[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1357]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                RETIREMENT OF THE HONORABLE BUD SHUSTER

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I have sought recognition today to honor 
my colleague, Congressman Bud Shuster, who retired from Congress last 
week after serving fifteen terms in the United States House of 
Representatives. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to serve 
with Congressman Shuster since 1981, when I first came to the United 
States Senate. Bud Shuster has worked tirelessly on behalf of his 
constituents in the 9th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, the 
entire state, and the nation.
  During his time in office, Congressman Shuster consistently reached 
across party lines to work with his colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle to pass some of the most important public works bills in our 
nation's history. Over the years he built up a remarkable level of 
clout in Congress, affording him a great deal of success in enacting 
his legislative priorities.
  The name Bud Shuster is synonymous with transportation, and I have 
worked closely with Congressman Shuster on a number of transportation 
challenges facing Pennsylvania and the nation, including the ISTEA and 
TEA-21 highway authorization bills, the effort to take the highway 
trust fund off-budget, and the AIR-21 airport authorization bill. As 
Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, he 
brought a level of insight and tenacity into infrastructure, highways 
and airports that was really remarkable. Congressman Shuster's 
expertise in the field of transportation and public works projects was 
second to none, and I valued his advice and counsel on a number of 
issues over the years.
  Few may know that Congressman Shuster graduated Phi Beta Kappa from 
the University of Pittsburgh, holds an MBA from Duquesne University and 
a Ph.D. in business from the American University. While these academic 
accomplishments have suited him well in his role as a legislator, they 
have also served him in his role as an accomplished author, penning two 
acclaimed novels about life in small-town Pennsylvania.
  Bud Shuster's legislative skill and almost thirty years of dedicated 
service to his constituency will be sorely missed in Pennsylvania and 
in America. We will be hard pressed to replace such a distinguished 
public servant and I wish him the best of luck in his future.

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