[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSMAN ROBERT WALKER 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, It has been my pleasure to have served 
with Representative Bob Walker. We have worked together as Members of 
this House for more years than I care to remember During that time, I 
cannot recall anyone with more knowledge on the rules of the House. In 
fact, I would say that he is an expert in parliamentary procedure.
  Congressman Walker was elected to the House of Representatives in 
1976. Since then, he has spent much of his time on the House floor 
working on different pieces of legislation. He was an original sponsor 
of the only statutory provision in present law protecting a student's 
right to voluntary school prayer.
  As chairman of the House Science Committee, he has strongly supported 
basic research. He has worked on legislation that allows for the 
research and development of hydrogen as an alternative fuel source, and 
he authored legislation on the viability of space as our next economic 
frontier.
  As he prepares to retire and head back home to Pennsylvania, I wish 
Representative Bob Walker and his wife, Sue, the best. Maybe now he 
will have more time to dedicate to his writing.

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