[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE COURAGEOUS ACT OF DEAN ARP

  (Mr. MOORE of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOORE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I want to follow up on the 
comments made by my colleague from North Carolina (Mr. Harris) about 
Representative Dean Arp. I had the opportunity to serve in the North 
Carolina General Assembly with him for many years. Talk about a man who 
embodies a servant's heart. That is Dean Arp.
  Part of the rest of the story that Representative Harris didn't get a 
chance to mention, because of the time constraints, was that this was 
no ordinary thing. When Representative Arp saw this trailer on fire, he 
had to actually go inside. The lady was in a wheelchair. I think he 
described her wheelchair as being as hot as a pan on a stove. He got 
her out of there and clearly saved her life.
  The one thing that is very telling about Representative Arp is he 
didn't give credit to himself. He gave credit to God. He said something 
told him to go back and had him on that particular route that day at 
that time to save that lady's life.
  On behalf of all of our colleagues in the House, I congratulate 
Representative Dean Arp, a fine North Carolinian, a fine American, and 
a fine man of God.

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