[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 29, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H541]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN MEMORIAM KENNETH L. MADDY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, this is a humble attempt on my 
part to remember the life and contributions of a great leader in 
California, one Ken L. Maddy.
  Mr. Speaker, all of California can be proud of the favorite son 
Fresno sent to Sacramento three decades ago. A legislator's legislator, 
Ken Maddy never was far from the Central Valley district and the 
agricultural industry he represented. He was elected to the assembly in 
1970 in a district with a little over 30 percent Republican 
registration. As the Democrats of Fresno loved him, the Republicans of 
Sacramento looked to him for leadership. Senate Republican leader Ken 
Maddy became known as the ``go-to guy'' for both Governors Deukmejian 
and Pete Wilson.
  Senator Maddy combined grace with good looks. He loved people, and he 
loved life. Few men will ever match the positive impact he had on 
California politics. He believed in governing and the role of 
compromise in legislative politics. Smart, dedicated, trustworthy, Ken 
Maddy simply reflected the very best that California has to offer 
public affairs.
  His special passion for horses and racing went back to his teenage 
years as a groom at Hollywood Park. Among many highlights of his 
legislative career, which ranged from efforts to strengthen our 
criminal justice system, to impacting ethics standards for State 
legislators, to preserving private property rights, are the real 
highlights, the California Center for Equine Health and Performance and 
the Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory at the University of 
California at Davis. Senator Maddy's private pride and joy was a horse 
named Work the Crowd. The California-bred champion filly now grazes in 
green pastures in the valley. Raising a brood of California champions, 
Work the Crowd probably wonders where her Ken has gone.
  Senator Ken Maddy was a proud graduate of Fresno State and served as 
a member of the President's Club and the Bulldog Club. In 1999, the 
Kenneth L. Maddy Institute of Public Policy was dedicated at CSU-Fresno 
as a vital training ground for the next generation of Valley political 
leaders. He graduated from UCLA Law School in 1963, and in 1998 he was 
recognized as one of UCLA's outstanding graduates.
  Ken Maddy, one of the most respected legislators to ever grace 
California's capital. On February 18, 2000, this prince of a leader, 
who dreamed of the sport of kings, passed on to be remembered forever 
by those who care about politics, the profession he loved.

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