[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 112 (Monday, July 25, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO TERRY R. GORSUCH

  (Mr. TIPTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an American 
hero. Not a hero in our typical sense of the word but in a context of 
heroism that we have seen replicated across the face of this great 
Nation. Today, Mr. Speaker, I pay tribute to Terry R. Gorsuch.
  He was a man who embodied the characteristics that we rightly honor 
in our country. He worked hard, overcame adversity, and in business he 
innovated. He risked all and, by the grace of God and through 
perseverance, was rewarded with his successful company, Triad Western 
Constructors.
  The story could stop there, but he believed his greatest 
accomplishment and blessing in life was his family--married to his 
loving wife, Rita, for 45 years, raising their two children, Traci and 
Terry D., and then seeing their children grow to adulthood, marry, and 
blessed the family with two grandchildren, Gracine and Jaydine.
  Terry R. Gorsuch lived the American Dream. He worked hard, played by 
the rules, loved his family, and always extended a helping hand to 
others. He could not win his final battle as he succumbed to Lou 
Gehrig's disease, but his admirable moral fiber held firm even as the 
final sands of his time slipped from beneath his feet.
  We don't often reflect on the heroes who make this country work and 
help make this country what it is, but today, Mr. Speaker, I am proud 
to honor an American hero, Terry R. Gorsuch.

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