[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 26584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE JULIAN C. DIXON

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, when I had returned to my 
District, I received word of the death of Julian Dixon, and so I called 
this morning our cloakroom to set aside 5 minutes so I could make a few 
remarks. I was not here on Friday, and I know a number of Members did 
take the time to acknowledge the great work of Julian. I know that the 
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn) subsequently had an hour 
set aside this evening to do that also.
  I really got to know Julian when I was a staffer working for Mr. 
Michel. He did extraordinary work as the chairman of the Committee on 
Ethics and worked so hard to bring a lot of, I think, civility and 
order and fairness to a process that was mired in controversy.
  Then after having been elected to this House in 1994, I had the great 
honor serving with Julian as the cochair of one of our seminars at the 
first bipartisan retreat that was held in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Julian 
attended that bipartisan retreat, and he and I co-chaired or co-hosted 
a seminar with Members. Again, I got the opportunity to work closely 
with him.
  As I had known before, I realized what an outstanding human being 
Julian Dixon really has been throughout his life, and I also learned of 
his ability to really bring people together and get people to 
understand the importance of working together.
  Then I had the great opportunity 2 years ago to be appointed to the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence by the Speaker of the House. 
Julian has been the ranking member of that committee during the 2 years 
that I have been on, and one of the most distinguished members of the 
committee, one of the most bipartisan members of the committee. He was 
a very, very thoughtful individual who cared very much about the 
importance of having a good intelligence-gathering capability in this 
country and worked very hard on the committee, worked in a very 
bipartisan way with the distinguished gentleman from Florida (Chairman 
Goss).
  So like all Members who have had the chance to work with Julian and 
to know his great talents, his wonderful talents, to know as 
importantly the fact that he is a marvelous human being, the House will 
miss him greatly. I know that all Members extend their sympathy to his 
family and to those who have worked with him, including his staff.
  I know that he will be missed greatly, not only on the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence, but in the whole House, because he is 
truly someone who brings to this House the importance of working 
together, of cooperation, of civility, of decency.
  So I am delighted to have this chance to pay my special tribute to a 
tremendous human being, someone who will be greatly missed, always 
admired, and really missed in the House and on the committee.
  So it is with great sadness that I say my fond farewells to Julian 
Dixon. I intend, along with I know a host of other Members, to attend 
the service for Julian on Wednesday in California and to personally 
offer my sympathy to his family.
  So I appreciate the opportunity to say my farewells to a wonderful 
human being, a great Member, someone who brought great distinction to 
this House of Representatives.




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