John Bel Edwards: “I rise in support of H.R. 4060, the energy and water appropriation bill for fiscal year 1999. I want to thank them for…”

“I rise in support of H.R. 4060, the energy and water appropriation bill for fiscal year 1999. I want to thank them for their lifetime of service to our Nation. Let me begin with the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and while we often say, Mr. Chairman, 'gentleman' when referring to our colleagues on this floor, I think whoever coined that phrase must have had Mr. McDade in mind when he developed that word because I could think of no better way to describe the chairman, our friend and colleague of this committee, then to say he is a gentleman from head to toe. His lifetime of service, over 3 decades of commitment to our country and this House, are living proof of that.”