House Proceeding on Sep 8th, 2009 :: 1:22:35 to 1:25:05
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Darrell E. Issa: i yield back the balance of time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: witht objection. mr. issa: i join with the gentlelady in supporting her legislation. every member of the california delegation, in fact, has

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Speech By: Darrell E. Issa

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Darrell E. Issa: supported this. because it is in representative watson's district, of course, it's her bill. but johnny grant w than hollywood, bigger than california. during his decades of service outside of hollywood, johnny grant represented the finest in erican service. after his service in the army air corps during world war ii,

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Darrell E. Issa: ways our men and women in uniform for the rest of his life. in 1952 when mr. grant, along with binge cross bee, bob hope and frank sinatra hosted the first national telethon, a fundraiser to send american olympic athletes to the summer

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Darrell E. Issa: olympics in finland, he in fact set a path of service in all aspects of public life, continuing with the olympics, adding to that the boy scouts, the u.s.o., fi services, and, of course, his many trips overseas. in addition to the 60 u.s.o.

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Darrell E. Issa: trips that mr. grant did, i want to know two of them. because during the very difficult times in 1982 and 1983, he distinguished himself by will willing to go to beirut to support and entertain our marines there. that long after many people had

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Darrell E. Issa: considered that to be out of the way. he also made two trips to saudi arabia during desert shield and desert storm. he continued to support the u.s.o. along with bob hope and his many other friends throughout his life. mr. speaker, i believe we've given a lot of awards to a lot of people less deserving and

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Darrell E. Issa: who dedicated less their entire life. many celebrities are for causes when they're in their active career. mr. grant was for causes that were fully supported by the funded by generosity of people like him with his time and energy for so many years. so i join with the gentlelady

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Darrell E. Issa: in supporting h.r. 2760, urge its passage, remind all of us that in fact there are those who give farore -- give far less that have had these honors bestowed on them. and i certainly thank the