[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 12063]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       HONORING MR. ROBERT DAVIES

  (Mr. GOSAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a brave Arizonan. 
Robert Davies, from Golden Valley, Arizona, truly met the definition of 
``hero'' by coming to the aid of his elderly neighbor. Mr. Davies and 
his fellow neighbor, Paul Bissonette, responded to a neighbor whose 
home was on fire, saving the 92-year-old woman stuck inside. Mr. Davies 
risked his own safety by jumping through a broken window into the smoke 
and pulling the woman into position near the window where she could 
breathe. Receiving help from an off-duty fireman who arrived on the 
scene, Mr. Davies was able to lift the woman through the window to 
safety seconds before the building was taken by the flames.
  Mr. Davies says this was something that anybody else would have done. 
But he actually did it. While I appreciate his humility, I thank him 
for his display of bravery and courage in the face of danger. I am 
pleased to recognize Mr. Robert Davies today, before this great body, 
for his act of heroism.

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