Charles W. Stenholm: “We all now know much more about Frank Tejeda, his records, his legacy, his biography, but what will last in those hidden…”

“We all now know much more about Frank Tejeda, his records, his legacy, his biography, but what will last in those hidden hollows of the hearts that knew him as a son, as a brother, as a father, as a comrade, as a colleague, and as a friend will be Frank's unwavering courageous dedication to his God, to his family, and to his country. The mark of any mortal is not how much he exhibits to the world but the quality of what he leaves behind. Frank's real legacy is the high esteem in whom all who knew him held him. His honesty, his impeccable integrity, his quiet unassuming professional manner, his almost single-minded devotion to making life better. Whether you were his marine buddy in the swamps of Vietnam, his neighbor in the barrio of San Antonio's south side, the many kids, young ballplayers, who got that uniform that they treasured so much because of the generosity of Frank, whether you were a confidante or a combatant in the corridor of Congress, you could always be sure that Frank would give you every consideration, every remedy, every ounce of integrity, honesty, fair play and unwavering courage that inhabited his being.”