[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7020-H7021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO GEORGE W. CROCKETT

  (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Congressman

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George W. Crockett who recently passed. Congressman Crockett was a 
fighter for justice, a student of the Constitution who believed that 
the Constitution should apply to all of America's people.

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  We honor you, Judge Crockett. I want you to know from the bottom of 
my heart, as my Congressman and for the people who are now in the 15th 
Congressional District, we will carry your spirit, we will continue the 
fight, and we too believe that the Constitution of the United States is 
for all of its citizens.
  Rest assured that your memory will live, that your spirit will 
instill in us the power to continue, the power to fight, and the power 
that the Constitution really is for the people, by the people. May you 
rest in peace.

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