[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRATULATIONS TO BRENDA AND JIM TALENT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of May 
12, 1995, the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. Hutchinson] is recognized 
during morning business for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to rise on 
behalf of all of my colleagues of the U.S. House of Representatives to 
congratulate my very good friend, Congressman Jim Talent of Missouri, 
who last Thursday was responsible for bringing another young Missourian 
into the world.
  Jim and Brenda Talent are the proud parents of newborn Christine 
Lyons Talent, who was born at 1:53 p.m., last Thursday, and weighed in 
at 8 pounds and 7 ounces.
  Young Christine is fortunate indeed to enter this world into a loving 
home with very loving parents.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to Mr. Canady of Florida.
  Mr. CANADY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman 
yielding this time to me, and I want to join in expressing my 
congratulations to the gentleman from Missouri, my good friend, Jim 
Talent.
  I have always admired Representative Talent's dedication to his 
family. He is a person among the Members here who puts his family 
first, and this child is very fortunate to have a father such as Jim 
Talent and a mother such as Brenda, who is a dedicated mother and the 
spouse of our colleague, and we are very grateful for their family, and 
I appreciate what their friendship means to me.

  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Reclaiming my time, I appreciate the gentleman's 
comments and agree entirely that Jim Talent has been one of the 
strongest advocates for the family in the U.S. Congress. I know now, 
with the birth of Christine Lyons, that he will be an even stronger 
proponent of the $500 per child tax credit and a more fervent than ever 
advocate for the family in the U.S. Congress.
  So, our best wishes to Jim and Brenda.

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