[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9250]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




MOMENT OF SILENCE OBSERVED IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE JIM JONTZ, FORMER 
                           MEMBER OF CONGRESS

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I was just informed by my good 
friend, Mr. Visclosky, that one of our former colleagues, Jim Jontz, 
died last Saturday. He was a Member of the other party, but he was a 
very fine man. He had been a State senator and a leader in Indiana for 
a long, long time.
  We want to wish his mother and his family condolences, because he was 
one of the nice guys from Indiana.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky).
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman making the 
announcement. I think Jim would want to be remembered as someone who 
was dogged on behalf of working people and the environment.
  I appreciate the dean of our delegation asking for this moment of 
silence, and, again, deeply regret the loss of Jim Jontz.

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