[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 26545]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          ANNOUNCING THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE JULIAN DIXON

  (Mr. CLYBURN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I wish at this time to make an announcement 
that is very tough for me to make. We just received word that our 
colleague Julian Dixon of California has passed. I wish at this time 
for the House to stand at ease and for all of us to stand in silence 
and in our own way pray for him and his family and this body.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, I just want to 
tell my colleagues that from this side of the aisle, the message that 
we just heard is accepted with profound grief.
  I came to Congress with Julian Dixon. Julian Dixon was born here and 
was from California. He encompassed the Nation in terms of his 
personality, his politics and his way of dealing with people. We all 
have to face these very difficult life experiences, but this one is 
profoundly significant on this House.
  Julian was a friend of all of ours and represents what was finest in 
this institution. I am just very sorry to hear it.

                              {time}  1030

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, before yielding to the 
senior member from the California delegation, let me at this moment 
yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi).
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman mentioned, he will be yielding to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Stark), the senior member of the 
California delegation, for a resolution. I know our distinguished 
Democratic leader is on the floor and will be yielded to as well.
  But as the senior Member on the floor at this time when the gentleman 
from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn) is breaking this very sad news to us, 
I want to join my colleague, the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Thomas), as a fellow Californian and say on behalf of our delegation 
what a tragedy this is for us.
  Julian Dixon has been a magnificent Member of Congress. He served in 
the State legislature before coming here. He has done some heavy 
lifting for this Congress. On the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct, and now as the ranking member on the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, and all of his work as a member of the 
Committee on Appropriations, he represented the values of our country 
in the struggle over budget priorities. On the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence he represented the strength of our country in 
the important work of that committee.
  Most importantly though, he was a beautiful, lovely man. His work was 
imbued with a sense of fairness, a sense of great intellect, great 
balance, great willingness to be bipartisan, and everything on behalf 
of people in our country, so everyone would have an opportunity. We 
will say more in our California remarks.
  I just want to close by saying that this is really what is known as a 
tragedy, a very unexpected loss to this House and to this Congress and 
to our great country. So, as a Californian, as his colleague on the 
Committee on Appropriations, as a colleague on the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, I know the gentleman from South Carolina 
(Mr. Clyburn) speaks from the standpoint of many capacities, including 
the Black Caucus, but my point is that everyone who came in contact 
with him in every way admired him, loved him, respected him.
  I hope it is a comfort to his family that so many people share their 
loss and are mourning with them at this time and are praying with them.

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