[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1337-E1338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  RECOGNITION TO LEWIS ``DEE'' WALKER

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                        HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 27, 1995
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, the Federal Government is losing to 
retirement a dedicated defender of both the U.S. Army and the American 
environment.
  Lewis ``Dee'' Walker has been under the Secretary of the Army in 
charge of the environment. It was his duty to recognize years of 
environmental neglect at U.S. Army bases. It became his responsibility 
to turn that neglect into a commitment to make contaminated land safe 
for human health and the environment.
  And Dee Walker performed in outstanding fashion.

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  I am most familiar with his years of work to clean up one of the 
Army's most infamous messes, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. For over 10 
years Walker showed great energy, patience, and determination to get 
where we are today--a comprehensive cleanup plan endorsed by all 
parties involved. His effort here alone casts him a spot next to 
Hercules and the Madonna.
  Mr. Speaker, we owe a great debt to Dee Walker. And I wish him well 
in the future.


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