John Mica: “And my colleagues, it is absolutely fitting that we take this step and name our veterans hospital on the west coast of…”

“And my colleagues, it is absolutely fitting that we take this step and name our veterans hospital on the west coast of Florida after a great American, a patriot, a hero for our veterans-- Bill Young. Probably more than anyone in the House of Representatives or Congress, I have known Bill Young, I think, longer. He and I were both aides to the first Republican Congressman since the Civil War, Bill Kramer. He was an aide before I was, but we met and worked together more than 40 years ago. So I rise tonight not only as a colleague, but as a personal friend and political ally of a great human being, someone who put his heart and soul into his position, who loved our servicemen and -women, and his great legacy will be all he has done to honor their memory. Tonight, we honor his memory with renaming Bay Pines veterans hospital for Bill Young, my friend.”