[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 29, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H3248-H3249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRATULATING MIKE McINTYRE

  (Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to 
congratulate the Honorable Mike McIntyre, former Member of the House 
from 1997 to 2015

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for his induction into the University of North Carolina's Order of the 
Golden Fleece, the oldest and highest honor society at UNC, where Mike 
received both a bachelor of arts and a juris doctorate.
  After graduating from UNC law, Mike practiced as an attorney in his 
hometown of Lumberton until he was elected to Congress in 1996. During 
his 18 years representing Robeson County and other parts of 
southeastern North Carolina, Congressman McIntyre acquired a reputation 
for excellent constituent service and advocacy for rural communities, 
including his work on the Agriculture Committee and his coauthoring the 
landmark Tobacco Buyout legislation, as well as fighting for full 
Federal recognition of the Lumbee.
  For Mike, country over party was not just a slogan, it was his 
approach to leadership. I am honored not only to carry on his work 
serving the rural southern Piedmont of North Carolina, but also to 
strive to emulate his example as I do so.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Mike on this appropriate recognition.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committees on Energy 
and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary be discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 18, and I ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair has previously advised, the 
request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance.

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