House Proceeding 03-10-10 on Mar 10th, 2010 :: 1:00:30 to 1:05:05
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Solomon P. Ortiz: mccotter, march 11 and 12, five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> i ask unanimous con sent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to

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Speech By: Solomon P. Ortiz

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Solomon P. Ortiz: address the house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks an include therein extraneous materials. ms. woolsey, five mnutes, mr. defazio, five minutes, ms. kaptur, five minutes, mr. ortiz, five minutes, mr. gene green, five minutes, mr. chet edwards, five minutes, mr.

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Solomon P. Ortiz: charlie gonzalez, five minutes, mr. hendrix five minutes, and ms. eddie bernice johnson for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of nuary 6, 2009, and under a previoused orer of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes

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Solomon P. Ortiz: each. mr. bright of alabama. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. ortiz: i ask unanimous consent that the time be yielded to us, i don't think the gentleman is here at this time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. ortiz: today we are here to honor the life and work of my

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Solomon P. Ortiz: good friend, representative charlie wilson, who i had the pleasure of serving with in the house of representatives for 13 years. charlie was a unique person. one of a kind. and he will be missed dearly by his family, friends, and colleagues in the house. you know, charlie had a very

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Solomon P. Ortiz: special and unique side to him. he knew when to be tough, he knew when to laugh, he knew when to stick to his thoughts, but above all, he knew how to serve the people o this great country and his district.

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Solomon P. Ortiz: at the age of 23 after graduating with a bachelor of science degree from the u.s. naval academy, charlie joined the united states navy where oh he attained the rank of lieutenant. after serving as a fleet officer for four year, he was asind to the pentagon as part of an intelligence unit that started the soviet -- that studied the soviet union's

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Solomon P. Ortiz: nuclear forces. at the age of 47 he was elected to the texas legislature and in 1961, he was sworn into office in austin. he was known as the top dog in the state capitol and he was also often tchailed liberal from lufkin, texas.

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Solomon P. Ortiz: he fought for medicaid, ta extensions for the elderly, and a minimum wage bill. in 1970, when i was -- when i was an elected county commissioner texas, charlie was elected to the house of representatives from the second district of texas, near housto he served in congress for 11 terms and did not seek

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Solomon P. Ortiz: re-election to the 105th congress and resigned on october 8, 1996. was known in the halls of congress as a good-time charlie. but he was -- but it was an appropriate name for him. he was very funny, joyful, and

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Solomon P. Ortiz: full of life and very humors. after he retired from congress, he settled down, got married and he was at peace with himself and looked -- and looked more comfortable and at ease. charlitruly enjoyed life. in 2006, we asked him to come

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Solomon P. Ortiz: and visit with us in corpus christi came out, "charlie wilson's war," he gave time to the people in the district and signed and autographed every book. i remember one of the stories, you know, some of the stuff that i knew about charlie probably wouldn't be able to say here in the house.

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Solomon P. Ortiz: but he enjoyed life, he brought a beautiful young lady from russia to visit the united states and they asked charlie are you going to give her your credits? he said the only thing i'm going to give her are victoria's secrets.

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Solomon P. Ortiz: he was a great guy and i would