[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 130 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10671]
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                           AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Quinn). Under the Speaker's announced 
policy of May 12, 1995, the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Jackson] is 
recognized for 60 minutes.


            continued tribute to tom bevill and glen browder

  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, with that I yield to the 
distinguished ranking member, the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Stokes].
  Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Illinois for 
yielding to me. I will just take a couple of moments of his time. I am 
sorry that I did not arrive earlier to be able to speak on Mr. 
Callahan's special order on behalf of Tom Bevill and Glen Browder. Mr. 
Obey and I have been in a House-Senate conference on the VA-HUD bill, 
and we just got a chance to get here to the floor.
  I will just take a moment, but I do want to say that with reference 
to Tom Bevill, with whom I have served almost all the time that I have 
been in the Congress, that I have established a lot of friendships in 
this Congress but no greater friendship have I had than that I have had 
with Tom Bevill. I do not know of any Member of Congress who is 
respected any more highly than he is, nor do I know of anyone who has 
made a greater contribution to this Nation than he has.
  We have worked on a lot of projects together over the years and it 
has been a real privilege and honor to serve with him, to get to know 
not only him but members of his family, his lovely wife and members of 
his family. I want to say we are going to miss Tom here.

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  His level of leadership has been something that we can all point to 
as a model and with great admiration.
  In the same vein, I want to take just a second to say what a pleasure 
and privilege it has been to serve with Glen Browder. He too, following 
in the footsteps of Tom Bevill and other leaders from Alabama, has been 
a real model here. He has had a long and distinguished record 
legislatively and is someone whom all of us not only admire, but we 
will miss greatly when he leaves this body.
  And just lastly, Tom, I might say that I am sure that our good 
friend, Bob Jones, is watching this special order this afternoon and I 
am sure there is a smile on his face with the knowledge that you and I 
shared a special friendship over the years.
  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. I thank you, Mr. Stokes.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished ranking member of the 
Committee on Appropriations, Mr. Obey.
  Mr. OBEY. I thank the gentleman. I do not want to impose on his time. 
I would simply ask unanimous consent that the remarks I made about our 
good friend, Tom Bevill, when we considered the energy and water 
appropriations bill be incorporated in my remarks at this point in the 
Record and to simply say again, Tom, how much I have enjoyed the 
opportunity to serve with you and how grateful we are for the service 
you have given the country.
  And I want to say to Glen that you have, I think, performed 
tremendous service in this institution with good humor and with grace, 
with understanding of other people's points of view and with deep 
commitment to the things that you believe in. That is what makes this 
country strong, and that is what makes this institution what it is 
supposed to be, and I thank you both for your service here.
  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I certainly want to take this 
opportunity to thank Tom Bevill and Glen Browder, as well, for their 
years of service to this institution, and while I have not had the 
privilege of knowing and working with them at the level that I wish I 
could have, their reputations in this institution as genuine public 
servants certainly precedes them and I am just honored to have the 
privilege to be from the State of Illinois, to follow in their 
tradition of public service. The roles that they have represented in 
this institution are not without great distinction and without the kind 
of merit that truly needs to be bestowed upon public servants in this 
institution.

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