[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 82 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H3263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN TRIBUTE TO FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA VUCANOVICH

  (Mr. AMODEI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. AMODEI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a true ambassador 
of the Silver State, Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich, who was the 
first person to hold the Second Congressional District seat from Nevada 
and who died yesterday, peacefully, after a brief illness. She was 91 
years old.
  She was elected to the House of Representatives in the same year that 
Harry Reid--a name that may be familiar to some in this part of the 
building--was also elected to the House of Representatives from Nevada. 
She served 14 years, which is the second-longest tenure of any Member 
of Congress from the State of Nevada.
  A champion of rural constituents, concerned with mining, grazing, and 
water issues, it might also interest you to know that she was a 
national leader on the issues of the early detection and treatment of 
breast cancer and of the repeal of the 55-mile-an-hour speed limit. She 
was also the lady who led the fight in the House to create the only 
national park created in the lower 48 States during the Reagan 
administration--the Great Basin National Park in Nevada.
  She was most notably, though, not only the dean of the Second 
Congressional District, but she was also somebody who set the standard 
by which we can all learn, Mr. Speaker, and that is this: it was never 
about Barbara Vucanovich when she served in these Halls; it was about 
the people who gave her the job. She embodied public service and 
humility.
  For that, Godspeed, Barbara. We wish you well, and thank you for a 
life well lived and for serving the people of the Silver State.

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