[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    THANKING COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR GENEROUS ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING 
                        RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

  (Mr. ARMEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to take a moment to thank the 
gentlewoman from California for her kind words. I have had so many 
people from the other side of the aisle speak so kindly to me on my 
decision to retire from Congress that I could not resist taking a 
moment to say that at last I finally have made a decision that is a 
source of great pleasure to my colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle, and I want to thank them for their generous acknowledgment of 
that.

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