Ron Kind: “I commend him and the rest of the Minnesota delegation for organizing this special order to pay tribute to a dear…”

“I commend him and the rest of the Minnesota delegation for organizing this special order to pay tribute to a dear friend, Bruce Vento. Bruce Vento was a dear friend and a dear colleague of mine, who I greatly respected and admired. Even though I have had the privilege of serving with him for the past 4 years in the United States Congress, I knew of Bruce Vento as an admirer from afar, given his work on conservation and environmental measures and as a resident of western Wisconsin just across the river from his congressional district. Since coming to Congress, I had the privilege of serving with him on the Committee on Resources and the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands; and he was a natural leader on the Committee on Resources, unquestionably, given his profound interest and depth of knowledge and expertise on these issues of 24 years serving on the Committee on Resources; 10 of those years as Chair of the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to which the Nation owes him a debt of gratitude.”