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Dana Rohrabacher: Tonight, I would just like to say from the bottom of my heart, in recent days as I have walked around the floor of…

On the recordOctober 15, 1998
Tonight, I would just like to say from the bottom of my heart, in recent days as I have walked around the floor of Congress as we have been discussing the various issues, it has crossed my mind and my heart, not just on a couple of occasions but probably 10 or 15 different times, boy, Frank Riggs is not going to be around here next year. We are really going to miss him. I personally am going to miss Frank Riggs. This is not just like missing somebody because we got used to working with him. We are going to miss him because he was a voice of decency. And some people claim that I am sort of a little boisterous and get a little hot under the collar and that I might be animated at times. But Frank, on the other hand, is someone who presents himself in a very decent and a very honorable way and seems always to be in control, because he seems to always have the confidence that comes from someone who has a very strong set of values that he is very proud of, and that is recognizable. We are going to miss him around here.
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

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Paying tribute to retiring Congressman Frank Riggs during a speech on the House floor.

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