[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H1553-H1554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              PAYING TRIBUTE TO VICTOR E. PORTUGUES GARCIA

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to my friend, 
Victor Portugues Garcia, who passed away this weekend in Puerto Rico. 
Victor Portugues served as under secretary of Housing for the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1972 to 1976 and was an excellent 
engineer. His wife, Carmen Santa, has been a math teacher for many 
years, and they raised five children, all of whom graduated from 
prestigious universities.
  I want to say to his family and to all of those who are going to miss 
him dearly that we are saddened by his passing and his death. To the 
Portugues family, we know that many people talk about infectious 
smiles. Victor's was truly an infectious smile. He always had something 
positive to say, always contributed to helping everyone else, and never 
asked for anything for himself. I don't know what more you can say 
about a human being. I know he is resting in peace, and I know that I 
look forward to being with him when I, too, leave this world.
  Thank you, Victor, for all you have done.

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