minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. speaker, lost amidst of tunnel of the last several weeks was the quiet passing of an outspoken leader of california. h.l. bill richardson. h.l., as he was known to his friends, arrived in the california state senate with the freshman class of 1966, part of the reagan landslide that year. for every one of the 22 years he served in the senate, h.l. was a force to be reckoned with. he served for many years in the republican leadership but he was never, ever a political insider. his enormous influence inside the senate stemmed from the fact that he never joined that club, he never lost sight of the people who elected him, and he not only worked tirelessly to serve them inside the capitol he worked even harder to organize, inform, and mobilize them outside the capitol. he founded a multitude o