Dana Rohrabacher: “tonight, I am honored to take this floor to sing the praises and accolades for a man who inspired me as a young person…”

“tonight, I am honored to take this floor to sing the praises and accolades for a man who inspired me as a young person and has continued to inspire me as I have served here in these past 18 years. I have spent 18 years here in the House of Representatives, and 7 years before that I served in the White House under Ronald Reagan. And I am pleased to say tonight that during that entire time, I have never met a man of whom I was more proud than that of the chairman of the International Relations Committee, Chairman Henry Hyde. Perhaps Ronald Reagan. Perhaps. But Henry Hyde, of the people that I have worked with as a fellow colleague, there is no match. Henry Hyde, of course, has been here since 1974, and has had a distinguished career as a Member of Congress, but more importantly, as a leader, as an American leader. Henry Hyde, as I say, inspired many of us by the fact that he is not just a political leader, not just a man of integrity, courage, and a person who works, to this day is working harder than most Members of this Congress. But he is not just a political leader, but a moral leader of this country as well. Henry Hyde is very well known. He has been known for many years for his views on what we call the prolife movement, the idea of protecting unborn children from the threat of abortion.…”