On the recordDecember 20, 2001
I too want to simply add to what has already been said about a person that I have just respected for as long as I have been here in the House. I think that first connection, as I am from the 10th Congressional District too, of New Jersey, but I knew there had to be something good about the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bonior). We had the same number. And then looking at his high school achievements, I tried to play a little ball and I see where Dave was a quarterback on the championship team at the Catholic school he attended and earned a scholarship to college and just worked his way through the military. But the issue that Dave has really dealt with, I recall when I was in county government many years ago, we talked about a 'bottle bill,' and it was because Dave sort of pushed that environmental concern ahead many years ago when he was in government in Michigan's State legislature.
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