Andre Carson: “I would commend my colleague the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Hill) who represents the district that the Honorable Frank…”

“I would commend my colleague the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Hill) who represents the district that the Honorable Frank McCloskey represented so well, and certainly appreciate very much the fact that he has expedited this measure to the floor today on behalf of a great man. Congressman Frank McCloskey passed away Sunday after a long battle with cancer, and as my colleagues already know, the Honorable Frank McCloskey served more than 10 years as mayor of Bloomington and was an elected Member of Congress for 6 years. What I think, Mr. Speaker, that I would emphasize today is that this country has produced great scientists. When I fly back and forth from Indianapolis on a weekly basis, I think about the incredible brilliance of the Wright brothers who taught us how to annihilate space and circumscribe time, and I am wondering when and where and how we will be able to amass that same kind of talent to eradicate this deadly, deadly disease called cancer. Frank McCloskey was a very strong man who brought to the ears and eyes of America the problems with ethnic cleansing among the Balkans in Bosnia, a very courageous and decent individual, and I know that his wife Roberta is full of pain, even though she would not want to see him in pain any longer.”