Timothy Roemer: “Julian Dixon was a giant and a gentleman. I, first of all, want to extend my prayers to his family, to Bettye Lee, and…”

“Julian Dixon was a giant and a gentleman. I, first of all, want to extend my prayers to his family, to Bettye Lee, and to his son, to his staff and the staff in the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and to the people of the 32nd District of California, and especially thank them for sending to us this giant and gentleman who I served with on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He was a giant in that the tough jobs that demanded bipartisanship and fairness and ethics and intelligence, like the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and like the Committee on Ethics, were given to Julian. We have a saying, Mr. Speaker, around here when we refer to people as the gentleman from California. Julian Dixon was a gentleman in every sense of the word, kind and compassionate to everybody he met, and he was a gentleman with a soothing voice. {time} 1130 He served the country in the military. He served the country as a public servant. He served all of us. And now the good Lord has called him home to do even more important work.”