[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 85 (Monday, May 22, 1995)] [House] [Page H5370] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [[Page H5370]] LES ASPIN (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I come to the well this morning for the same reason the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Skelton] did, to say that this weekend our Nation has lost a very stalwart son and a good friend of ours. To many of us here, he was an especially good friend. Les Aspin's untimely death at the age of 56, after suffering a massive stroke on Saturday, underscores both how much he accomplished and yet how much more he could have done. In the days ahead we are going to be reminded of those accomplishments as we seek to send sympathy and comfort to his family and those close to him. I am sure that important and caring leaders in many places around the world will remember to say, I knew Les, what a great job he did for this country for so many years. Equally, many just plain folks who knew Les around town here or back in his longtime Wisconsin congressional district or wherever it was will say, I knew Les. What a great guy. Mr. Speaker, as a classmate and a friend for many years at college and as a colleague here in Congress for a while and finally as a member of the Commission on Intelligence Roles and Capabilities, which is better and properly known simply as the Aspin Commission, which he was chairing at the time of his death, I had the privilege and the fun of knowing Les and working with him. I think the statement that I read this morning of his cardiologist and the news accounts says it best: It says simply, Les was an extraordinarily fine man. For those of us who knew him in this body, that vote is unanimous. ____________________