[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 173 (Thursday, November 21, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H6159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REMEMBERING TED OLSON

  (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to remember a giant of the legal 
world, Ted Olson. It may seem odd that a Democrat would stand on the 
floor of the House of Representatives to honor this rock-ribbed 
Republican lawyer.
  Remember, this is the man who successfully argued Bush v. Gore, and 
later represented the Bush administration before the Supreme Court. Mr. 
Olson's conservative vision did not come at the expense of those who 
some of his peers sought to relegate to the margins.
  He stood up for people like Dreamers and LGBTQ+ Americans because he 
understood that everyone had the right to pursue the American Dream.
  I am personally grateful that he took up and won Hollingsworth v. 
Perry, the case that overturned California's Proposition 8 and restored 
marriage equality to my home State of California.
  As we honor Mr. Olson, I remain hopeful that my Republican friends 
will honor his vision for conservatism, one that brings people together 
and not divides them.

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