[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO THE LATE REGINA FRANKEWICZ

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 21, 1997, the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Mica] is recognized 
during morning hour debates for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MICA. Madam Speaker, when citizens are elected to have the great 
honor of serving in Congress, there are numerous individuals who help 
to make that experience possible for us. Each Member of Congress has 
family, friends, and supporters who have worked hard and sacrificed to 
elect us to office and to make our system of representative government 
work.
  Today I would like to take just a few moments to honor the memory of 
one of my most faithful friends and supporters, Regina Frankewicz. She 
passed away yesterday in central Florida, and I would like to extend my 
very deepest sympathy to her husband, Leonard, and to her family.
  While Regina was not a State or national figure, she was one of those 
great individuals in our Nation, one of those untold heroes who indeed 
helped make our democratic system function. Besides being a devoted 
wife and mother, Regina would often roll up her sleeves, and she went 
to labor in the political vineyards to support her candidates and her 
party in an untiring fashion.
  Madam Speaker, I am pleased today to pay a very special tribute to 
the memory of my good friend, Regina Frankewicz. Without her kind, 
faithful, and devoted efforts, I am certain that I would not be serving 
in Congress.
  Madam Speaker, I submit if every citizen would take up their 
political and electoral responsibility in a manner and fashion as 
exemplified by Regina Frankewicz, our Nation and our communities would 
well be served.
  To Regina's husband, Leonard, today, and to her family and her 
friends, I would like to extend my deepest sympathy on their great 
loss.

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