    [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]
    [House]
    [Pages H112-H113]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                          SERVING THE PEOPLE OF ALASKA

      (Mr. YOUNG of Alaska asked and was given permission to address the
    House for 1 minute.)
      Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, first, let me thank the Speaker and
    the minority leader for their introductions.
      I have been in the House for 45 years, with nine Speakers and nine
    Presidents. I have been in this House with 2,000 Members who have left.
    I love this body.
      I can suggest one thing: My greatest honor has been being able to
    achieve results for my State. I am the only Congressman from the whole
    State of Alaska, and I love it. It is my responsibility to represent
    the State and this House as the single person to do the job that I have
    been asked to do.
      One of the things that I have enjoyed is the friendships. I don't
    think there is an enemy in the House. I worked across the aisle. Jimmy
    Oberstar and I never had an adversarial vote at any one time on the
    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Now, when George Miller
    was the minority member, we had a lot of arguments and a lot of
    disagreements, but we hunted together and we ate together.
      I believe in bipartisanship. I believe in this body to lead this
    Nation. Nine Presidents, the House has its job to do regardless of who
    the President is.
      I thank my wife, who is in the audience up there in the gallery. A
    man gets lucky usually once in his life. I got lucky twice. My past
    wife was with me for 46\1/2\ years. My new wife has been with me about
    8 years now. I want the State to pay her because she keeps me alive.
    And she likes what I do.
      I want to thank my colleagues. Being the dean will not change me. I
    will still holler, ``Vote.'' I will sometimes get out of line. But in
    doing so, remember,

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    it comes from my heart, and my heart is in this House.

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