[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 34 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E354]
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                         TRIBUTE TO LEWIS ENTZ

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 4, 1999

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize 
the career of one of Colorado's leading statesman over the past two 
decades, state Representative Lewis Entz. In doing so, I would like to 
honor this individual who, for so many years, has exemplified the 
notion of public service and civic duty. Now retired from the Colorado 
House of Representatives, it is clear that Representative Entz's 
dynamic leadership in the Colorado General Assembly will be greatly 
missed and difficult to replace.
  Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1982--a seat he 
would hold until 1998, Representative Entz rose quickly to positions of 
great influence within the House. In 1989, Representative Entz was 
named Chairman of the House Local Government committee which he would 
chair until 1994. While serving in the General Assembly, Representative 
Entz was best known for his tireless work on natural resource, 
agricultural and local government issues. I feel privileged to have had 
the opportunity to work closely with him on many of these and other 
issues.
  The number of honors and distinctions that Representative Entz earned 
during his years of outstanding service are too numerous to list, and 
too few to do justice to his contributions to the state of Colorado.
  1998 marked the end of Representative Entz's tenure in elected office 
and the state of Colorado is worse off in his absence. Mr. Speaker, 
there are few people in Colorado's proud history who have served as 
selflessly and distinguishedly as did Representative Entz. His career 
embodied the citizen-legislator ideal and was a model that every 
official in elected office, including myself, should seek to emulate. 
The citizens of Colorado owe Representative Entz a debt of gratitude 
and I wish him well in his well-deserved retirement.

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