[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                          TRIBUTE TO HAP BAKER

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Madam Speaker, yesterday in Carroll County, 
MD, we laid to rest a great American, Hap Baker. Hap was the inventor 
of the guidance system for the Patriot missile. He was proud of that. 
But he was probably proudest of this little button which he was never 
without for the past several years: ``Politically incorrect, and proud 
of it.''
  Hap felt that he was politically incorrect because he had an undying 
commitment to the great principles of limited government and individual 
rights set forth in the Constitution. Hap was aghast that a profligate 
Congress passes law after law and never questions the constitutional 
authority. He was particularly supportive of second amendment rights.
  But first and foremost, he was a conservationist. Hap understood that 
even in a perfect world, the Lord asked Adam and Eve to dress and keep 
the garden, and Hap wanted to help. We miss you Hap, and we will not 
forget you and what you stood for: ``Politically incorrect, and proud 
of it.'' God bless.

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