[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 19, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H2112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HENRY HYDE, NO FINER PUBLIC SERVANT

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the very distinguished chairman of 
the Committee on International Relations, the gentleman from Illinois 
(Mr. Hyde), announced his planned retirement for the end of this 
Congress. I would like to say this is my 25th year that I have been 
honored to serve here in the Congress, and I have served with no finer 
public servant than the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde).
  The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde) has clearly been a principled 
leader who has provided bold and dynamic examples for us in a wide 
range of areas. We all know that he was a great champion in the effort 
to ensure that we do not see taxpayer dollars expended on abortion-on-
demand. We know the key role that he played in dealing with the 
challenge that we faced with impeachment. We know that in recent years 
he has been suffering physically.
  I have got to say that the Chaplain is here in the Chamber, and I 
will never forget at the unveiling of the portrait of the gentleman 
from Illinois (Mr. Hyde) when he said that he was instructed when he 
became the Chaplain that he refer to everyone by their given name, 
except for one individual. The gentleman from Illinois to him is Mr. 
Hyde. And while I am privileged to call him Henry, I will tell you that 
I will greatly miss him when he is not a Member of the next Congress.

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