[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 14, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 EXPRESSING SORROW OF THE HOUSE AT THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE CARL B. 
      ALBERT, FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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                               speech of

                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 8, 2000

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Speaker Carl Albert 
passed away Friday, February 4, 2000, after a distinguished career 
during which he shepherded the nation through some of its most 
difficult years. The people of the Thirtieth Congressional District of 
Texas pay tribute to this great American and join the nation to express 
sincere sorrow regarding his passing.
  Beginning in the Eightieth Congress, Speaker Albert spent the next 
thirty years representing the citizens of the Third Congressional 
District of Oklahoma in the U.S. Congress and helped create a new era 
of American opportunity. He supported civil rights and antipoverty 
legislation. Speaker Albert provided invaluable leadership to the House 
of Representatives as majority leader during the Eighty-seventh through 
Ninety-first Congresses. As leader of this legislative body during the 
Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth Congresses, Speaker Albert fostered 
a lasting legacy.
  Speaker Albert successfully steered the nation through difficult 
times and ensured a fair forum for democratic discussion on issues 
ranging from the impeachment of President Richard Nixon to the war in 
Vietnam. He provided the nation with stability and security while he 
was first in line to succeed the President of the United States, in 
1973 and again in 1974.
  Speaker Albert personified great American values throughout his life. 
He rose from childhood poverty to become a Rhodes Scholar, winner of 
the Bronze Star, and a distinguished U.S. Congressman.
  During a time when we sometimes let partisanship get the better of 
us, we should look at Carl Albert as a symbol of the most esteemed 
values of the U.S. Congress. I join the nation in paying tribute to an 
exemplary citizen, who was during his lifetime and continues to be an 
inspiration in the greatest traditions of domestic representation.

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