[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 15 (Tuesday, February 22, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 22, 1994]
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                        TRIBUTE TO RANDY SHILTS

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mourn the recent death of 
celebrated journalist Randy Shilts. Mr. Shilts died at his home, in my 
district, at the age of 42. He died from complications associated with 
AIDS.
  Randy Shilts was the country's leading AIDS reporter--a job which led 
him to write the historic account of the AIDS crisis titled: ``And the 
Band Played On.''
  He also brought national attention to America's ban on gays in the 
military through his research for his most recent book: ``Conduct 
Unbecoming.''
  Randy Shilts has been honored for his outstanding work time and time 
again with awards too numerous to mention here. He will be sorely 
missed by all those who knew him and his writing.
  Mr. Speaker, the best way we can pay tribute to Randy's work is to 
keep fighting to bring an end to the terrible scourge of AIDS--a 
disease which has robbed America of far too many of its precious 
resources--including Randy Shilts.

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