Dan Burton: “first of all, let me extend to our good friend, the gentleman from California [Mr. Fazio], and his family from the…”

“first of all, let me extend to our good friend, the gentleman from California [Mr. Fazio], and his family from the Republican side of the aisle our sincerest condolences on the death of his daughter, Anne. I cannot imagine what it would be like to lose a daughter or a son, but I certainly do not want to experience that. So we wish Vic the very best and his family the very best, and they get all of our deepest sympathy. Mr. Speaker, it is interesting, the reason I am taking this 5-minute special order is because in 1964, I met a fellow who was to become one of my dearest friends, and he died day before yesterday of cancer, and he became like a brother to me. I remember in 1970, when I first decided to run for Congress, I talked him into getting involved in politics. He said, ``Oh my gosh,'' he says, ``I wouldn't want to do that. It takes too much time. There is so much crookedness and corruption,'' you know what people say. I talked him into it. His name was Russell W. Brown, incidentally. He became one of the political leaders in Indianapolis, IN, and the State of Indiana for 30 years. I do not know what our party or the political process would have done had we not had such a person in a leadership position in Indianapolis. He was an inspiration to everybody. He spent a tremendous amount of time, as both sides of the aisle know, working for various candidates, making sure that their views were expressed and they got elected.”