[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 129 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8536]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE VIC FAZIO

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
pay tribute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Vic Fazio), who has 
been a very effective Member of this institution, both as a leader and 
as a member of the Committee on Appropriations, and as a great 
Californian.
  We have been very lucky in California to work with the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Fazio), someone who has always been helpful in securing 
funding for our State, particularly for water projects. I know, because 
I have called on him for assistance many times in his role on the 
Committee on Appropriations. I thank the gentleman from California for 
being so respectful to all of our needs, for being receptive, 
hardworking, dedicated and fair in making sure our requests are 
fulfilled.
  I thank him, too, for his hard work in fighting for women's rights. 
He has been a staunch defender on many fronts, supporting the Equal 
Rights Amendment, arguing for women's reproductive rights, and opposing 
discrimination against women in the work force, the military and the 
courts. As a member of the Democratic leadership, the gentleman's 
outspoken activism has brought needed attention to these causes.
  I do not know what we will do without the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Vic Fazio). He will be missed.

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