[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 138 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO LANE EVANS

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 13, 2014

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer my respects to one of 
the former members of this body, Lane Evans, who during his twenty-four 
years in the House of Representatives really made a difference, 
especially to our nation's veterans.
  Lane Evans and I came to Congress together in 1983. During his more 
than two decades in the House, Lane was a forceful advocate for the men 
and women who served in our nation's armed forces. His earlier service 
in the Marines as a young man made him a natural champion of U.S. 
military personnel, and he rose to be the ranking Democrat on the House 
Veterans Affairs Committee. He was one of the first to recognize the 
serious and long-overlooked problems of Agent Orange, PTSD, and 
traumatic brain injury, and the impacts these conditions had on 
veterans and their families.
  Representative Bustos, who today represents the area that Lane Evans 
served so well for so many years, and others in the Illinois 
Delegation, have introduced a bill to name the Veterans Clinic in 
Galesburg, Illinois after Lane Evans. I can think of no better tribute 
to a person who gave so much to America's veterans, and I am proud to 
join in cosponsoring this measure.
  I am proud to have served with Lane Evans and to have possessed his 
friendship. I extend my condolences to his family. He is deeply missed.

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