Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books.

Whitten the death of William Natcher and the defeat of Texas congressman Jack Brooks at the start of a new Congress in January 1995 he became the Dean of the United States House of Representatives even though fellow congressman Sidney Yates had served non-consecutive terms earlier than Dingell. Bush Administration's handling of port security the Medicare prescription drug program and Dick Cheney's energy task force. He has only received less than 62% of the vote on two occasions.

Currently he has served for 700157000000000000057 years 7002111000000000000111 days. (born July 8 1926) is an American politician who has served in the United States House of Representatives since 1955. He is also the longest-currently-serving member of Congress the longest ever to serve exclusively in the House and the second longest-serving member of Congress ever.