[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H665-H666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  (Mr. CLYBURN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I want to join all my colleagues in calling 
for jobs legislation that will get our people back to work and asking 
for a health care reform bill that will be affordable and accessible to 
all Americans.

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  But, Mr. Speaker, I rise also to ask my colleagues, as they think 
about recent events involving the Texas Federal building, where the IRS 
building was exploded by an airplane, and one of our colleagues has now 
called the act of terrorism a noble act.
  The fact of the matter is, the gentleman that lost his life in that 
building, Vernon Hunter, is from, or was from, Orangeburg, South 
Carolina, which I proudly represent in this body. He spent two tours in 
Vietnam and was about the business of carrying out his duties and 
responsibilities to this great country of ours. If anybody is a hero, 
it is this victim. And I find it appalling that a Member of this body 
would call his death a noble happening.

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