Melvin Watt: “I could not resist the opportunity to come over and say how much my good friend, David Bonior, has meant to me in my…”

“I could not resist the opportunity to come over and say how much my good friend, David Bonior, has meant to me in my service in the U.S. House of Representatives. I came to Congress in January of 1993, and David was certainly one of the people who took me under his wing and taught me the process. He is a student of parliamentary procedure, and we had a little group called the parliamentarian group that we used to use, sometimes to our substantive advantage and sometimes to the chaos of the House, but when we wanted to try to get things accomplished that the leadership would not voluntarily accomplish. It has been a great pleasure for me to serve with David Bonior. He has certainly been at the top of the list of principal people who have served in this House with strong beliefs in, and willingness to fight for, working people and the things that he believes in. This House is going to miss him immensely and wish him godspeed and the very best in the future.”