[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 155 (Wednesday, December 1, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H7834]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING CONGRESSMAN IKE SKELTON

  (Mrs. EMERSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, I would be remiss if I didn't try to tell 
a little bit more of the story that our beloved friend and colleague 
Ike Skelton started. It kind of started all back about in 1980 for my 
family with Ike when my late husband, Bill, and he drove in to work 
every single day, and the stories that I learned both from Bill and 
Ike, because I used to then take Ike in after Bill, and every Thursday 
now that we come in with prayer breakfast has been, for me, a 
remarkable experience because of what I have learned from our colleague 
Ike Skelton, both from history and also an understanding of the great 
love that he has for our wonderful State of Missouri.
  His commitment and his dedication have been extraordinary, and he has 
been, for me, not only a real hero but also someone whom I have tried 
very hard to learn from. You have set an example, Ike, that is 
impossible for anybody else to meet; but certainly you have been a role 
model for me and so many others before me, and I just want you to know 
how important you are not only to me, to how important you were to 
Bill, to Tori and Katharine and to Ron and Sam and the rest of the 
kids, Ike. But more importantly than that, you have been special for 
our country.
  You are what every Member of Congress should want to be, and that is 
a man of great courage, a man of great fairness. You have shown me and 
others how important it is for us to be civil to one another, how we 
should talk to one another, and I hope that the example that you have 
set will continue on in this great body. You will be sorely missed, and 
we really love you.

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