[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16776]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   IN REMEMBRANCE OF JOHN H. GLENN, JR. U.S. SENATOR, DECORATED WAR 
        VETERAN, PATH-BREAKING ASTRONAUT, AND TRUE AMERICAN HERO

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 13, 2016

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to John Glenn, 
who died December 8, 2016 at the age of 95, in Columbus, Ohio.
  John Glenn represented the best of America.
  Perhaps more than any other American of his generation, he 
personified the American spirit of daring, achievement, bravery, 
innovation, and humility.
  As a four-term United States Senator from Ohio, John Glenn was one of 
the most passionate advocates for justice and opportunity for all 
persons.
  Most important of all, for more than 75 years, John Glenn served his 
country honorably in his home State of Ohio, in the United States 
Senate, in uniform during World War II and the Korean Conflict, and in 
outer space as one of the original class of astronauts that made space 
exploration synonymous with American leadership.
  John Glenn did indeed possess the `right stuff,' as the writer Tom 
Wolfe documented in his 1979 best-selling book about the first Project 
Mercury astronauts selected for the NASA space program.
  John Glenn was a hero and inspiration to millions of boys and girls 
who held their breath as he rocketed into outer space, orbited the 
earth, and safely descended from the heavens to return home to his 
beloved wife Annie and an adoring public.
  Godspeed, John Glenn.

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