Words of tribute, the last words of service are he is the part of decency and public service. This morning, bob michel, who served as leader of the house of representatives of the Republican Party passed away at age 93. His replacement as republican leader in the house marked the end of an era of civility. Congress has never been the same. As the son of an immigrant, decorated veteran of world war ii, person who was first a staffer, then elected to congress and rose to leadership, is a testament to his talent and commitment to america. I have known bob michel for 35 years. We have congressional districts downstate, when i was elected in 1982, in the reagan off your election it was a tough republicans. Bob michel barely survived. Attorney stevens of peoria had 48 , lane evans was elected to congress and i was as well. For 14 years we were neighboring congressman. Bob michel campaigned for my opponents. I went to his district to campaign for his opponents. You would think creating a nega
I can only work with look with envy at my calling across the aisle. You can pretty well guess, obviously the occasions that i lose, i would be a winner if i was in the majority. I went on more than the issues. If you got to be in the majority, would you do things differently . Rep. Michel we have talked about how we would reform the house of representatives. There is no question we proliferated this place with committees, subcommunities and all that. The problem is that in an attempt to give everyone a piece of the action so they can make your show or somebody elses or get some visibility, we have gotten to the point where there are so many people in positions of some authority, but then there is a saying that when we dont from them for the Opposition Party persons name, you just say mr. Chairman or chairman, and youve got it because everyone is a chairman of something. The problem with the Committee Structure is that more committees there are, the more staff areas, the more staff ther
Created a negative relationship, but it didnt. Despite that, despite our differences on political issues, we were always friends and we were always respectful. You couldnt help but be a friend of bob michels. What an amazing personality, a smile that would light up a room, and a man that was determined to fight like crazy day in and day out for the things he believed in on the floor of the u. S. House, and then after adjournment join with tip oneill for dinner, a dinner that usually ended up with a lot of people singing songs over a few drinks and great memories. The codels in those days, the congressional delegation trips were often bipartisan and had both speaker oneill and the republican leader bob michel hosting them as they went to important places in the world. There was a time when bob michel as a congressman wanted to get home to peoria every weekend but couldnt afford the air, so you know what he did . He shared a Station Wagon with congressman Dan Rostenkowski of chicago. The
I can only work with look with envy at my calling across the aisle. You can pretty well guess, obviously the occasions that i lose, i would be a winner if i was in the majority. I went on more than the issues. If you got to be in the majority, would you do things differently . Rep. Michel we have talked about how we would reform the house of representatives. There is no question we proliferated this place with committees, subcommunities and all that. The problem is that in an attempt to give everyone a piece of the action so they can make your show or somebody elses or get some visibility, we have gotten to the point where there are so many people in positions of some authority, but then there is a saying that when we dont from them for the Opposition Party persons name, you just say mr. Chairman or chairman, and youve got it because everyone is a chairman of something. The problem with the Committee Structure is that more committees there are, the more staff areas, the more staff ther
Created a negative relationship, but it didnt. Despite that, despite our differences on political issues, we were always friends and we were always respectful. You couldnt help but be a friend of bob michels. What an amazing personality, a smile that would light up a room, and a man that was determined to fight like crazy day in and day out for the things he believed in on the floor of the u. S. House, and then after adjournment join with tip oneill for dinner, a dinner that usually ended up with a lot of people singing songs over a few drinks and great memories. The codels in those days, the congressional delegation trips were often bipartisan and had both speaker oneill and the republican leader bob michel hosting them as they went to important places in the world. There was a time when bob michel as a congressman wanted to get home to peoria every weekend but couldnt afford the air, so you know what he did . He shared a Station Wagon with congressman Dan Rostenkowski of chicago. The