[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 30, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING DR. LOUIS FISHER ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE 
                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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                           HON. BILL DELAHUNT

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 30, 2010

  Mr. DELAHUNT. Madam Speaker, on behalf of the many Members in the 
House of Representatives who--like myself--have benefited from this 
honorable man's brilliance and dedication, I wish to commend Dr. Louis 
Fisher, Ph.D., for his forty years of exemplary service to the United 
States Congress as a member of the professional staff of the Library of 
Congress, both with the Congressional Research Service and the Law 
Library.
  We, and the many colleagues who served before us, have each been the 
beneficiaries of the years Lou Fisher has devoted to assisting the 
Congress in understanding the U.S. Constitution and acting to preserve 
the responsibilities and prerogatives of the Legislative Branch while 
respecting those of the Executive and Judicial Branches. He has made a 
unique, profound and lasting contribution to the vitality of the 
Congress and the Republic.
  Highlights of his career include his assistance in authoring the new 
constitutions of Russia, the Ukraine, Bulgaria, Albania, and Hungary 
following the fall of the Soviet Union; his dedicated service as 
Research Director for the House Iran-Contra Committee; and his 
extensive testimonies on war powers, state secrets, executive spending 
discretion, presidential reorganization authority, Congress and the 
Constitution, the legislative veto, the item veto, executive privilege, 
executive lobbying, covert spending, the pocket veto, recess 
appointments, the budget process, the balanced budget amendment, 
biennial budgeting, and presidential impoundment powers. He is renowned 
as a prolific author of books, textbooks, articles and papers on 
Congress, the Constitution, Presidential power, and other topics, all 
too numerous to list, and was the 2006 recipient of the Neustadt Book 
Award for Military Tribunals and Presidential Power.
  With gratitude for his contributions to the Congress and the Nation, 
we extend our deep respect and heartfelt esteem to Dr. Fisher and offer 
our affectionate wishes for his health and happiness in retirement.

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