[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H12169-H12170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO HON. ROBERT S. WALKER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Fox] is recognized for 5 minutes.

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  Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to address my 
colleagues and, first, to thank all of those who worked together this 
week on legislation which provides for the first time for those law 
enforcement officials on the Federal scene who have been killed in the 
line of duty, to make sure that their families and their children are 
protected when it comes to educational benefits. It is a bipartisan 
effort, and Congressman Studds and I worked in the House, Senator 
Specter in the Senate, in making sure this legislation was reality.
  It was not that long ago that there was a Federal officer, Chuck 
Reed, killed in my district who was an outstanding FBI agent and a real 
leader in the war against drugs, and William Degan, of course, who was 
the Federal official who was killed at Ruby Ridge. It is those kinds of 
individuals for whom we need to make sure that we are attending to the 
needs of those families, because they gave up so much to help make this 
country safer and stronger.
  Mr. Speaker, I also wanted to salute those retiring Members who are 
leaving our Chamber who have done so much. One especially from 
Pennsylvania I wish to point out; that would be Congressman Bob Walker 
who, more than any other Member, knows the rules of parliamentary 
procedure and helped newer Members to learn the rules, to make sure 
they respect each other in the Chamber and to make sure that we are 
civil and still worked in a bipartisan way to make sure the people's 
business is done here in Washington.
  So to Bob Walker who did so much for this House and one of its finest 
Members, we salute you for all you have done for our country, for this 
Chamber, and for your resonance in your Pennsylvania district. We know 
that Bob Walker has done much to bring honor to himself and to his 
family and to his community, but to his colleagues here we know how 
special he was as a fighter for beliefs, as someone who is unyielding 
in principle, but when it came to making sure we got the job done, he 
knew when to compromise and how to compromise.
  So we salute a very special American, Bob Walker, who I know we will 
miss greatly, and we hope he returns often to visit.

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