[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4048]
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                      REMEMBERING BARRY GOLDWATER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. At his own request, the gentleman from 
Arizona (Mr. Hayworth) is recognized for the balance of the time 
remaining until midnight.
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening having just returned 
from my home State and a gratifying service in remembrance of a true 
American patriot.
  Family, friends, and an entire Nation remembered Barry Goldwater 
today for his contributions to our country, for his outspoken 
conservative convictions, indeed for his conservative conscience.
  Mr. Speaker, we watched as the Goldwater family so eloquently 
remembered their brother, father, husband, grandfather, for Barry 
Goldwater was all of these things and yet more. For Arizonians, and 
indeed for many Americans, it seems that we remember Barry Goldwater as 
a member of our families giving voice to common sense, conservative 
ideals; willing at times to stand alone for the courage of his 
convictions; always foremost in his mind the ideals of freedom and the 
notions of liberty.
  Indeed, today in route to the auditorium on the campus of Arizona 
State University, there were protestors. One can imagine our friend 
Barry, with that outlook of his saying, ``You know, I don't agree with 
what these protestors have to say, but I would defend their right to 
say it.''
  There are many personal recollections I have of the gentleman. One in 
particular is one of our final joint appearances together in front of 
the Phoenix 100 Rotary Club. He had his name place card there and he 
wrote three words on it: Russia, China, freedom. From those three 
words, Mr. Speaker, Barry Goldwater stood and delivered a 30-minute 
speech, all-encompassing, enlightening, about the state of geopolitics 
and the emerging freedoms in previously enslaved countries around the 
world.
  Barry Goldwater, an American original. He will be missed.

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