Mr. President. I rise today to pay tribute to a very special AmericanPatricia Ryan Nixon. who served with great dignity and distinction as our Nations First Lady. Pat Nixons 81 years of life can best be described as selfless. Growing up during the Depression on a farm in California. the daughter of an IrishAmerican father and a German immigrant mother. she knew much of hardship and sheer sacrifice. At the age of 12. she lost her mother to cancer. Five years later. she lost her father to black lung. During these illnesses. Pat took care of her parents and two brothers.
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