[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25607]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUE, SIDNEY RICHARD YATES

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                          HON. THOMAS W. EWING

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 30, 2000

  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, when I was first elected to Congress in 1991, 
I became acquainted with my colleague, Sid Yates, who represented the 
9th Congressional District of Illinois. Mr. Yates had first been 
elected to Congress in 1949 and was passed the four decade mark in 
service to the U.S. Congress when I met him.
  While Congressman Yates and I served in different parties, we all 
served the state of Illinois and worked together on projects of mutual 
interest to our state and our nation. Congressman Yates had one of the 
most distinguished careers of any member ever to serve in the House of 
Representatives. He was a man whose reputation for honesty and 
integrity was untarnished after years of public service. He was a man 
who understood and loved the system that is the U.S. House of 
Representatives.
  After Sidney Yates retired in 1999, I had the opportunity to visit 
with him about how he liked his new status. While I know that he 
enjoyed his retirement he missed very greatly the institution in which 
he had spent so many years of his productive life.
  It is with regret that I acknowledge the passing of Sidney Yates so 
soon after his retirement. Yet, he was a man whose life was very full, 
who had so many good and productive years in which he dedicated himself 
to his state and nation. For his service, for his life, for the 
standards he set, he will long be remembered and always admired.

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