[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 26, 1994]
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                            RICHARD M. NIXON

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay my respect 
to former President Richard Nixon. With his passing, his party lost a 
great leader. Our country lost a great President. And the world lost a 
great statesman.
  Each life is a mosaic of hills and valleys, of ups and downs. And 
Richard Nixon knew these extremes with exquisite definition. He stated 
as an inspiration to all who stumble and make mistakes and must 
struggle back.
  Today I would like to make specific reference to his contributions as 
a statesman. He opened China to the West. He eased the tensions in the 
cold war and paved the way for the ultimate demise of communism.
  Each day we enjoy our freedom, each day we are not engaged in war and 
each day, as we as legislators make decisions, some of them wrong ones 
from which we need to recover, we are indebted to Richard Nixon for his 
enormous contributions as statesman and for his example.

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