[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16106]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       A GREAT LEADER HAS PASSED

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, last Friday, I became aware of the death of a 
great United States Congressman, Bill Young, from Florida.
  Mr. Young was the senior Republican Member, who served in this House 
since 1970. He was a gentle soul, congenial, friendly--always nice to 
me. I asked him to join with me in the Tourette Syndrome Caucus, and he 
did. He was one of the founding members. He was a leader in seeking 
funds for biomedical research, which doubled during the time in which 
he was the chairman of the Appropriations Committee. He understood 
earmarks were the responsibility of this Congress, and he fought for 
them and supported them.
  He was close friends with John Murtha, and I was proud to serve and 
to know both of them. Both men were in the military reserve, and both 
men towards the end of their careers recognized that war was wrong in 
places where they had previously been for it--John Murtha in Iraq, and, 
in 2012, Mr. Young said that it is time to get out of Afghanistan.
  A great leader has passed. His funeral will be tomorrow in the State 
of Florida. I was proud to know him. This country was fortunate to have 
him serve in this body.

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