Jay Inslee: “this morning I learned of the pending retirement from Congress of a great colleague, Eva Clayton from North Carolina. I…”

“this morning I learned of the pending retirement from Congress of a great colleague, Eva Clayton from North Carolina. I just want to note her tremendous service the last decade of not only in North Carolina but the whole country. I met Eva when she became president of our freshman class in 1992, and I think it showed the wisdom of our class in 1992 of having elected her to that position, because in the later 10 years, she has really provided great service, always in a very dignified, quiet manner and very successful for her constituents in North Carolina. I hope during her next 1-minute where she continues her public service talking about our need to deal with the AIDS crisis, we will give her our infinite attention because she has been a great Member for the last decade. I thank Representative Clayton for her public service.”