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Nita Lowey: For me, it has been a great privilege to work with Jim Kolbe. And since this is probably the 10th retirement speech that…

On the recordJune 9, 2006
For me, it has been a great privilege to work with Jim Kolbe. And since this is probably the 10th retirement speech that we have given for Jim Kolbe, I just want to add that he is probably a person that all of us would agree has the most integrity, wisdom, and compassion, and for me it is a real, real privilege. But, above all, Jim Kolbe is the most punctual person I know, so I won't give my 10- page speech today. Good luck. Congratulations. We love you. And let us go on. The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read the last three lines. The Clerk read as follows: This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2007''.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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