Steve Watkins: “Again, Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York, because I know they had a very close relationship. Carl Albert…”

“Again, Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York, because I know they had a very close relationship. Carl Albert had a working relationship across the aisle, as the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson) stated. I was just reflecting on my colleague from Oklahoma (Mr. Watts), who had an uncle that lived in McAlester. I was just reflecting on the fact that I know Speaker Carl Albert turned to Wade Watts on so many occasions for his advice and counsel during the civil rights movements; he was one of his number one advisors from back home during that time.”