Jerry Lewis: “Mr. Chairman, I rise today not to complain a bit about the work of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. McDade) or the…”

“Mr. Chairman, I rise today not to complain a bit about the work of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. McDade) or the gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio) in terms of the subcommittee report that is before us, but rather to say that a very interesting experience has been mine in recent weeks as I have observed these two gentlemen approaching today, for as has been said many a time before today, they both are contemplating leaving the House at the end of this session. In beautiful northern California, in spite of the fact that there is a propensity even in that great State for people surrounding the State capital to often point a finger at elected officials and wonder what they are all about, in the last several weeks, suddenly out of the woodwork all kinds of people are saying, 'Oh my God, what are we going to do? Vic Fazio is not going to be there to represent us anymore.' Suddenly citizens are beginning to realize that, unnoticed in many ways, almost never has there been quite the contribution to their community that has been made by their Congressman from Sacramento and regions that surround.”