[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            REMEMBERING WE ARE ALL PART OF THE HUMAN FAMILY

  (Mr. RUIZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, yesterday was a very important day in my 
family's life. I have been the happiest man for 2 years, ever since I 
married my wife Monica and, also, the birth of Sky and Sage, my twin 
daughters. They are here with me today. We celebrated their first 
birthday yesterday with friends and family and good folks.
  It has been one of those years of reflection that makes us all 
human--being a father, being a husband, and having a family. That is 
the essence that combines us all, as human beings.
  I urge my colleagues to pause, celebrate their families, celebrate 
their children, their parents, hug them, love them, and let's remember 
we are all part of the human family.

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