[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3547]
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       EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 842

  (Mr. SHUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I want to emphasize the extraordinary 
bipartisan support on this extraordinary victory here. Without the 
gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Oberstar] and his colleagues, this simply 
never could have happened.
  Beyond that, however, this has been a battle that we have been 
dedicated to for so many years, that there are many former chairmen and 
ranking members of our committee who I know, those who are still alive 
have to be smiling, and those who are up there looking down have to be 
smiling as well.
  On our side Bill Harsha, Don Clausen, Gene Snyder, John Paul 
Hammerschmidt, Jim Howard, God bless him, Glen Anderson, Bob Roe, Norm 
Mineta, they all contributed to this victory today, and I thank them.

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  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SHUSTER. I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. I want to pay tribute, well deserved tribute to the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania for the leadership he has exhibited on this 
issue. He has worked tirelessly, brought together a coalition of people 
of different fiscal views on this issue, geographic views on this issue 
and brought them together to understand and to pass this very, very 
important, as the gentleman has stated, long-standing legislation. He 
has marshaled an extraordinary outpouring of support for a principle 
that will reestablish the trust of people in Government. The impact 
reaches far beyond this bill. For that, I salute our chairman.
  Mr. SHUSTER. I thank the gentleman.

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