[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E151]
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                          HONORING PAUL CLARKE

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                     HON. HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 4, 1997

  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, the residents of California's 25th 
Congressional District recently recognized the passing of one of their 
dedicated and loyal citizens, Mr. Paul Clarke. Consultant, radio 
newsman, media expert, husband, son, father, and grandfather, Mr. 
Clarke embodied the voice and vision of the residents of the San 
Fernando Valley. Remembered in Washington as the chief of staff of 
Congresswoman Bobbi Fielder, whom he later married, southern 
Californians came to know him as a man with a firm grasp on the pulse 
of the valley.
  Instrumental in Washington to furthering a variety of issues 
important to the San Fernando Valley, Mr. Clarke became known as a 
talented political campaign consultant with an innate understanding of 
his community. Honest and forthright, Paul Clarke was an invaluable 
source of information for reporters and the news industry throughout 
southern California.
  We will miss Paul Clarke's sense of humor, wit, intelligence, and 
friendship. Our prayers go out to our former colleague, Bobbi Fielder, 
as well as to all of Mr. Clarke's family. May the Lord bless and keep 
him well. In our hearts and thoughts, he remains.

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