[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 112 (Thursday, June 29, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E925]
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                        THE LEGACY OF RON HOWARD

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                             HON. TED BUDD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 29, 2017

  Mr. BUDD. Mr. Speaker, Ron Howard, of Canton, North Carolina, has 
passed away. After 31 years of military service, this city, Washington, 
D.C., was his last battlefield. The jungles of Vietnam were his first. 
I regret deeply that his final hours were spent preparing for battle 
against the bureaucracy of the country to which he had given so much.
  Any man who has seen combat and death knows how precious life is. A 
normal man who serves his country for 31 years takes the rest and ease 
that he has more than earned. Ron was an extraordinary man, and he used 
the remainder of his time to build his company, his community, and his 
country. He gave his time, and he knew its price, but it was a price he 
paid gladly. We are all the better for it.
  His legacy lies in his beautiful family, his company, and in the 
magnificent airplane that he brought into existence. When a Hellfire 
missile leaves one of the rails on the Archangel and its rocket motor 
comes to life, hammering down pain and misery on ISIS terrorists, that 
too is Ron's legacy. His was a truly great American life, and an 
inspiration to those who knew him. He will not be forgotten, not by me, 
not by anyone who knew him

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