[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17951]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING REPRESENTATIVE ELTON GALLEGLY

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, down here in the well 
sometimes when you hear what we all say to each other you might think 
that we are not a very friendly bunch towards each other, but I want to 
let people know today that we actually have a lot of friendships here 
on this floor. I'm going to take the time this week before we break for 
Christmas to say goodbye to some of my friends who are leaving from 
Congress--especially from the Democratic side, but I have a 
particularly good friend on the other side, Congressman Elton Gallegly.
  He has had a congressional career here for 25 years. He's been a 
leader and a fierce defender of animal rights. With the successful 
passage of legislation that he recently sponsored, the creation and the 
sale of videos depicting the torture of animals is forever illegal. 
Animal lovers across the country are thankful for his leadership on 
that.
  Though Elton and I a lot of times disagree on a lot of things 
politically, we've become very close friends over the years. I have 
sought his guidance on many issues here, on foreign affairs, on 
transportation, and even on some outside things, outside of this, maybe 
even in my own personal life.
  So I want to thank him for being a good friend. I wish him a lot of 
luck in his next chapter of his life, and I just want to tell him that 
I will miss him.

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