[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 24, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REMEMBERING MIKE HONG

  (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember the life of a 
generous and fearless leader, Chairman Mike Hong.
  Chairman Hong was a beloved member of the AAPI community, who had a 
sincere devotion to serving a variety of communities and causes. He 
mentored countless young people and believed in the importance of Asian 
Americans being politically engaged.
  He exemplified the immigrant who, by dint of talent, persistence, and 
faith, blazed a trail to success and then ensured many others would 
share in his blessings, and they did.
  I am especially proud that he helped finance a memorial of Dosan Ahn 
Chang Ho, a revered Korean independence freedom fighter, in the 
downtown mall of my hometown of Riverside, California.
  Chairman Hong dedicated his life to the service of others, and that 
will never be forgotten. To the Hong family and all those who knew, 
loved, and respected him, I offer my deepest condolences.

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