[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    WE DO NOT REALIZE THE TRUE WORTH OF A GREAT MAN UNTIL HE IS GONE

  (Mr. TALENT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TALENT. Mr. Speaker, we do not realize the true worth of a great 
man until he is gone. The networks of which he is a part, the man of 
which he is the hub, slip and shake and tremble. We all feel the 
insecurity of things if even the strongest among us can be so quickly 
taken from us. Yet we all realize the impact for good that a good man 
can have.
  So it is, Mr. Speaker, with our dear colleague, Bill Emerson. Much 
will be said of Bill in the coming days. I wish to say this now. He was 
my friend, faithful and just and charitable to me. He served his 
country. He loved his family. He is now most certainly with his Savior, 
and I will miss him more than I can say.

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