Senator Pat Roberts

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SENATOR PAT ROBERTS, Kansas

I think Bob Dole, over his career as the Republican Leader of the Senate and/or the Minority Leader, got more done than many presidents. If you look at the legislative achievements that he achieved through tough leadership, compromise, sheer skill. Hubert [H.] Humphrey called him the smartest man in the Senate. He didn’t do so just by saying that. He knew how the Senate operated, quick study, self-depreciating humor—big item—and getting people to work together at the
appropriate moment.