[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 99 (Wednesday, June 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H3971-H3972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE SERVICE OF GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH

  (Mr. ARRINGTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate the 100th birthday 
of one of our Nation's most revered statesmen-leaders and American 
heroes, our 41st President, George Herbert Walker Bush.
  President 41 was not only a highly decorated combat veteran, but had 
one of the most distinguished tenures in public service in our Nation's 
history.
  He lived out his own maxim, that public service is a noble calling. I 
would add, it is only as noble as the caliber of people who answer that 
call. Thank God he did. My life, your life, and the life of our country 
are all the better for it.
  May his legacy continue to inspire the servant leadership he modeled, 
and may it remind us that being a statesman and a politician don't have 
to be mutually exclusive.

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  I am proud to have served alongside his son, President George W. 
Bush. I am thinking of him and the entire Bush family today as we honor 
one of the most decent, patriotic, and loving leaders our Nation has 
ever known.

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