On the recordApril 16, 1996
last week, a senseless tragedy took from us a great and giving friend. Rex Chao, a student at Johns Hopkins University and an intern in my office, was murdered in very cold blood. It is difficult to not think of Rex in the most alive of terms. He loved being here in the U.S. Capitol, immersed in Government. He was excited by the Republican revolution and he was driven by his love and confidence in our Nation. My office and I struggled with the most fitting tribute we could give our friend and decided that it should be a 1-minute speech. Rex would want to be in the middle of partisan debate and elevated discussions concerning the issues we face as Americans. Rex will now be recorded forever in congressional history. Our debates, our philosophies are important to our democracy. But it is the idealism of young people like Rex that will always guarantee its future. We are grateful he came our way.
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