[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING LARRY HELM

  (Ms. GABBARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise very proudly today to honor one of 
our Nation's heroes, a man named Larry Helm, who served honorably as a 
combat veteran in Vietnam, who now serves as commander of the Molokai 
Veterans Caring for Veterans Center, and who is very fondly known, to 
those of us who know him, as ``Uncle Larry.''
  He is the epitome of a servant leader, who has been active all across 
the State of Hawaii fighting for his family, his friends, his 
neighbors, his community, for veterans and all those who've served in 
the armed services, taking him all the way to the U.S. Senate, 
testifying and fighting for benefits.
  No matter the challenge, whether in combat in Vietnam, as a community 
leader, or now as he battles cancer, Uncle Larry has always stood for 
what is right. He has dedicated three decades of his life to opening a 
vet center to those veterans on Molokai to make sure that valuable 
resources are available to these veterans and their families who very 
often have access to none.
  Uncle Larry, we love you, we honor you, and we stand with you in your 
righteous battles; and we will work to make your vision a reality.

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