Ken Calvert: “I thank the gentleman from Valencia, California, for putting together this special order for our good friend, Ron…”

“I thank the gentleman from Valencia, California, for putting together this special order for our good friend, Ron Packard; and I say that very sincerely. I do not know if the gentleman remembers, but in 1982 we both ran for Congress in Republican primaries, and, something we have in common, we both lost. I lost my Republican primary, but Ron went on to win a very substantial victory in a write-in campaign. That has only happened four times in the history of the United States House of Representatives, which shows how popular and well loved he is in his district. I know that for a fact, because our districts adjoin each other in the Temecula-Marrietta areas of our district. And every year we would get together for the last 8 years I have been in the House, and we would meet and have what they call the Ron and Ken show up there. And we would talk about issues that affect the Temecula- Marrietta Valley. I will miss that very much; and you need to come out, Ron, to celebrate those times. On issues out in those areas, Pierce's Disease, which is devastating the vintners out there in that area, and avocados, that we just successfully concluded here shortly, those I am sure are issues you are very proud of in the local sense.”