Robert Dornan: “I also want to come to the well this afternoon and commend the Speaker for the next 2 days, the Honorable Robert Walker…”

“I also want to come to the well this afternoon and commend the Speaker for the next 2 days, the Honorable Robert Walker of the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He came to this Congress in our bicentennial year as I did, an unusual class, Vice President Al Gore was in that class, Democrat leader Dick Gephardt was in that class, former Vice President Dan Quayle was in that class. Mr. Speaker, Newt did not come until 2 years later. Bob Walker set the ground for Newt over those 2 years and he has been what Mr. Solomon said, a master of parliamentary procedure. Through tough times and smooth times, he has been the conscience of the House at least on our side of the aisle. He is going to be sorely missed. He and I are Korean-war-era veterans. By our birth date, we missed the combat in Korea but we did not miss the combat here. Mr. Speaker, your two decades here set the stage, I think, for the Republicans to take the House on November 8, 1994, and probably to retain it about 36 days from now. Please keep coming back and keep us on the straight and narrow.”