Nick Rahall: “I feel particularly privileged to be able to say farewell to Representatives Tom Bevill and Glen Browder of Alabama as…”

“I feel particularly privileged to be able to say farewell to Representatives Tom Bevill and Glen Browder of Alabama as friends as well as beloved colleagues in the House. I have learned much from them, and I appreciate their having allowed me to grow as a Member by drawing from the wealth of their experience and their knowledge. Tom Bevill was elected a full 10 years ahead of my election to the House, in 1966, and he has been reelected by overwhelming margins ever since by the folks he represents in Alabama's Fourth Congressional District. As chairman of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, Tom has stood with me many, many times on behalf of the people I serve in southern West Virginia as we worked together to facilitate development of West Virginia's waterways and energy development projects. My constituents have benefited greatly through Tom's willingness to listen and to understand and to respond to the needs of my congressional district with respect to water resources development and Corps of Engineers projects throughout southern West Virginia. Tom Bevill's mastery of the appropriations process is legendary. The people of the Fourth Congressional District of Alabama are indeed fortunate to have had such a champion fighting for their needs all these years, and he will be long remembered by all of us who remain behind here in this body as the man who helped each of us better serve our own constituents.”