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xi A Note The events of thirty-four years in Congress, much less those of a lifetime before and after, would take many volumes to properly tell. What follows are the highlights , those events and observations that burn brightest in memory. To anyone whose story I did not tell, or who hoped to see a particular subject covered that I left out, I apologize. But stop me sometime and I’ll tell you all about it. Also, it may seem as you read this book that everyone I ever met became a good friend. Thumper in the movie Bambi gave some advice, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.” I like that advice and have tried to live it in these pages. ...

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