear ♪ ♪ and grace my fears relieved how precious did ♪ ♪ that grace appear the hour i first believed ♪ ♪ the lord has promised good to me ♪ ♪ his word my hope secures he will my shield and portion be ♪ ♪ as long as life endures ♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> readings from the new testament. and one of the scribes came up and asked him, which commandment is the first of all? jesus answered, you shall love the lord your god with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. the second is this -- you shall love your neighbor as yourself. there is no other commandment greater than these. love is patient. love is kind. it does not

so why would it propose to my hero was dwight eisenhower. because he was our supreme commander. hampton came from kansas born in texas but then he moved to kansas. [laughter] i plead the fifth, i was only two years old and it took a while but in the event printed. [laughter] this was his quote and as we appear in the society and its future you will unite a government, must avoid the impulse only for a day, pondering for convenience, pressures forces of tomorrow read with no mortgage in the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss of the political and spiritual heritage and we want democracy to survive prone generations to come. not become the phantom of tomorrow and i think those words are just as good today as they were 35 years ago when president eisenhower spoke them we can lead it or we can mislead as the people in the representatives but whatever we do we will be held responsible. and accountable. i'll not talking about 1996, i am talking about anytime or the next century. in the bible tells us that have or is a season, and make my season in the senate

he longed his hero, dwight david eisenhower, are kansas' faift sons, and they represent the vision andn prairies, wind, always the wind, wheat fields, agriculture, where man is at the mercy of chance and weather, but can still be confident in the dignity of his labor. bob's early life in russell, kansas, where the population hovered around 2,000, included the dust bowl and the great depression. bob characterized russell when addressing the russell high school graduating class of 1986, he said, there are two kinds of education in this world. there's one where you give yourself. and another you get from others. you can get an education on the farm or in a factory or in a science lab and a church pew, most of all if you are from russell, you can get an education just by looking at life around you. when i was a boy i doubt we knew the names of our congressmen or senators, but we were blessed to have friends and neighbors who knew and cared for one another. when times were tough, people were tougher. when the winds howled and part of the prairie itself was blown away, i could barely see to

certainly not the america of douglas macarthur, george patton, dwight eisenhower, or ronald reagan, the america that took on nazi germany and imperial japan, an america that fought for its people and the bill of rights, that's kept its promises, sent its military after the terrorists, respected and educated men and women, stood up to murderers, bullies, thugs, hijackers and kidnappers. barbara would have been outraged, incredible, inconsolable that our nation had expended billions of dollars, sent hundreds of our soldiers to their deaths and 20 years to , defeat groups like al qaeda and the taliban and isis only to quit, lay down our arms, retreat in panic and turn afghanistan over to those very same people who have consistently proclaimed their hatred for america and israel, and who have repeatedly vowed to destroy us. and she would have been astonished when we proclaim to the world that our forthcoming surrender would be completed in time for september 11, dishonoring the memory of the nation, of that national tragedy by capitulating to the same , people who had engineered it. what a

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he' long with his hero dwight david eisenhower are kansas' favorite son, and they represent the vision, wind, always the wind, wheat fields, agriculture where man is at the mercy of chance and weather but can still be confident in the dignity of his labor. bob's early life in russell, kansas, where the population hovered around 2,000, included the dust bowl and the great depression. bob characterized russell when addressing the russell high school graduating class of 1986. he said, there are two kinds of education in this world. there's one where you give yourself and another you get from others. if you get an education on the farm or in a factory or in a science lab and a church pew, most of all if you're from russell, you can get an education just by looking at life around you. when i was a boy, i doubt we knew the names of our congressmen or senators, but we were blessed to have friends and neighbors who knew and cared for one another. when times were tough, poem were tougher. when the winds howled and part of the prairie itself was blown away, i could barely see to deliver the news

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harder edged they were against the new deal program long after most republicans started with dwight eisenhower given up. ronald reagan was one of them. and yet he put, he approached it with a smile and long into his presidency people like his style. it was far more conservative. it was still true to some of the foundational matters like free trade and immigration. in internationalism that is now missing from the republican party. when gingrich came along there was a desire to be more militant still. in many ways sought ronald reagan as to pragmatic and they were much more doctrinaire. it was not even about ideas as much as newt gingrich would like to say i think, it was more stylistic. it was more geared toward culture war issues as opposed to economic. for instance ronald reagan antiabortion politics was a big part of his campaign, he never did anything about it. he talked a good game. by that 90s newt gingrich again they were more willing to do it. mainly it was about society. and just a sense it was a beginning of what we came to for russian with donald trump as they were picking on the gri

