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Lee Terry: “Tonight I join with my colleague, the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne), in a bittersweet evening for us. The dean…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2004
Tonight I join with my colleague, the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne), in a bittersweet evening for us. The dean of our delegation, the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter), who has served this House faithfully now into his 26th year, as we are here tonight, these are his last votes as a Member of this august body, and I ask all of my colleagues here tonight to join me in bidding our colleague, the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter) farewell and Godspeed.
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Lee Terry
Nebraska

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Paying tribute to retiring Congressman Doug Bereuter during a House floor speech.

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