[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 94 (Tuesday, July 18, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H5363]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING HELEN SEWELL

  (Mr. BURTON Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, the Speaker of the House came 
down to the floor just a few minutes ago and talked about Helen, who 
worked in the Cloakroom for probably 40 or 50 years and told about what 
a wonderful lady she was. I don't want to be redundant, but I want to 
say that there are an awful lot of people that serve in this body that 
the people of America never see that make it so worthwhile and so 
important to be here. Helen was one of those people. She was so nice to 
every Member of Congress. She treated us all like family.
  She served with many Presidents, from Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy. 
All of those guys, regardless of party, liked Helen. They all had 
pictures with her, and she kept them back there in the Cloakroom and 
was very proud of each and every picture she had with Presidents. And 
they all admired her. As the Speaker said, they all came to visit her 
when they came to the Capitol.
  Let me just say that Helen was one of the most wonderful people that 
I ever met, and I haven't had many occasions since I have been here to 
feel a little weak in the knees when something happens; but when I 
heard that Helen died today, I felt a little pain in the knees because 
she was such a wonderful person.
  So to Helen's family, if they happen to be paying attention to this, 
Mr. Speaker, we send our deepest sympathy because she was one of the 
finest people that I ever met, and she is surely going to be missed by 
everybody in the House.

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