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one of two kansans, dwight eisenhower, somebody that americans would know and respect.the seem that bob dole held in the senate. i sat at a desk that he had. i grew up with him 15, 20 miles of bob dole and followed him in a sense to the house of riches and that congressional district and now to the u.s. senate. i think it was said well by chad and what bob dole said, the favorite title was veteran. it was an honor to see republicans and democrats, house and senate come together and pay tribute to a legislator, somebody that worked hard and among us. i checked before i spoke on the senate floor this week. eight senators that are now in the u.s. senate served during bob dole's tenure. but still all of my colleagues were there to pay their respects. house members as well where bob now served, not since 1969. so this was a time that was very -- we need these moments in our country's history. it's a divided nation. it's very useful for us to be reminded that there are ways -- i sometimes think the national media -- some in the national media try to portray bob dole as not a

talks about the roles trains played in the presidencies of abraham lincoln, franklin roosevelt, dwight eisenhower, george h.w. bush and at least one presidential spouse, lady bird johnson. and at 8:00 p.m. on "lectures in history" a professor of the new school discusses the role the fitness industry played in 1980s american culture with new business models for group classes like jazzercise, the rise of fitness studios, and the sales of vhs fitness tapes. exploring the american story. watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online any time at c-span.org/history. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm louise mirrer, new york historical society's president and ceo. and i'm thrilled to welcome you to tonight's virtual program, "churchill today." a distinguished scholar created this series. it's my great honor to think him. just before i introduce tonight's speakers, i want to recognize and thank several new york historical trustees who are joining us this evening. first and foremost, the outstanding chair of our board of trustees. the chair of o

better job situation than david -- dwight eisenhower's term in office and greatest gdp growth since ronald reagan. if the statistics aren't resonating with the pocket books that's a problem. i'm happy to see gas prices are down. i was down in south carolina last week and saw gas prices around $3. >> harris: scientists are telling us omicron may have an effect on that because they aren't driving as much. >> we're seeing record travel for the holiday season. >> harris: what you said is you have to do a better job messaging is what he is saying so that people feel something different. i think people would rather they just fix the problem of rising inflation. don't preach to them about it, just fix it. what do you say, matt? >> the reason why the balanced budget disaster went down is because it wanted to fund a lot more i.r.s. agents. wanted to implement aspects of the green new deal to make gas and food prices even more expensive. it wanted to give aid to people who recently crossed the border illegally. socialism. i know it sounds like it is compassionate but it is wrecking the lives of ordi

jon: you mentioned dwight eisenhower.re both involved in the creation and construction of the eisenhower memorial which opened a little over a year ago in washington, d.c. tell us about that. >> there is two things. the world war ii memorial would not exist without bob dole he had a lot of help with a lot of folks. the same is true, he always said the buses would come in from all over the states, more especially in kansas. being a marine veteran and i would say, they would say hi pat, where is bob. bob would sit at the entrance regardless of what state was there, what it was and they would all say where is bob and he would talk to each and every one of them that was one of the things that he said. he finally gets us completed. especially those who are veterans of world war ii and those who are in spirit today. they could sue the commander-in-chief. we finally got that down as well with bob's help. jon: i am told you to like to play pranks on one another. >> those were all classified of course. but the staff back then, it

american, this is terrible and then the teacher is going to say to me this is from a speech by dwight eisenhower. it is part of our history, general eisenhower warned us about this when he was president. there isn't much about history that is not going to make somebody uncomfortable. >> that is the point. >> that is how we teach students to step back, to ask questions, columbus, i learned, in 1492 columbus sailed the ocean blue which helped me learn some names and dates. this is, over time historians ask questions because the world around us changes and there were things we didn't think were important 50 years ago. we also see new documents that we didn't know about. >> i mentioned columbus as one recent subject that has been on my podcast but statues have been in the news between you are on a podcast a few weeks ago for an episode titled charlottesville says goodbye to the confederacy, talked about confederate statues, their origins and the assumptions people today might have had about why those statues were put up versus the real reasons. one more point about the battle over school curricula.

wonder if he was a hero of yours, it's always made it a lot easier to be a republican because dwight eisenhower was there. in june of 52 pretty. >> yes, i was there sitting in the rain and avoid eisenhower and people in kansas and a local paper, he was a moderate republican. he coined the term and eisenhower was republican and you want to be in eisenhower publication be whatever or who the right winners for those days maybe taft i guess. but it sounded good to me, what little i knew about it. why not be an eisenhower republican and he was my hero. >> giver have a quote that you wish you could've take back pretty. >> yes lots of them if you're the leader subject about with some guy in office were lady just to show the good little support, back, god for boats or something yet have some of those. and i voted against the attorney general from georgia. and i apologized to him for it because the secretary of transportation a black guy, bill: a great lawyer and a great guy, and a severe republican leader and you can't vote for this guy. i think i was one of 19. he endorsed me 96 in atlanta. so, regret

