[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 64 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H3509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN MEMORY OF VICKI LEE GREEN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Colorado (Mr. McInnis) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in great sadness. I lost a 
friend of mine but, more importantly than my loss, is the loss to the 
entire community of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, one of their leading 
and most outstanding citizens, Vicki Lee Green.
  Vicki is survived by her husband Lee, a tremendous individual; by her 
daughter Tanya, of whom Vicki was always so proud of, and especially 
proud of Tanya who is now following in her mother's business that Vicki 
set up; by her brother Bill, who showed so much compassion and care 
over the last several years during Vicki's battle with a terrible 
disease; and, of course, Bill's wife, Jeannie, and numerous other 
relatives.
  Mr. Chairman, I wanted to visit with my colleagues to tell them about 
this wonderful, wonderful person who represented the standard of 
strength. Vicki did not inherit her strength. She worked for it. And 
she built her foundation of strength with several different pillars, 
and those pillars have really on one end family, which she truly loved 
and devoted her life to, and on the other end friends. Those were the 
two main pillars that held up that structure of strength that Vicki Lee 
Green demonstrated to all of us who knew her.
  Between those two great pillars of family and friends were several 
other smaller pillars, but nonetheless important for the maintenance of 
the structure, and they were, first of all, integrity. No one ever 
questioned Vicki Lee's integrity. I dealt with her on a number of 
business transactions, and I have never known anyone in my professional 
career, ever, not anyone, who questioned Vicki Lee Green's word or her 
integrity. It was impeccable.
  Her character. She was an enjoyable person to be around. She was all 
business, make no mistake about that, but she was just an enjoyable 
person to do business with. She was an enjoyable person to be a friend 
of, and she was an enjoyable person in the community.
  She was very bright, and that in itself is a pillar. In the kind of 
business that she was in, real estate, she was very competitive but she 
was bright, and that is an asset. It is important for strength.
  I can tell my colleagues that she was very determined, one of the 
most determined people I have ever known. And I think that was most 
clearly demonstrated not only by the success of Vicki's business 
accomplishments but by her very, very brave battle against this 
terrible disease which unfairly took my friend and the community's 
friend, and a mother, and a sister, and a wife at age 51.
  Today, they had Vicki's service in Glenwood Springs. I regret the 
fact that I could not attend, but my duties required that I be here 
with my colleagues. But I do want my colleagues to know that a lot of 
times we can tell by the outpouring of a community just how much they 
love somebody, and there is no question that today the outpouring of 
that community for the services of Vicki Lee Green was tremendous, 
probably one of the largest attended services in the history of that 
community.
  In so many ways Vicki Lee Green was a beautiful, beautiful person; 
and I can tell all of my colleagues that many of us in Colorado and 
many of her friends throughout the country, as well as her family, will 
miss her deeply.

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