mr. capuano: thank you, mr. pascrell. barry, i wanted to save this until the last because honestly, stuff about life is just stuff. and it's all interesting. you had an interesting life. great. for me, i wanted to do this because i consider you a friend. and don't make friends that easily. i make a lot of acquaintances. i don't consider a lot of people close friends. to me friendship is based on whether i think somebody will go through the fire for me, like i would go through the fire for them. my judgment on you is that you would. it has a lot to do with the way you were raised and i don't know much about it, but i do. when you were raised in south boston, i was being raised in summerville. it was only one place in the world tougher than south boston that the time and that was summerville. and i will tell you that an awful lot of people come out of those situations bitter, a lot of difficulties, not knowing what to do, angry at the world. a lot of people come out of it the opposite. make the best of it you can. it's bett

mr. capuano: thank you, mr. hoyer. mr. speaker, i would like to yield as much time as he may consume to the dean of the massachusetts delegation, mr. neal. mr. neal: i thank mr. capuano and i thank mike capuano for organizing this event. barry sullivan is a reminder of the men and women who serve this institution to make sure it runs as efficiently as it possibly can. we depend here on accurate data and information and to call barry sullivan any time of the day or night, you could get the best information that was available at that moment. beyond that, an individual of great humor, the ability to laugh at himself, the ability to chuckle with all of us. i recall with some humor, he was in a great state of did youres nd that was he had delivered chairmanerry muffin to moakley. i saw barry. he said, if i get anything else accomplished, i will get a second blueberry muffin. day in and day out, these individuals make us look good. they oversee a complex process in that cloakroom of trying to adhere to the rules of the house and