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Gilbert Gutknecht: “I want to pay tribute tonight to a real American hero, a gentleman by the name of Kurt Warner. The Warner story has been…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2000
I want to pay tribute tonight to a real American hero, a gentleman by the name of Kurt Warner. The Warner story has been documented in the last week or so by many sports scribes... I guess I have a special feeling for Kurt Warner for a lot of reasons. First of all, his grandparents are from Faribault, Minnesota, which is in my district. Second, he went to the same college that I did, the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Third, he worked for the Hy-Vee grocery store in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and so did I. Fourth, I guess I would have to say, his wife, Brenda, spent several of her formative years living in a home on West Ninth Street in Cedar Falls, Iowa, right next to my parents. So I guess I have had a fairly special relationship, even though Kurt Warner and I have never met.
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota
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Paying tribute to NFL player Kurt Warner and discussing his connections to the speaker's life.

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