[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7917]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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            FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS REGARDING BART STUPAK, JR.

  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I intend to share this time with my good 
friend, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton), who has been 
enormously helpful in this difficult matter. As reported


to the House by our Dear Colleague letter of yesterday, our colleague, 
the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Stupak) and his wife, Laurie, have 
suffered a terrible loss with the tragic death of their son, and we 
extend our condolences to them and to their other son, Ken, for this 
terrible and tragic loss of young Bart, who is also known as BJ.
  He was a bright and energetic young man, much loved by all who knew 
him. Obviously his loss is a devastating blow to the Stupak family and 
to all of their friends, and many of my colleagues in the House have 
come over to express their sorrow and concern.
  It is my purpose to announce at this time that the funeral for BJ, as 
he was known, will be tomorrow evening on Wednesday, May 17. It will 
take place in Menominee, Michigan at 8 p.m. Our offices, that of myself 
and my good friend the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton), have worked 
to arrange travel for Members wishing to attend the visitation and the 
funeral mass.
  Members desiring to go will leave the House steps of the Capitol 
tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. The aircraft which has been chartered will be 
departing Reagan National Airport at 4 p.m. We should be returning 
about 1 a.m. on Thursday morning.
  For Members desiring more details on travel arrangements, they should 
contact either my office or that of the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. 
Upton).
  I yield to my good friend, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton).
  Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me.
  Mr. Speaker, I have had the opportunity to speak to the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Stupak) this morning. He thanked the leadership for 
the moment of silence, and also the staffs of the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Dingell) and my staff, and also his staff has been 
terrific in putting together this event on, obviously, a pretty short 
notice.
  I also want to thank Northwest Airlines which has bent over backwards 
to allow us to charter a plane to fly to Wisconsin tomorrow. The 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Stupak) also indicated he wanted me to 
thank the leadership for postponing votes allowing Members to be able 
to attend the service tomorrow afternoon and evening.
  I would just like to thank the Dean of the House for this 5 minutes 
and would ask Members that would like to attend the service tomorrow if 
they could contact either the office of the gentleman from Michigan 
(Mr. Dingell) or my office. We will make sure that those arrangements 
are taken care of.
  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my colleague for the 
wonderful help he has been in this difficult matter and express my 
thanks to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton) for that. I would 
like to observe that we will be making further communications with the 
office of the Members both by Dear Colleague and electronically, so 
that they will be fully informed of this.
  I repeat, the chartered aircraft will be leaving tomorrow at 3:15 by 
bus from the Capitol steps; the actual time of departure from the 
aircraft will be from Reagan National Airport at 4 p.m. It is 
anticipated that the return will be about 1 o'clock in the morning the 
next day. I do thank my good friend, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. 
Upton).

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