[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 46 (Monday, April 25, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 25, 1994]
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 THE DEATH OF RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON, THE 37TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
        STATES--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read:

To the Congress of the United States:
  It is my sad duty to inform you officially of the death of Richard 
Milhous Nixon, the thirty-seventh President of the United States.
  Born in 1913, he was first elected to the Congress in 1946, a member 
of that historic freshman class of World War II veterans that also 
included John F. Kennedy. He was elected to the Senate in 1950, and 
served two terms as Vice President of the United States between 1953 
and 1961. His career in the Congress coincided with the great expansion 
of the American middle class, when men and women from backgrounds as 
humble as his own secured the triumph of freedom abroad and the promise 
of economic growth at home.
  He remained a visible presence in American public life for over half 
a century. Yet through all those years of service to his country, in 
the military, in the Congress, in the Presidency, and beyond, he 
cherished his life as a private man, a family man. He was lovingly 
devoted to his wife, Pat, to their daughters Patricia Cox and Julie 
Eisenhower, and to his four grandchildren.
  His lifetime and public career were intertwined with America's rise 
as a world power. His faith in America never wavered, from his famous 
``kitchen debate'' with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev through all of 
the debates that followed. We Americans and our neighbors abroad will 
always owe him a special debt for opening diplomatic doors to Beijing 
and Moscow during his Presidency, and his influence in world affairs 
will be felt for years to come.
  Richard Milhous Nixon lived the ``American Dream.'' Now, he rests in 
peace.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, April 22, 1994.

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