bob's hero, dwight david eisenhower. martin luther king jr., who bob helped pass legislation honoring the great civil rights leader with a federal holiday. bob stood up and got that done. gerald ford, who served here and with whom bob sought the vice president of the united states. bob belongs here. he, too, was a giant of our history. that's not hyperbole. it's real. of wit and grace, of principle and persistence, of courage and conviction. i had the great honor of serving with bob, as many you around this casket have, i served with him for 25 years. he did have great wit. they once asked him, why in god's name did he vote to continue to fund amtrak? he said, because if he didn't biden would stay overnight and cause more trouble. [laughter] i commuted every day. true story. he was the deciding vote. well, you know, bob and i, like many of us here, we disagreed on a number of things, but not on the fundamental things. we still found a way to work together. we genuinely, we genuinely respected one another as colleagues an

he also pressed for the opening of the nearby dwight d. eisenhoweremorial, honoring a fellow kansan. it was bob dole in 2009, alongside his wife, talking about their efforts to open the world war ii memorial on the mall. here is a portion of his remarks. [video clip] sen. dole: they give us $5 million to start up. we have interest, of course. we raised a lot of money. is it something we should have done? i do not know. in 20 years, 30 years, 40 years, it will be like the world war i memorial, nobody even knows where it is. but they will finally recognize what our fathers did. and improve the world war i memorial. a lot of people, not a lot, but some would not give us money because they did not give the bricks and mortar. others, i remember a big corporate giant who said, this does not fit our guidelines. and i said, world war ii didn't fit our guidelines either. [laughter] and all we are asking is you recognize, you know, people, your customers and others, your workers -- but anyway, it is built, it is wonderful and we have a great program called hon

university and moderator, doctor mcmurray, on the other of american history, and in honor twice the dwight eisenhower at columbia rated and current silly a chair of the cer for american history along with cochair and associate professor. in the work specializes and it the american civil war and deconstruction and in the united states and in america handed currently on the process of reconstruction in the 20th century pretty in the confederate reckoning and power in politics is civil war south. [inaudible]. and the finals for the pulitzer prize pretty and a member of the advisory board at the institute of american history. and discussion and also the inquiries will be fielded from the audience. you can cement your questions on the online live stream. and then we will have closing remarks including information on a recent by the columbia library which has the histories of the enslaved the women. .. significant material in the 21st century. requiring a program. a variety in the public forum. the connection between the power in the present. other parts of the world by the african slave trade. this has a

. >> reporter: that is when dwight eisenhower was sworn in.ry for television. she was the all american girl, and he was a cuban born transplant. it was controversial casting that lucille ball insisted on. >> oh, ricky! >> she risked everything. >> reporter: remember, this was more than a decade before the height of the civil rights movement. >> i think america raised its eyebrows, but then they quickly started laughing. >> reporter: lucille ball and desi arnaz were tv pioneers in an impressive list of other ways as well. [laughter] >> reporter: the laughter was so loud when they filmed, it was recorded and used for other shows, helping to launch canned last as a standard production technique. that show where she gave birth cast tv's first ever pregnancy plot line on a big three network sitcom. >> it was still taboo for a woman who was pregnant to be out in the open in front of everyone. >> reporter: and when lucy needed some time off post-delivery, desi offered up a first that changed the hollywood business model forever. just repeat some epis

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he along with his hero, dwight david eisenhower, are kansas's favorite sons, and they represent the vision chance and weather but can still be confident in the dignity of his labor. bob's early life in russell, kansas, where the population hovered around 2,000, included the dust bowl and the great depression. bob characterized russell when addressing the russell high school graduating class of 1986. he said, there's two kinds of education in this world. there's one where you give yourself and another you get from others. you can get an education on the farm, from a factory, in the science lab, on a church pew. most of all, if you're from russell, you can get an education just from looking at life around you. when i was a boy, i doubt we knew the names of our congressmen or senators. but we were blessed to have friends and neighbors, who knew and cared for one another. when times were tough, people were tougher. when the winds howled and part of the prairie was buried away, i could barely see to deliver the newspapers on my paper route. because i came from russell, because i came from kansa

