[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12668]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING THE HEROIC ACTIONS OF ROB McCANN

  (Ms. PINGREE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Speaker, I want to talk for a moment about Rob 
McCann.
  Rob came to our office in Maine a year ago as a fellow with the House 
Wounded Warrior Program. Just as he served our country in countless 
combat missions in Afghanistan, Rob is now serving Maine veterans as a 
congressional staffer.
  Last week, Rob represented our office at the retirement ceremony of 
an employee at Togus, our VA Hospital in Maine. The retiree's 92-year-
old father, a World War II veteran, was there to participate in the 
ceremony. But moments before it ended, as they walked to a barbecue 
nearby, he collapsed from a heart attack.
  Rob leapt into action and put his Marine Corps training to work. With 
the help of a few other bystanders, he began administering CPR, which 
they continued until medical professionals from the hospital arrived.
  Thanks to Rob and the VA employees who jumped in to help, a World War 
II vet is alive and well and walking around today.
  I couldn't be more proud of the work that Rob does in our office 
every day, and I am especially proud of his quick response to save the 
life of a fellow veteran last week.

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