[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 51 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E580-E581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                    HON. JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 18, 1996

  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I inadvertently voted 
``no'' on H.R. 842 the truth-in-budgeting bill, thinking that I was 
voting on an amendment. Had I known that I was voting on final passage, 
I would have voted ``yes.''

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                      TRIBUTE TO JOHN O. HEMPERLEY

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                            HON. RON PACKARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 18, 1996

  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to John O. 
Hemperley, the budget officer of the Library of Congress, who passed 
away last Saturday. As former chairman and now as ranking member on the 
Legislative Branch Subcommittee of Appropriations, Congressman Vic 
Fazio, worked with John for many years and joins me in honoring his 
memory.
  Appropriations Committee members and staff rely heavily on the 
expertise, efficiency, and responsiveness of agency budget officers. 
John embodied the highest standards of dedicated public service. Both 
Vic and I counted on his unsurpassed knowledge and understanding of the 
Library's budget. John fervently supported the Library's mission and 
the budget funding that mission. However, he always presented the facts 
honestly and faithfully executed the budget enacted by the Congress.
  For 196 years, the Congress of the United States supported and 
nurtured the Library's development. Today, it stands as a unique and 
treasured institution--the greatest repository of knowledge in the 
history of the world. The Library continues to explore new frontiers, 
expanding its mission to provide electronic services to all its 
constituent groups while maintaining its traditional services to the 
Congress and the Nation.
  John O. Hemperley was a unique and treasured individual. For the past 
23 years, he developed and cultivated the relationship between the 
Library of Congress and the Committee on Appropriations. He will be 
sorely missed, not only by those who knew and loved him here in the 
Congress and in the Library, but by all those who may never have known 
him but who benefit daily from the enormous resources the Library 
provides. The challenges the Library faces will be more daunting 
without him.
  Mr. Speaker, as chairman of our Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Subcommittee, and for all other members of the Appropriations 
Committee, and our staff, I would like to express our great sorrow and 
extend our sincere condolences to John's wife, Bess Hemperley, their 
children, and grandchildren.

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