[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17950]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING SENATOR DANIEL INOUYE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Senator Inouye lies in state this morning. 
But as a young lieutenant platoon leader on a battlefield in Italy, 
even after being shot in the stomach by German machine-gun fire, he 
refused medical treatment and still managed to find the courage to 
destroy two machine-gun posts. Nearly losing consciousness from blood 
loss, he heroically charged a third machine-gun nest before having his 
right arm severed by a German grenade. Somehow, even after those grave 
injuries, Daniel Inouye still found a way to toss a grenade that 
destroyed the third bunker.
  What an American. What a man who loved this country and stood for the 
values of diversity. He loved the independence of the Congress, and he 
fought for it in the strength of our democracy and the values of 
America. His words were this:

       I represented the people of Hawaii and this Nation honestly 
     and to the best of my ability. I think I did okay.

  To the Senator and your family, you did more than okay. To the Asian 
American community in Houston, Texas, and all of Texas, I want you to 
note this hero spoke volumes for what America is all about, that no 
matter where we've come from, we can stand equally under the sun.
  He thought of that and his beloved Hawaii as his final words, not 
only in representing Hawaii--``aloha''--but to America.
  Senator, we love you, and good-bye. What a great champion, a great 
warrior for peace, and one who represented all of us so well.

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