[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 10, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E192-E193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING COLORADO STATE SENATOR TILLMAN BISHOP UPON HIS RETIREMENT

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 10, 1999

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to take a moment to honor an 
individual who for so many years has exemplified the notion of public 
service and civic duty and an individual we on the western slope of 
Colorado will be hard pressed to replace.
  Senator Tillman Bishop has represented Colorado's 7th District in the 
Colorado Senate for 28 years and before that, in the Colorado General 
Assembly for 4 years. His years of service rank him 5th in the state's 
history for continuous years of service and he is the longest serving 
senator from Colorado's western slope.
  Senator Bishop, or Tillie, as he is affectionately known, has for 
decades selflessly given of himself and has always placed the needs of 
his constituents before his own. I myself served with Tillie when I was 
a member of the Colorado General Assembly and I consider myself 
fortunate to have worked with a representative of his caliber.
  The number of honors and distinctions that Tillie has earned during 
his years of outstanding service are too numerous to list, and too few 
to do justice to his contribution to the state of Colorado.

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  Senator Bishop will be sorely missed in the halls of the Colorado 
Capitol, both for his wisdom and knowledge of Colorado, but also for 
his kind and gentle demeanor which endeared him to all those with whom 
he came in contact.
  1998 marked the end of Senator Bishop's tenure in elected office and 
the state of Colorado is worse-off because of his absence. There are 
too few people in elected office today who are prepared to serve in the 
selfless and diligent manner of Tillman Bishop. He is the embodiment of 
the citizen-legislator and a model for every official in elected 
office.
  His constituents, of whom I was one, owe him a debt of gratitude and 
I wish him well in his well-deserved retirement.

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