[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6209]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1920
                          HONORING CHIP GERDES

  (Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today without 
prepared remarks but to join my colleague, Ann Wagner, in honoring a 
great friend, Chip Gerdes.
  Chip, a 41-year-old who leaves behind a beautiful wife and a 
beautiful daughter and is someone who was larger than life in Illinois 
and in Illinois politics, died this morning way too young.
  With Chip Gerdes, you never knew what that phone call was going to 
bring when his name popped through on your caller ID, and it's a phone 
call that I sadly stand here today to say I will never be able to take 
again.
  But it was my friendship with Chip and friendship that he had with 
others like Ann, and many throughout Illinois and Missouri, that made 
us stand here today and honor him and honor his legacy.
  Chip Gerdes, you were a friend to many and a foe to none. Chip 
Gerdes, rest in peace, my friend, and I will say this on the floor 
today in your honor: ``Roll Tide.''

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