[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 190 (Thursday, November 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO PATRICIA SCHROEDER

  (Mr. SKAGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Speaker, I take the floor this morning to offer words 
of tribute to the gentlewoman from Colorado, Patricia Schroeder, my 
colleague. The gentlewoman took us all by surprise yesterday with her 
announcement. She deserves the thanks not only of thousands of grateful 
Coloradans but from an entire Nation.
  Mr. Speaker, whether on issues of military reform or women's rights 
or the interests of the kids of America, she has been known to rock the 
boat when that was needed and to set a courageous course for America so 
many, many times. Her intelligence, her irreverence, her integrity has 
set the standard, but in no area more than in her wit and turn of 
phrase has she been an inspiration to so many of us over so many years.
  The House of Representatives and the United States have been the 
richer for Pat Schroeder's selfless service.

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