[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF DICK HINCH, SPEAKER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE

  (Mr. PAPPAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAPPAS. Madam Speaker, I rise to remember the life and legacy of 
State Representative Dick Hinch, the speaker of the New Hampshire 
House. I was deeply saddened last week when I learned of the sudden 
passing of Speaker Hinch. He was yet another American we have lost due 
to COVID-19.
  Dick was a dedicated elected official for the people of Merrimack, 
the town he represented at the State house for six terms. Just a week 
before his passing on December 2, Dick was sworn in as the new speaker 
of the New Hampshire House, a role he considered to be the honor of his 
life.
  I saw him on election day, when he warmly greeted me at his polling 
place just like everyone else coming to vote. It didn't matter that I 
was a Democrat and he was a Republican. He knew that public service was 
a higher calling, and he treated everyone with the utmost respect.
  Dick was a happy warrior and embodied the spirit of New Hampshire's 
citizen legislature. We are better off because of his decades of work 
on behalf of the people of Merrimack and New Hampshire.
  My thoughts are with his wife, Pat, and their children, as well as 
his family, friends, and colleagues, during this difficult time. May he 
rest in peace.

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