[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H1176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATIONS TO SARA ABERNATHY

  (Mr. SPRATT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SPRATT. Madam Speaker, at the appropriate time we will, on both 
sides, recognize our staffs, because although we do the talking, they 
do the arduous work that goes into this enormous task of putting 
together a budget.
  We have one particular staffer that I want to recognize tonight. Late 
last week, as we were working another night well past midnight, I 
looked at Sara Abernathy and I said, ``When are you due?'' She said, 
``Next Wednesday.'' I said, ``For goodness sake, get yourself home.''
  Well, the baby was not born Wednesday, it was born March 26 at 10:30 
p.m. It is a Democrat. And I would simply like to say to Sara 
Abernathy, who has worked arduously in putting this budget together for 
us and for the good of everybody, ``Congratulations on the birth and 
arrival of Nicholas Colum Butler on March 26.''

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