[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H12178-H12179]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO HON. ROBERT WALKER

  (Mr. DORNAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, I also want to come to the well this 
afternoon and commend the Speaker for the next 2 days, the Honorable 
Robert Walker of the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He came to 
this Congress in our bicentennial year as I did, an unusual class, Vice 
President Al Gore was in that class, Democrat leader Dick Gephardt was 
in that class, former Vice President Dan Quayle was in that class. Mr. 
Speaker, Newt did not come until 2 years later. Bob Walker set the 
ground for Newt over those 2 years and he has been what Mr. Solomon 
said, a master of parliamentary procedure. Through tough times and 
smooth times, he has been the conscience of the House at least on our 
side of the aisle. He is going to be sorely missed.

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  He and I are Korean-war-era veterans. By our birth date, we missed 
the combat in Korea but we did not miss the combat here. Mr. Speaker, 
your two decades here set the stage, I think, for the Republicans to 
take the House on November 8, 1994, and probably to retain it about 36 
days from now. Please keep coming back and keep us on the straight and 
narrow.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair thanks the gentleman from 
California.

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