[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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 TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE DOUGLAS APPLEGATE AND MEMBERS RETIRING FROM 
              COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION

  (Without objection, Mr. Traficant was given permission to address the 
Houses for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, when I came to this body 10 years ago, 
there was a fellow in the neighboring district by the name of Douglas 
Applegate who is now chairman of the Subcommittee on Water Resources 
and Environment of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
  The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Applegate] is leaving the Congress, is 
retiring.
  I just wanted to say on the House floor that he will be very much 
missed. He was a dear friend and a mentor. He helped many Members in 
this body. He is one of the finest human beings I have ever met.
  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Ohio, my 
friend for calling attention to the fact that the gentleman from Ohio, 
Doug Applegate, like myself, is leaving the Congress.
  Doug is a very nice person, one I very much enjoyed working with. I 
completely join with the gentleman from Ohio in his sentiments 
expressed today.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I also would like to say the gentleman 
from Kentucky [Mr. Mazzoli], as well, a great Member, we will miss him 
dearly, and many others member of the Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation, the gentleman from the Virgin Islands [Mr. DeLugo], the 
gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Valentine], the gentleman from 
Illinois [Mr. Sangmeister], there are many Members that are leaving 
this body and retiring.
  I just would like to conclude and say that the gentleman from Ohio 
[Mr. Applegate], helped me as much as anybody in my entire life. I will 
miss him dearly.
  He is a dear friend. I love him.

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