[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING MARLON BRANDO

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, every week we recognize all kinds 
of people and, though deserving, most of us have never heard of them. 
Today I would like to give some recognition to the passing of a man we 
have heard of.
  I think the movie ``On The Waterfront'' was one of the finest 
American movies ever made because of the ability of Marlon Brando to 
depict that heroic struggle of a working class guy to achieve his own 
individual integrity. Then there was Stanley Kowalski, Don Corleone, 
and so many other iconic roles throughout Mr. Brando's career. He was 
outstanding, but he always defied convention and challenged authority, 
and so he was always on the outskirts of proper society, but he 
deserves recognition.
  I will always admire him for giving up the Oscar to recognize the 
shameful treatment that we have given Native Americans. I suspect that 
God broke the mold when Marlon Brando passed. We need more Marlon 
Brandos in our society. He was a man who had the courage of his 
convictions, and for that alone he deserves recognition in this body.

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