Paul Ryan: “Les Aspin served the First Congressional District for 22 years; served as Secretary of Defense, was a scholar, was a…”

“Les Aspin served the First Congressional District for 22 years; served as Secretary of Defense, was a scholar, was a professor and academic. He was known as a good statesman, as an honest man. Whether we agreed or disagreed on a given issue with Les Aspin, we always knew that he thought issues through, and that he was going to give good service to the First Congressional District of Wisconsin. He was a gifted statesman. His memory will live on for quite a while. We thought it would be especially fitting that the Janesville, Wisconsin, Post Office be renamed after Les Aspin, given the fact that his own office was housed in the old Janesville Post Office for a good 20 years. I might add, Madam Speaker, that the Janesville City Council has passed a resolution affirming the designation of this Post Office. Madam Speaker, I ask passage of this measure.”