[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 89 (Wednesday, July 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H5847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              REA REDIFER

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to congratulate a 
constituent of mine, Mr. Rea Redifer, an artist of the Brandywine 
tradition, on a lifetime of artistic accomplishment.
  Mr. Redifer, who comes from Chester County, Pennsylvania, is a 
watercolorist, but he is also a writer and filmmaker who has focused 
his work around the life of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. He has 
won literary awards and even an Oscar nomination for his work.
  His portraits of Lincoln are favorites of mine. A print of one hangs 
in my office. His paintings capture not only the likeness of Lincoln, 
but also the soul of the man. In Mr. Redifer's images we can see both 
the sadness and moral fortitude of the President.
  I am glad to have arranged an exhibit of Mr. Redifer's work to be 
displayed in the Capitol for the next couple of weeks in the Rotunda of 
the Cannon House Office Building. I encourage all of my colleagues, 
congressional staff, and tourists to take a few moments to stop by and 
enjoy Mr. Redifer's fine artistic accomplishments.
  Again, I congratulate Mr. Redifer on his wonderful artworks, and 
thank him for sharing them with us here at the Capitol.

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