[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE BARBARA VUCANOVICH

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                           HON. JIM LIGHTFOOT

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 28, 1996

  Mr. LIGHTFOOT. Mr. Speaker, it has been my great honor to have served 
with my colleague form Nevada, Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich.
  Barbara was elected to Congress in 1982. She was the first woman 
elected to a Federal office from Nevada and she was the first Nevadan 
to serve in a leadership position in the U.S. House of Representatives. 
Those of us who serve with Barbara in the House elected her to the 
position of Secretary for the House Republican Conference for the 104th 
Congress--a position which allowed her to help shape the direction of 
legislative policy.
  I have had the great honor of serving with Barbara on the 
Appropriations Committee, where she is known for her commonsense, 
integrity, and sound judgment. We have also stood side-by-side on a 
number of issues important to both of our States, as members of the 
Rural Health Care Coalition and the Congressional Sportsmen Caucus 
Foundation.
  As Representative from the Second District of Nevada, Barbara has 
served her district, State, and Nation well.
  Mr. Speaker, it has been a great honor to have served with my good 
friend and colleague from Nevada, Barbara Vucanovich.

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