[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 23, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H1329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING LIEUTENANT COLONEL BOB ZANGAS

  (Mr. MURPHY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MURPHY. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of a grateful Nation, we honor a 
man today who recently lost his life while serving our country.
  Bob Zangas of Level Green, Pennsylvania, first went to Iraq as a 
Marine and later returned as a civilian to help rebuild that country. 
He described a land that ``is in desperate need of everything,'' where 
he felt he ``was pouring a cup of water out into a dry desert,'' but 
believing some day it would make flowers grow.
  He lived on a hope that he made a difference, and he did. Americans 
and Iraqis alike mourn his passing, but celebrate his accomplishments. 
His wife, Brenda, described him as a true patriotic American, 
humanitarian, and Marine, and, foremost, a father and husband.
  He closed one of his last letters with a challenge to ``hang on to 
your dreams,'' and that is just what he did to the very end. It is a 
dream of compassion. It is a dream of freedom. And for that, the whole 
world is grateful.
  Thank you, Lieutenant Colonel Bob Zangas. We shall hold on to our 
dreams.

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