[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4982-H4983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF SETH RICH

  (Mr. ASHFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ASHFORD. Mr. Speaker, I stand with my colleagues and lament that 
we are going home without addressing these very difficult issues.
  Mr. Speaker, this week the Omaha community lost a treasured son. I 
stand before you today to honor the memory of 27-year old Seth Rich. 
Seth was returning home early Sunday morning when he was the victim of 
a tragic and senseless shooting just 1 block from his Washington, D.C., 
home.
  Seth had dedicated his all-too-brief career to public service that 
began in high school and blossomed in college before he set out to 
change things for the better in our Nation's Capital. While his life 
was cut short, his legacy and work to expand access to voting for 
millions of Americans will not be lost.
  Seth's family and friends remember a passionate young man out to do 
good works from whatever platform he was given. A Nebraskan through and 
through, although he now called D.C. home, Seth could be found cheering 
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the Husker football team and Creighton basketball team.
  No one deserves this kind of senseless violence, and the thoughts and 
prayers of all Nebraskans go out to Seth's family.

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