[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 82 (Thursday, May 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING IAN JACOB TRONE

  (Mr. TRONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TRONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my nephew, Ian Jacob 
Trone, who was born May 18, 1991. This Saturday, he would have been 28 
years old. But on December 31, 2016, Ian died alone in a hotel room 
from a fentanyl overdose.
  Ian was a nice young man. He, like many of us, was destined to grow 
up, find a partner, and start a family. He was a huge sports fan, and 
like many young boys his age, he had a sense of humor, he was a friend 
to many.
  But last year, 72,000 people died of an overdose. Almost 70 percent 
of those involved fentanyl. This is the most important issue in America 
today.
  In Congress, we must be determined to end this devastation, both 
Democrats and Republicans.
  Ian Jacob Trone left us too soon, and I will do everything in my 
power to make sure we don't senselessly lose more lives to this 
epidemic.

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