[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H7139-H7140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARLEY ROUDA

  (Mr. PHILLIPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor my 
dear friend and colleague, Representative Harley Rouda, on the occasion 
of his 59th birthday today.
  Congressman Rouda is as passionate as he is principled, and a 
reliable voice of reason during very unreasonable times. In celebrating 
him today, I am reminded of the words of Teddy Roosevelt, who wrote:

       It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out 
     how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could 
     have

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     done them better. The credit belongs to the man who was 
     actually in the arena, who actually strives to do the deeds, 
     and spends himself in a worthy cause.

  Mr. Speaker, just like the former President, I know that Harley's 
place will always be in the arena and never on the sidelines.
  Annalise joins my family and yours--Kaira, Trace, Avery, Shea, and 
Dylan--in wishing Harley a happy and healthy birthday and a whole lot 
of love.

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