[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9441]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             REMEMBERING STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BUCKNER

  (Mr. COFFMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of a great 
public servant to the State of Colorado, State Representative John 
Buckner of Aurora, Colorado, who recently passed away.
  I have had the honor of knowing John Buckner for the last 30 years. 
We first met in 1985 when we were both members of the first Leadership 
Aurora class sponsored by the Aurora Chamber of Commerce.
  At that time, I was a small-business owner and John Buckner was an 
educator with the Cherry Creek School system. I found John Buckner to 
always be soft-spoken, warm, and passionate about his dedicated 
leadership in public education.
  State Representative John Buckner had that same passion in 
representing his constituents in the Colorado General Assembly, and his 
loss will be felt by our entire community.

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