[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 24037-24038]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      PAYING TRIBUTE TO AND HONORING PHIL CRANE AND BILL LIPINSKI

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute and honor to two of 
our retiring colleagues, Congressman Phil Crane and Congressman Bill 
Lipinski, two of the finest men I have ever known.
  I first met Phil Crane in 1966 when he spoke to a conservative 
student group at the University of Tennessee and a few years later 
invited him to speak to my law school class at George Washington 
University. Phil Crane was one of the early national leaders of the 
modern-day conservative movement, a highly-respected professor, author 
and legislator. His life has been a true inspiration to countless 
numbers of young people all across this Nation.
  Bill Lipinski served as my Ranking Member for the entire 6 years I 
chaired the Subcommittee on Aviation. I said then that I do not believe 
any Chairman and Ranking Member got along or worked together better 
than Bill Lipinski and I did. Bill Lipinski never

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forgot where he came from. I have always considered him to be a master 
politician in the very best sense of the word and the epitome of what a 
Congressman who truly serves his constituents should be.
  I will miss seeing these two men on such a regular basis, but this 
Nation is a better place today because of the service of two gentlemen 
from Illinois, Phil Crane and Bill Lipinski.

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