The thing that I most regret about coming back this evening is that shortly we will be taking leave of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Hoeffel). He is the founder of this opportunity that the rest of us have seized upon week after week. He has been the guiding light and the inspiration for this. I deeply regret that he will not be here next year because, unfortunately, I am afraid we are going to have to be here next year. But I can tell him that the fire that he has lit in us and in others who have come here will not go out, and we will try to carry on the legacy that he has established for us to live up to.
Neil Abercrombie: “The thing that I most regret about coming back this evening is that shortly we will be taking leave of the gentleman…”
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Paying tribute to retiring Congressman Mr. Hoeffel during a floor speech.
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