Security ukraine. Any requested votes will take place at 6 30. This is live coverage. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communicati from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. February 5, 2018. I hereby appoint the honorable roger w. Marshall to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, paul d. Ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january , 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the pearlts and in no event shall parties and in no event shall debate continue clond 50. Each member shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Farenthold, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Recently my office face add tragedy when we received word that my former field representative, collin kennedy, passed away during injuries he suffered in an accident. A manassas, virginia, native and West Virginia university graduate, politics ran in collins blood. He worked on numerous campaigns for the Republican National committee and interned on beginning l before work in my office in 2015, where he worked until last september. Collin, who was 27, served as my field representative in vick fora victoria, caldwell, and gonzalez counties where he was work in boundless enthusiasm and positive known for his outlook and passion for life. His death, dozens of people have left notes and messages about the strong relationship they shared with colin. And the Lasting Impact he left on our communities. He spoke of his kind noes, great attitude, and constant willingness to lend a hand. They shared their fond memories of him attending ribbon cuttings, banquets, community meetings, and more. One of my current staff wrote a touching tribute that described colin as the Gold Standard of what it means to be a friend and colleague, and i couldnt agree more. Colins outsized perment and exuberance were wellknown and his ability to reach people and connect with them were extraordinary. I have to admit i was a little worried hiring a West Virginian to work in texas. He was going to be my eyes and ears. But colin was amazing how easily he made friends and fit in as a transplant texan. I was blessed to have colin as a staff member and my family and i were blessed to have him as a friend. R prayers are with his parents, his brother, the rest of his family, and countless friends. Colin, thank you for your years of great work. Ou will be missed. Mr. Speaker, im here today to remember robert bob who passed away recently at the age of 73. Born in chicago, illinois, bob enlisted in the u. S. Air force on his 17th birthday and headed to basic training in san antonio, texas. From there he was deployed to japan, colorado springs, and many other places. He went on to trade in the aircraft load master where he flew president ial support mission, performed airdrops, and flew missions all over the world including south africa, south america, and the middle east. When bob received orders to go to vietnam, where he flew in numerous missions before his plane crashed, tragically killing his fellow crew members, despite an aggressive push to return to the sky, bobs injuries from that crash permanently removed him from flight service. After 17 1 2 years on active duty, he went on to work at the department of defense Safety Office for the next 17 years where he finally retired in 1996. Bob never stopped serving the Community Helping with veterans events, volunteering to help veterans with their health care issues, and help running weekly tuesday veteran Coffee Service with many veterans in the Corpus Christi area. Thank you for your years of ervice not only to our country, but to the Corpus Christi community and all of your friends and fellow veterans country, but to wordwide. You will be missed. Mr. Speaker, im here today to remember the life of a great constituent, mr. Don csapr, who passed away recently at 88. Don was born in november, 24, 1928, in shiner, texas. Where he yad waited from Shiner High School in 1945. Served as the class president of his class at texas a m where he graduated in 1949 with a degree in agricultural at mcmorris rodgers. He worked part time factory jobs throughout school and served as a junior executive at csapr wireworks, a Company Founded in 189 pie his grandfather. During ther korean war, he served in the United States army as a Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant receiving a combat infantry badge and bronze star. Didnt return to casper company, to a Small Company to a Multinational Enterprise with nearly 1,000 employees. I was fortunate enough to tour his company a couple years ago and learned about t success of his ventures. Despite his busy job, he always had time to give back to the community. He was president of the shiner rotary club, director of the shiner hospal foundation, first chairman of shiner youth baseball, chairman of the shiner united way fund, and a local scoutmaster. Chairman of the board of his local church and more. A pillar of the shiner community, don was married to the late jean for more than 52 years and leaves behind four sons, their wives, 10 grandchildren, and x great grandchildren. Don, we miss you. Mr. Speaker, thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until and finishing morning hour speeches. Legislative work starts later this afternoon. Members will gavel back in briefly at 2 00 p. M. Eastern before starting business at 4 00. Nine bills on the calendar today including one expediting military sales to jordan, and another providing cybersecurity assistance to ukraine to help nd
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