[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4682]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   ANNOUNCING THE PASSING OF FORMER REPRESENTATIVE BILL DICKINSON OF 
                                ALABAMA

  (Mr. EVERETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EVERETT. Members, it is my sad duty to notify the House that a 
former colleague, Bill Dickinson, passed away last night at age 82. 
Bill represented Alabama's Second District prior to me, from 1964 to 
1992. He served as the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services 
Committee during the Reagan military build-up years.
  His death marks a loss to Alabama and to the Nation, and I now ask 
for a moment of silence from the body.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas). Members will rise 
and observe a moment of silence.

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