[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 8, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING ENI F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA

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                           HON. MARK SANFORD

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 8, 2017

  Mr. SANFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of our 
friend and colleague, Eni F. H. Faleomavaega of American Samoa, who 
passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. He was the longest serving 
delegate to the House of Representatives, and I had the honor of 
serving with him over the past few years and when I was first in 
Congress from 1995 to 2001. It was at the beginning of that chapter 
that we, freshman members of the class of 1994, soon realized what a 
wise man he was, and we often looked to him for wisdom and 
institutional knowledge throughout the years we served together. I will 
miss that, and I know all of us here in the House extend our deepest 
sympathies to his wife, Hinanui Hunkin, their 10 children, and their 15 
grandchildren. Know that you remain in our thoughts and prayers and 
that we grieve with you.

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