[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 156 (Sunday, September 28, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2133-E2134]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE HONORABLE BUD CRAMER AND THE HONORABLE TERRY EVERETT ON 
                     THEIR RETIREMENT FROM CONGRESS

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                               speech of

                         HON. NICK J. RAHALL II

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 25, 2008

  Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize two of my fellow 
colleagues from the great state of Alabama, Congressman Bud Cramer and 
Congressman Terry Everett, who are set to retire at the end of the 
110th Congress. Both of these Members have a passion for and deep 
respect for serving the American people that led them to serve the 
constituents of the 5th and the 2nd Congressional Districts, 
respectively.
  Bud Cramer has served the people of the 5th District of Alabama in 
the U.S. House of Representatives since 1991, where he faithfully 
served on the House Appropriations Committee and the House Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence. Terry Everett came to the House of 
Representatives 16 years ago and ever since he has spent his time 
helping the people of the 2nd Congressional District and serving on the 
Agriculture Committee, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
and as Ranking Member on the House Armed Services Committee.
  As military veterans, they have both answered the call to serve their 
country time and again, and I know that as they start this new

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chapter in their lives, they will continue to find new ways to serve 
their community.
  Although it seems that we as a Congress can't find ourselves in 
agreement on many things, one thing that is beyond dispute is that both 
Congressmen Cramer and Everett have embodied the ideal of civil 
servants who tirelessly have served the interests of the American 
People.

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