John Buechner

Thank you, David. And thank you, George and Bill, for your very astute observations. Mr. Speaker, there are several other activities of the U.S. Association of Former Members which deserve to be highlighted today. One certainly is our…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker pro tem, and all of you for being with us this morning. We are especially grateful to Speaker Hastert for taking the time from his busy schedule to greet us and give us his warm welcome. It is always an honor and a…

Matt, we also are presenting you with a scrapbook filled with letters of congratulations and little notes and memorabilia from your good friends from across the years that you have served with in this Congress, just another additional…

Thank you, Lou, and I thank you for your kind personal remarks. Mr. Speaker, the association has some other wonderful things that we have done. I want to thank Lou for the work, obviously, that he has done, the invaluable leadership. But…

Thank you, Lou. And again, your invaluable leadership has made the Annual Statesmanship Award Dinner the tremendous success it has been each year. Mr. Speaker, allow me to just briefly highlight the other activities of our Association…

Thank you Jay and Andy. Mr. Speaker, there are several other activities of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress which deserve to be highlighted today. One certainly is our Annual Statesmanship Award Dinner, chaired so…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Staff has notes here: ``Do not trip during exchange of places.'' Thank you for your report, Jim. We are all very excited about this new undertaking. Mr. Speaker, the association also serves as the Secretariat for…

Again, Dan, thank you for your service and your leadership during some challenging times. Mr. Speaker, the Members of the association were honored and proud to serve in the United States Congress. We are continuing our service to the…

I think everyone who has served in the Congress since 1987 will be aware of the fact that the Congressional Study Group between the United States Congress and the Bundestag is the largest of any of the cooperative relationships with other…

I have spent 16 years in elective office in my life, always in the minority. And when the Republicans get control of the House, I end up in the Democratic well. I guess I am just, it is forecasted that this is what is going to happen. I do…

Thank you for yielding, Mr. President, and fellow former Members. It is good to be here back in the well. It has been a long time. Let me take this off, because it is bad for the camera, if you remember that. I am trying to make this…