Pete Sessions

Mr. SESSIONS

Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the dean of the Texas delegation, Mr. Gonzalez, very much. I rise today also to say farewell to Frank Tejeda, a fellow Texan, a man who deeply believed not only in the faith and hope of Texans, but very much in our country and all that we stand for. A lot has been said here today about the honesty, forthrightness, and the hard work that Frank Tejeda exemplified as a Texan, as a father, as a parent, and as a man who did the best for his country. But I would also like to rise today and say that as I attended the funeral yesterday that I saw a hope within the people of San Antonio, the people who lined the streets, who joined us in the cathedral, in the church there as we said goodbye to Frank. The people who were out on the street and the people who came to say goodbye recognized that Frank Tejeda had a hope from within him that represented a mission, a mission that we should all strive for. If there is one legacy that Frank Tejeda would leave, it was one that the people of the 28th Congressional District of Texas had, and that is one of hope, one of admiration to our country and for each one of us that we work together and the hope that we can come together as a country. So while we say goodbye to Frank Tejeda, let us also recognize that what burned so deep in Frank Tejeda's heart also is shared by those people in San Antonio and it is that, Mr. Speaker, that I saw that burned so brightly and so deep that caught me and stunned me of the hope that we can all have, not just in San Antonio and not just in Texas but across this great land.