[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 183 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H9358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING AURORA GODOY

  (Mr. RUIZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and to honor the life of 
26-year-old Aurora Banales Godoy of San Jacinto, California, whose life 
was taken in the December 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, 
California.
  ``Rora,'' as she was called by her family, had a caring, loving, and 
happy personality, and she smiled a lot. She would always lend a 
helping hand when needed even without being asked.
  Rora graduated from Carson High School in California and attended 
culinary school. She worked for the San Bernardino County's Department 
of Environmental Health. She married her high school sweetheart, James 
Godoy, and is mother to Alexander, a beautiful 2-year-old boy.
  Rora's legacy will live on through Alexander's happy demeanor and 
smiles. Rora's passion was to be a great mom and wife. She enjoyed 
baking, scrapbooking, Disneyland, the Green Bay Packers, and ``Star 
Wars'' movies.
  We will miss Rora's laugh; but as she would say, ``What can I do to 
get through this? Smile. Everything will be okay, and happiness will 
come back again.''

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