[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 12, 1994]
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              TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE WILLIAM H. NATCHER

  (Mr. PENNY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENNY. Mr. Speaker, I come to the well today to pay my respects 
to our recently departed colleague, William Natcher of Kentucky. 
Throughout his long and distinguished career, he was an example of 
public service at its best. In over 40 years of service, he never 
missed a vote until his final illness. As a powerful appropriations 
cardinal, he abhorred pork barrel earmarks, he attempted to restrict 
funding to only those programs and projects which were duly authorized, 
and he consistently brought his legislation to the House floor under an 
open rule allowing for free and fair debate. He served his State and 
his Nation with distinction. His memory will live on as an example to 
us all.

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