[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16298]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HONORING DAN GETZ

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, last night we had a terrible 
tragedy occur in my office. My assistant for foreign policy, Dan Getz, 
who was age 37, dropped dead of a heart attack.
  Dan was an outstanding young man. He worked very, very hard in 
dealing with foreign policy issues, and he was a real credit to 
everybody that works here in the House.
  One of the things that Members and the people of the country don't 
realize sometimes is how hard the people behind the scenes work. The 
staff people here and the staff on the committees work very, very hard 
day and night to make sure we are ready for debate on the floor of the 
House and our committee meetings. And Dan was one of the people that I 
thought did exemplary work. He worked so hard for us.
  In fact, this week we had two hearings, and he didn't have assistants 
to help him, and he did it all by himself. And I feel a little guilty 
that he had to work so hard. So we were going to give him today off so 
that he could recuperate from all the hard work.
  He went home last night to his beautiful wife, Lydia, and his two 
daughters, Nova and Sonia, who are both very, very young. I think they 
are very young children. And evidently he was resting and he keeled 
over with a heart attack; and before the rescue team could get there, 
he passed away.
  So I would just like to say to his wife and his children how sorry we 
are. And I want to make this commitment to them, that if there is 
anything they need, I and my staff will do everything we can to make 
sure that they are taken care of, and that means financially as well.
  And we will miss you, Dan. And the Good Lord willing, we will see you 
in heaven.

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