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On the recordSeptember 10, 2024
I thank the gentleman for yielding to me for the privilege of saying a few words about Bill Pascrell. I love Bill Pascrell. I say that in the present tense because every time I think of him he makes me smile, not because he was a funny guy-- oh, no, he was serious. He was intense. He is the most honest, and I am going to have to say he did not have a phony bone in his body. {time} 1900 I was a neighbor of his at Hill House, and I would see him sometimes coming and going. One time when John Larson and I knocked on his door, he opened that door and I guess to describe what he was wearing or not wearing, I will say shorts, but he didn't flinch. I didn't flinch. I was happy to see him, and he didn't care because he is his natural self. Let me just say that honesty and clarity was what he was about. There was nothing that was contrived about this man. There aren't that many people who I know that I could say that about. I miss him so much. I think about him every day, and I am honored to say I loved him.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Sep 10, 2024

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