[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 50 (Monday, April 15, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E455]
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            HONORING WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR BOOTH GARDNER

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                         HON. DAVID G. REICHERT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 15, 2013

  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor and remember the 
life of Washington State Governor Booth Gardner. He brought thought and 
care to everything he did. While running for King County Sheriff, 
Governor Gardner and four other Washington State governors came 
together to an event to show their support for me. It touched me deeply 
that he would take the time to make that public gesture, and his words 
of encouragement still resonate with me today. Governor Gardner fought 
for what he believed in with passion and conviction, and was a champion 
of many of the causes close to my own heart, such as improving U.S. 
trade relations and the education of our children. With his death last 
month, Washington lost one of its fiercest advocates, but his legacy 
lives on.

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