he along with his hero, dwight david eisenhower, are kansas's favorite sons and they represent the visionolded bob and ike, open prairies, wind, always the wind, wheat fields, agriculture, where man is at the mercy of chance and weather but can still be confident in the diy of his labors. bob's early life in russell, kansas, where the population hovered around 2,000, included the dust bowl and the great depression. bob characterized russell when addressing the russell high school graduating class of 1986. he said there are two kinds of education in this world, there is one where you give yourself and another you get from others. you can get an education on the farm or in a factory or in a science lab, in a church pew, most of all, if you are from russell, you can get an education just by looking at life around you. when i was a boy, i doubt we knew the names of our congressmen or senators, but we were blessed to have friends and neighbors who knew and cared for one another. when times were tough, people were tougher. when the winds howled and part of the prairie itself was blown away, i c

it was higher than dwight eisenhower's.it was the highest in a long long time and he is remembered as one of the -- presidents along with lincoln and franklin roosevelt. >> host: he's been a lot of time talking about deficits but they grew under his stewardship. >> guest: that's true peter. he wrote in his memoirs they were at two things he was disciplined at best disappointed and that he couldn't do more in an one with the deficit and the other was abortion. on the other hand the deficit is explainable as what we know was the peace dividend. it was necessary to build up america's defense and flashed and cut for years during his time in the presidency. gerald ford i jimmy corder -- jimmy carter --/national defense. there were many in 1980 hurrah stamps. the soviets were practicing their newest technology including the bomber which was supersonic and quite deadly. that was his commitment. and a stronger sense this was the deltas of that was created but millions of people have been imprisoned between the iron curtain in polan

you could see the rise of somebody like dwight eisenhower, who not that many moons ago, was ranked in middle. people thought he did not do much as president. now, with the archives open, we can see he was a hands-on president and not a hands-off one. the rise of eisenhower, i found particularly interesting. he is now one of the american greats in the poll before. host: you went through the top five. round out the top 10, in sixth place is truman, seventh is jefferson, eight, kennedy. ninth, reagan. the 10th spot is barack obama, joining the top 10 this year. of interest, president trump comes in at 41st overall in this year's ranking. the first year he is part of this historian survey of presidential leadership. plenty of time to dive more into those results. why do this? is it helpful, historically, to do this and compare these presidents over so many years? guest: absolutely. it is always important to talk about what is happening, in terms of government leadership. it is important to look at them over a period of time. historians like to view history from afar. we don't like to look

bob's hero, dwight david eisenhower, martin luther king, jr., whom bob helped pass legislation honoring the great civil rights leader with a federal holiday. bob stood up and got that done. gerald ford, who served here, with whom bob sought the vice president of the united states. in a sense, bob belongs here. he, too, was a giant of our history, and that's not hyperbole. it's real. of wit and grace, of principle and persistence, of courage and conviction. i have the great honor of serving with bob as many of you around this casket have. i served with him for 25 years. he did have great wit. they once asked him why in god's name did he vote to continue to fund amtrak. he said because if he didn't, biden would stay overnight and cause more trouble. i commuted every day. it's historic. he was the deciding vote. well, you know, bob and i, like many of us here, we disagreed on a number of things, but not on any of the fundamental things. we still found a way to work together. we genuinely respected one another as colleagues, as fellow americans. it was real. it wasn't fake. and we became gr

lincoln, another man who in the heartland of the country from whence he came, bob's hero, dwight david eisenhower, martin luther king jr., who bob helped pass legislation honoring the great civil rights leader with a federal holiday. bob stood up and got that done. gerald ford, who served here and with whom bob sought the vice president of the united states. in a sense, bob belongs here. he, too, was a giant of our history. that's not hyperbole. it's real. of wit and grace, of principle and persistence, of courage and conv conviction. i had the great honor to serve with bob as many of you around this casket have. i served with him for 25 years. he did have great wit. they once asked him why in god's name did he vote to continue to fund amtrak. he said because if he didn't, biden would stay overnight and cause more trouble. i commuted every day. true story. he was the deciding vote. well, you know, bob and i, like many of us here, we disagreed on a number of things but not on any of the fundamental things. we still found a way to work together. we genuinely respected one another as colleagues and

the statue of his hero, his commanding general, do dwight d. eisenhower, oaks over that room and looked over all of us as we gather to pay tribute to bob dole. i've debated whether to express concern, always be optimistic, but i'm worried, i'm concerned if america ever again will experience disability, the bravery, the empathy, the character of people like president eisenhower and senator dole. what happens when the greatest generation is absent? but, i'm relieved. i wrote in my note thing, but i think the word is no. i relieved to know that bob dole would disagree. bob dole would disagree with my worry. bob dole was a man of hope, hope for recovery, hope for those with disability that has full access to the world around them. hope that no child would go to bed hungry, hope that every veteran would receive the care benefits that they deserve. hope that the aged would live their remaining years with dignity. in the 1996 comments from this senator on the senate floor ac left the senate for the last time as a senator, he said, i agree with the poet who said,