In Our Search For The Truth

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IN OUR SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH -- (Extensions of Remarks - March 19, 2007)

* Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, in tribute of slain reporter David Bloom, Albert Carey Caswell, United States Tour Guide, penned the following poem:

``In our search for the truth, in a reporters quest

Running on that edge, which so separates the greats ..... which so leads us to the best

With precious life on the line, all within these their most heroic moments there in time ..... while, courageously facing death

``For in these their greatest gifts they give

Here within these, our shortest of all lifetimes we live

As shall so here upon this earth, shall so surely show our worth ..... as shall so surely carry on, and forever with us live

``David Bloom

A man for so whom, within this his short lifetime ..... in our hearts, now so largely looms

As a true and great lesson to us all, of when greatness comes to call ..... of when, within these our short lives a heart so blooms

``Such a man of class, such a man of style

Such a man as a friend, you'd but wished you'd known all the while ..... as why, within our hearts we now carry him the while

`Ah ..... and through that camera's eye, as we could so see ..... his wonderful warmth, his great humanity ..... that he carried with him the miles

``For he was such a man of integrity, one of such splendid grace
A man for all seasons, who but within his short lifetime ..... so surely made our world a far better place

And these are but the reasons why, we shall never forget his beautiful smile ..... his debonair, and `oh so very handsome face

``For so surely, he was headed down that very same path

In all those magnificent footsteps, that which Edward R. Murrow once so left ..... in his aftermath

For few have so traveled, such this hallowed path ..... as why to heaven this day, we pray to our Lord to so bless David we ask

``A reporter's reporter, a real fine man's man

And yet, this man for all seasons greatest assets ..... were his great warmth, and his oh so caring hand

As you could feel it, radiating through your TV set ..... as you so watched this superstar your heart he would catch, time and time again

``Oh what an innovator, oh what a truly marvelous communicator

While, in his magnificent Bloom mobile ..... we so watched his genius, courageously communicating

As he brought the light of day, and the truth into our world ..... as he so brought the proof of a heroes courage, in the darkness of a war unfurled

``But, just so too

As all of our those fine heroes too, who so gave their fine lives for us true ..... as he so did for you

Just, as each brave soldier ..... he so too ..... so heroically went into battle ..... as into hell was so sent, to bring back the truth ..... for all to view

``Yet, for all of his accomplishments

His greatest gifts, his fondest wish ..... his everything ..... was his magnificent wife & beautiful daughters to him from heaven sent

For on the day that he died, in Washington ..... The cherry blossoms bloomed high ..... as they too cried ..... knowing what his fine life had meant

``For here within our short lives, when such greatness so arrives ..... and brightly blooms

As one so surely finds, as one so surely assumes ..... is but where the greatest of all heart's so looms

For to this our world, these their most sacred gifts of which they've unfurled ..... that so ever bless our world, as we live when blossom's bloom

``For in this, Our Search For The Truth

In this a reporter's quest, To Be The Best ..... Do we dare and never second guess? And go forth with hearts full of youth

For in putting it all on the line, for in risking our most precious of all moments with our loved ones therein time ..... we so find, where lies the proof.''

* To David's lovely wife Melanie and his beautiful daughters Christine, Ava, and Nicole, in memory of your magnificent husband and wonderful father.

* And to all reporters who have lived and died for the truth, men like Daniel Pearl.

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