[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. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Minnesota 
for organizing this delegation, along with Congressman Kline, who has 
joined us as well, and acknowledge the passing and remember a wonderful 
servant from Minnesota, Congressman and U.S. Senator Rod Grams, who 
lost a very courageous battle to cancer recently. He passed away 
peacefully with his wife, Christine, by his side.
  I actually got to know Rod Grams first. Our families went to church 
together. I was just a young student, but I always remembered Rod Grams 
not only as a successful small businessman, but someone who was a 
famous anchorman on Channel 9 KMSP. That is where he got his start in 
politics. He left the news and actually ran for Congress back in 1992 
and then the United States Senate in 1994.
  The one thing I will always remember about Rod Grams is that he 
always maintained his small-town, rural Minnesota values. He embodied 
those values. He shared those values. He always lived them to the 
fullest, and we remember his service to our State.

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