[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 21 (Thursday, March 5, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO WAYNE FOWLER

  (Mrs. FOWLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. FOWLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a dear 
friend and now former employee of this great institution, Wayne Fowler. 
We all have two families when we come here, one back home and the one 
we make here. I am proud to include Wayne in my family here in this 
House. It makes it all the easier that we coincidentally share the same 
last name.
  When I first met Wayne, we became fast friends. We had so much in 
common besides the Fowler name. Wayne is a native of the State that I 
now represent. We both attended college in Georgia and found our way to 
careers on Capitol Hill. While I was serving as a legislative assistant 
to Georgia Congressman Robert Stephens in the late 1960s, Wayne was 
serving as an LA to Florida Congressman Don Fuqua. Prior to that Wayne 
worked for Congressman Charlie Bennett, the Member whom I succeeded in 
1992.
  Wayne and I both left the Hill for a while, only to be drawn back by 
our mutual interest in public service. Wayne served this House for 32 
years, 22 of these right here at this rostrum in the House. As he 
begins his much deserved retirement, I want to wish him well and thank 
him on behalf of a grateful Congress. He is already missed.

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