[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 202 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H10513-H10514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING DELEGATE JOHN OVERINGTON

  (Mr. McKINLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McKINLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize John Overington 
for his long record of legislative service to the State of West 
Virginia.
  Opting to retire, John won't be representing the people of Berkeley 
County, West Virginia, for the first time in 34 years when the House of 
Delegates convenes in Charleston next month.
  John and I served together in the legislature for decades in the 
eighties and early nineties. I came to know John as someone who has 
always followed his conservative principles, even when it wasn't in 
vogue.
  During the 34 years he served in the minority, many of those votes 
were lonely fights, but he never swayed from his staunch, unwavering 
commitment to conservative principles.
  After the 2014 election, the Republicans took the majority in West 
Virginia Legislature for the first time in 84 years, and his 
conservative values helped dictate a new agenda. He chaired the 
Industry and Labor Committee and served as speaker pro tem.

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  I wish the best to John and his wife, JoAnn, as he retires from this 
legislative service. Serving as a citizen-legislator can often be a 
thankless task. The people of West Virginia owe him a debt of gratitude 
for his decades of service and his dedication to West Virginia.

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