[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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