On the recordOctober 29, 1997
Mr. Speaker, we are gathered here today not to mourn the loss of our beloved friend, Walter Capps, though mourn him we will and we must, but really to celebrate his life and the effect that he had on all of us here. I am a proud member of the freshman class who entered this Congress this year with Walter Capps. He made us all better. Although I knew him and Lois for a little less than a year, I felt as if I had known him my whole life, because he was someone who I aspired to become, someone who loved and cared for his family very much, someone who was a deep thinker, philosophically and theologically, someone who had great respect for this institution, for the process of this great democracy of ours, but especially someone who had great respect and showed great interest in the individuals who make up this institution.
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