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Steny Hoyer: “I want to echo the gentleman's comments. Although the Congressman, the patriot, the hero, did not always vote with me…”

On the recordMay 28, 2020
I want to echo the gentleman's comments. Although the Congressman, the patriot, the hero, did not always vote with me, nor I with him, we became good friends. And I shared with the gentleman and others in this body a deep respect for who he was as a person, a decent man, a patriotic man, a good man and, obviously, as the gentleman pointed out, a very courageous man as well. He served many missions, was shot down, imprisoned, but they did not break Sam Johnson, nor did they break the love he had for his country, and we honor the service he gave. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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May 28, 2020

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