Honorable Ernest F. Hollings
United States Senator, South Carolina, Democrat
Senator Hollings was first elected to the U.S. Senate in1966. He served in the South Carolina House of Representativesfrom 1948 to 1954, as the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolinafrom 1954 to 1958, and as Governor of South Carolina from 1958to 1962. Senator Hollings is Ranking Minority Member of the Commerce,Science and Transportation Committee and also serves on the AppropriationsCommittee and the Budget Committee. The following statement isfrom the Senate floor debate of April 22, 1999, on S. 96, theY2K Act.I thank my distinguished friend from Massachusetts [SenatorKerry]. He has summed it up. I will only point out this morning’snews, the…