[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 41 (Monday, March 9, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING DR. GREGORY FREYDMAN

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the memory of Dr. 
Gregory Freydman of California.
  Dr. Freydman spent most of his life seeking freedom for his family, 
and finally fulfilled that dream at the age of 72 when he legally 
immigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union. He had been a 
renowned oncologist there and had risked his livelihood and his liberty 
to speak out against Soviet abuses.
  Having seen firsthand the misery that tyranny inflicts on its people, 
Dr. Freydman devoted himself to learning English, studying the American 
system of government, and passing on his appreciation of American 
founding principles to his children and to his grandchildren. He 
proudly became a U.S. citizen at the age of 77.
  The highlight of his life was spending his final years in freedom 
with his beloved wife, Polina, secure in the knowledge that through a 
lifetime of struggle, he had secured the blessings of liberty for his 
posterity.
  May he now rest in peace.

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