Bob Latta: “I thank the gentleman so much. I appreciate my friend for yielding. John, we are going to miss you. You probably don't…”

“I thank the gentleman so much. I appreciate my friend for yielding. John, we are going to miss you. You probably don't remember this, because you talk to a lot of folks, but even before I got here, one of the first persons I talked with was you in your office. I can still remember. One of the things I was talking about was, How do I get on E&C? I hadn't even gotten elected yet. But you were very gracious to talk with me that afternoon, and I will never forget it. One of the things I know about you is this: you have got your priorities right in life, and it is the way you build things. It is your God, your family, and your country. You always, always show that to the rest of us. It was something you believed in. Again, we all have such great respect for you. Also, serving on committee with you and when you were chairing the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, one of the things you were passionate about is making sure things got done. And TSCA, when we were talking about getting things done, no one thought it was going to get done. You got it done. The other thing you were working on that we have still got to get done is when we talk about Yucca Mountain. I will never forget when you took a group of us out there to Yucca. Again, it is something that you believed in, but it is something that we have to do. So that is your legacy.…”