[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 120 (Monday, October 2, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S9599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRESSMAN JAMES D. ``MIKE'' McKEVITT

  Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, few individuals ever touch the lives of 
people like the late Mike McKevitt did. Former Congressman and 
Assistant U.S. Attorney General James D. ``Mike'' McKevitt passed away 
last week here in Washington, DC. He was a remarkable man, a selfless 
public servant, and a loyal friend. He was always working on behalf of 
others to make the world better.
  His positive attitude, personal warmth and absolute sense of fair 
play were most unique in a far too often cynical, and mean-spirited 
town called Washington, DC. For 30 years, he rose above the pettiness, 
nonsense and nastiness that often dominates the environment of the 
world's most powerful city. He made it more fun to be here. He made it 
all seem more noble than most of it is.
  We will all miss Mike McKevitt. We are all better because of him. Our 
prayers and thoughts go out to his wonderful wife Judy and his 
daughters and grandchildren.
  I ask unanimous consent that the attached obituary from The 
Washington Post on Congressman McKevitt be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

               [From the Washington Post, Sept. 30, 2000]

           Congressman James D. ``Mike'' McKevitt, 71, Dies]

       James D. ``Mike'' McKevitt, 71, a partner in the Washington 
     government affairs firm of McKevitt & Schneier who was a 
     former congressman and U.S. assistant attorney general, died 
     Sept. 28 at Sibley Memorial Hospital after a heart attach. He 
     lived in McLean.
       Mr. McKevitt served in the House as a Colorado Republican 
     for one term before losing a reelection bid in 1972. During 
     his years in the House, he served on the Judiciary, Interior 
     and Small Business committees.
       In 1973, he served as assistant attorney general for 
     legislative affairs, then in 1973 and 1974 was counsel to the 
     White House Energy Policy Office.
       From 1974 to 1986, he was federal legislation director of 
     the National Federation of Independent Business. He then 
     practiced law before founding the McKevitt & Schneier 
     government affairs firm in 1986.
       Mr. McKevitt was a founding member of the Korean War 
     Veterans Memorial Board. In 1987, the former representative 
     of Colorado's 1st District was honored by Sen. William 
     Armstrong (R-Colo.) as a moving force in the enactment of 
     legislation creating the memorial.
       Over the years, he also had served on the board of the USO, 
     the U.S. Capitol Historical Society and the International 
     Consortium for Research on the Health Effects of Radiation. 
     He was a past president of the University Club of Washington, 
     parliamentarian of the 1986 White House Conference on Small 
     Business and a member of the Bowen Commission on Medicare. 
     His hobbies included sailing the Chesapeake Bay.
       Mr. McKevitt, who was born in Spokane, Wash., was a 1951 
     graduate of the University of Idaho and a 1956 graduate of 
     the University of Denver law school. During the Korean War, 
     he served as an Air Force combat intelligence officer in 
     Korea.
       He was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 1956 and practiced 
     law in Boulder before serving as an assistant attorney 
     general of Colorado from 1958 to 1967. He then served as 
     district attorney for the city and county of Denver until 
     entering Congress in 1971.
       Mr. McKevitt was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church at 
     Lafayette Square in Washington.
       His first wife, Doris L. McKevitt, died in 1994. Survivors 
     include his wife, Judith Woolley McKevitt of McLean; two 
     daughters from his first marriage, Kate McLagan of Austin and 
     Julia Graf of Park City, Utah; and four grandchildren.

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