[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 22, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E382]
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   HONORING THE 12TH ANNUAL FRIENDS FOR LIFE BANQUET FOR THE CRISIS 
                   PREGNANCY CENTER IN ROME, GEORGIA

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                             HON. BOB BARR

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 22, 2000

  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honor today to 
recognize the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Rome, Georgia. On March 23, 
2000, at the Friends for Life Banquet, the Crisis Pregnancy Center in 
Rome, Georgia will be honored for the work it does in the community to 
save the lives of unborn children.
  Currently, in Washington, DC, we are working in the Judiciary 
Committee, as well as on the House Floor, to ban the heinous practice 
of partial-birth abortion and take other steps to protect the unborn. 
However, what we do in the Congress, even if we had a President who 
shared our regard for the unborn, can only address the symptoms of a 
societal problem that results in so many abortions each year. The real, 
long term solutions have to come from our communities. The Crisis 
Pregnancy Center in Rome, Georgia fills this vital role in aiding and 
assisting pregnant women so that neither the mother nor the child fall 
victim to abortion.
  The Center has a direct and positive impact on many constituents here 
in Georgia's 7th district as well as citizens throughout North Georgia, 
and I would like today to pause and commend Rome's Crisis Pregnancy 
Center for all the hard work and dedication it provides to so many 
women and families in time of need, day in and day out. They truly are 
doing our Lord's work.

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