[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 107 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    REMEMBERING DONALD WAYNE PORTER

  (Mr. ARRINGTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Madam Speaker, God's Word says, To be absent from the 
body is to be present with the Lord.
  On June 21, 2022, after 76 years, Donald Wayne Porter went home to be 
with his Lord.
  Despite a battle with Parkinson's that may have overcome his body, it 
never conquered his spirit.
  Wayne Porter represents the very best of America, the epitome of west 
Texas, and a true cowboy spirit.
  He was a third generation cattle rancher, grocery store owner, deacon 
in the First Baptist Church, and a decorated combat veteran of the 
Vietnam war.
  But his greatest legacy, Madam Speaker, was his fierce love and 
commitment to his God and his family. Wayne had just celebrated 50 
years with his beloved wife, Edith, and is survived by his 6 children 
and 11 grandchildren.
  His only son, John Porter, served as my chief of staff.
  While I didn't know Wayne Porter, they say the apple doesn't fall too 
far from the tree, so I felt like I knew the man. It was clear to me 
that Wayne Porter was a man of immense character, quiet strength, with 
a Texas-sized heart for God and people, the proudest of family men, and 
a patriot to his core.
  God has blessed America with men like Donald Wayne Porter, and may 
God continue to bless John, Madison, Duke, and the entire Porter family 
in their great loss but in heaven's gain.
  Go west Texas.

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