[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2196-E2197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE MICHAEL G. OXLEY UPON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE 
                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                               speech of

                           HON. DEBORAH PRYCE

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 12, 2006

  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor one of our 
colleagues who will be sorely missed next year in the United States 
House of Representatives, the gentleman from the Buckeye State, Mr. 
Oxley.
  Mike Oxley has been a good friend, and we will miss his leadership in 
this House and in Ohio. For the last 25 years, Mike has represented the 
Fourth District of Ohio with honor and integrity.
  In 1981, when he arrived, he brought with him a belief in the hope 
offered by Ronald Reagan--a hope of economic prosperity guided by the 
expansion of free enterprise and open markets. Mike Oxley has spent 
every day of his Congressional career spreading that hope.
  As Chairman of the Financial Services Committee for the last 6 years, 
Mike saw our economy through some of its toughest tests. It is a 
testament not only to the resilience of our economy, but to the 
leadership provided by Chairman Oxley that our economy and our 
financial sector have not only endured, but prospered.
  Ox has been our captain and our coach. He stuck firm to his core 
beliefs, while never sacrificing civility. We can all learn from Mike 
Oxley's leadership: When it comes to the

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well-being of our country, bipartisanship can carry the day. And if and 
when we do disagree, we should openly and honestly discuss our 
differences, like statesmen.
  We have not seen the last of Mike Oxley. Be it in a boardroom or at a 
Buckeye game, his presence will surely be known.
  It is an honor to call Mike Oxley a friend, and we wish him Godspeed.

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