[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15631]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         REMEMBERING ROD GRAMS

  (Mr. KLINE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues for being down here to 
remember somebody who was, in many ways, bigger than life: big, tall 
Rod Grams.
  He wanted to do something for his State and his country, and he did. 
He came to the House of Representatives to serve one term. While he was 
here in his freshman term, he ran for the United States Senate and won.
  Rod had a lot of things he worked on, but one of them was the child 
tax credit. It was a long, tough slog that he brought all the way 
across the finish line, and that is just who Rod was. He didn't quit. 
He knew what he was about. He was an independent thinker. He was 
unafraid to take a stand and speak up for his State and his country.
  We will miss him.

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