[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM CLINGER ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                      HON. G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 30, 1996

  Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
wish Representative Bill Clinger well in his retirement. He has been 
extremely lucky in this life, with a lovely wife, Julia, four wonderful 
children, Eleanor, William III, James, and Julia, and two precious 
grandchildren, Sara and Charlotte. I feel sure that the future only 
holds more blessing for Bill Clinger.
  Congessman Clinger was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives 
back in 1978, and he has been a fixture here in Congress ever since. He 
has worked hard as chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight 
Committee and vice chairman for the Transportation and Infrastructure 
Committee.
  His work here in Washington has not gone unnoticed. He has earned the 
respect and admiration of all of his colleagues. I have enjoyed working 
with Bill for the last 20 years, and he will be missed in Congress 
after he retires.

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