Nick Lampson: “it is an honor to rise to salute my colleague, the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter), on a quarter century of…”

“it is an honor to rise to salute my colleague, the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter), on a quarter century of service to this body and particularly to thank him for the opportunity to bring an issue that was so close to me, international parental abduction, to the attention of our NATO counterparts. I remember meeting the gentleman for the first time on one of our bipartisan retreats just a couple of months after I came into the House of Representatives. We were on that train that we have taken a number of times; and Doug and his wife, Louise, came up to me and my wife, Susan, and carried on a conversation. He suggested that I look into his involvement with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. I was aware of it, but it was at his invitation that I requested to become a member. I have been honored to attend many of the meetings in the last 6 years and speak at the Assembly's European meetings and to serve as a committee vice-chair. My participation would not have been possible without Doug's support.”