Floyd Spence: “the National Security Committee will meet tomorrow to officially honor and pay tribute to our friend and colleague Ron…”

“the National Security Committee will meet tomorrow to officially honor and pay tribute to our friend and colleague Ron Dellums. As public officials, we always honor somebody, somewhere, for heroic deeds. It is a sad statement on this job, however, that we tend not to honor our own frequently enough or well enough. So it is entirely appropriate that so many of our colleagues have come down to the floor to participate in this special order. It is appropriate that we honor and thank our friend and colleague, Ron Dellums, for his outstanding service during a long and distinguished career as a member of the Armed Services and National Security Committees and of the House. I took special note of Ron's eloquent words last week during the farewell ceremony in his honor hosted by Secretary of Defense Cohen-- words I wish everyone could have heard. Ron spoke to the inadequacy, at times like this, of words such as 'thank you.' I could not agree more. Simply saying thank you seems small and inadequate.”