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David Skaggs: “Trying to regain my composure, and I thank the gentleman for interrupting me, perhaps just a couple of quantitative…”

On the recordJuly 21, 1998
Trying to regain my composure, and I thank the gentleman for interrupting me, perhaps just a couple of quantitative observations will capture how we are blessed and graced with the gentleman from Illinois being really an example of living history among us. While commenting on the fact that he has graced the planet for 40 percent of the existence of the Republic may make him feel old, he is indomitably young at heart. He has served this country in Congress for nearly 25 percent of the Congresses of the United States. And so we applaud and cherish the gentleman from Illinois and his service to this place.
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David Skaggs
Colorado

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Paying tribute to a fellow member of Congress for their long service and contributions.

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