CHIEF THE SENATE WILL BE IN ORDER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
           MAJORITY LEADER.
           

           MR. LOTT: THANK YOU, MR. CHIEF JUSTICE. I BELIEVE THE SENATE IS
           PREPARED NOW HEAR THE FINAL PRESENTATION TO BE MADE BY WHITE
           HOUSE COUNSEL, AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT I WOULD HAVE A
           BRIEF WRAP-UP OF STATEMENTS TO MAKE ABOUT HOW WE WOULD HOPE TO
           PROCEED ON FRIDAY AND GENERALLY ON SATURDAY, BILL EA DO THAT AT
           THE CLOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION. I YIELD THE FLOOR, MR. CHIEF
           JUSTICE.
           

           MR. CHIEF JUSTICE: THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MR. COUNSEL BM BUMPERS
           TO CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
           

           MR. BUMPERS: MR. CHIEF JUSTICE, THE DISTINGUISHED HOUSE
           MANAGERS FROM THE HOUSE OF
           
           REPRESENTATIVES, COLLEAGUES: I HAVE SEEN THE LOOK OF
           DISAPPOINTMENT ON MANY FACES BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
           THOUGHT YOU WERE RID OF ME ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND I'VE TAKEN A
           LOT OF RIBBING THIS AFTERNOON BUT I HAVE SERIOUSLY NEGOTIATED
           WITH SOME PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY ON THIS SIDE, BY AN OFFER TO
           WALK OUT AND NOT DELIVER THIS SPEECH IN EXCHANGE FOR A FEW

           VOTES. I UNDERSTAND THREE HAVE IT UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION.
           IT IS A GREAT JOY TO SEE YOU, AND IT IS ESPECIALLY PLEASANT TO
           SEE AN AUDIENCE WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE
           CUMULATIVE AUDIENCE I HAD OVER 24 YEARS. I CAME HERE TODAY FOR
           A LOT OF REASONS. ONE WAS THAT I WAS PROMISED A 40-FOOT CORD,

           AND I'VE BEEN SHORTED 28 FEET. CHRIS DODD SAID THAT HE DIDN'T
           WANT ME IN HIS LAP, AND I ASSUME THAT HE ARRANGED FOR THE CORD
           TO BE SHORTENED. I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK SOME OF YOU FOR
           YOUR KIND COMMENTS IN THE PRESS WHEN IT RECEIVED SOME PUBLITY
           THAT I WOULD BE HERE TO CLOSE THE DEBATE ON BEHALF OF THE WHITE
           HOUSE COUNSEL AND THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT. I WAS A LITTLE
           DISMAYED BY SENATOR BENNETT'S REMARK. HE SAID, "YES, SENATOR

           BUMPERS IS A GREAT SPEAKER, BUT HE WAS NEVER PERSUASIVE WITH ME
           BECAUSE I NEVER AGREED WITH HIM." I THOUGHT HE COULD HAVE DONE
           BETTER THATHAT. YOU CAN TAKE SOME COMFORT, COLLEAGUES, IN THE
           FACT THAT I'M NOT BEING PAID, AND WHEN I'M FINISHED, YOU'LL
           PROBABLY THINK THE WHITE HOUSE GOT THEIR MONEY'S WORTH. I HAVE
           TOLD AUDIENCES THAT OVER 24 YEARS -- THAT I WENT HOME ALMOST

           EVERY WEEKEND AND RETURNED USUALLY ABOUT DUSK ON SUNDAY EVENING
           AND YOU KNOW THE PLANE RIDE INTO NATIONAL AIRPORT. WHEN YOU CAN
           SEE THE MAGNIFICENT WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND THIS BUILDING FROM
           THE WINDOW OF THE AIRPLANE -- AND I'VE TOLD THESE STUDENTS AT
           THE UNIVERSITY IN A SMALL LIBERAL ART SCHOOLS AT HOME -- IN
           HENDRICKS -- AFTER 24 YEARS OF THAT, LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF
           TIMES, I'VE NEVER FAILED TO GET GOOSE BUMPS. SAME THING IS TRUE

           ABOUT THIS CHAMBER. I CAN STILL REMEMBER AS THOUGH IT WERE
           YESTERDAY THE AWE I FELT WHEN I FIRST STEPPED INTO THIS
           MAGNIFICENT CHAMBER SO FULL OF HISTORY, SO BEAUTIFUL. AND LAST
           USE THIS DAY, AS I RETURNED, AFTER ONLY A SHORT THREE-WEEK
           ABSENCE, I STILL FELT THAT SAME SENSE OF AWE THAT I DID THE
           FIRST TIME I WALKED IN THIS CHAMBER. COLLEAGUES, I COME HERE

           WITH
{END: 1999/01/21 TIME: 16-15 , Thu.  106TH SENATE, FIRST SESSION}