[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7289-7290]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         RECOGNIZING MAX DEMBY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Colorado (Mr. Tipton) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. Max Demby. Mr. 
Demby is a former congressional intern from my office, a University of 
Colorado senior, and an outstanding young man of character who was 
recently recognized by his community and local police for an act of 
heroism when he stopped a sexual assault in progress on his school 
campus.
  Mr. Demby, who is from Cortez, Colorado, is a dedicated student, 
pursuing a degree in accounting at CU. He fills his time outside of the 
classroom with extracurricular activities such as internships and also 
works as a Ralphie handler at CU, which involves helping to manage the 
school mascot.

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  Late one evening, Mr. Demby was walking on campus when he happened to 
come across what looked to be an attempted sexual assault. Acting with 
bravery and determination, Mr. Demby took action and ran off the 
attacker.
  Referencing the confrontation with the attacker, Mr. Demby humbly 
stated: ``I was able to be in the right place at the right time and do 
the right thing.'' By intervening, Max put himself in harm's way to 
help the victim, and his act of selflessness drastically reduced the 
irreparable damage that the criminal was intent on causing.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Demby's selfless act should not go unnoticed. He 
serves as an admirable example of what young men of character should 
be. By putting others before himself and by intervening to stop a crime 
without hesitation, he made his community and campus a safer place.
  On behalf of the Third Congressional District and the State of 
Colorado, I would like to thank Mr. Demby for his selfless act of 
bravery.

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