[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 23, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H7157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         GREETINGS FROM THE WESTERN GATE OF THE SUNSHINE STATE

  (Mr. JEFF MILLER of Florida asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JEFF MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I bring my colleagues 
greetings from the western gate of the Sunshine State where thousands 
live like millions wish they did.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity, if I might, to 
recognize my wife and family who are here with me today in the gallery.
  I come from a small town that Members will hear a lot about. It is a 
town called Chumuckla. It is a small rural community where the young 
people learn the difference from right and wrong, where even prior to 
September 11 there was a great respect for our men and women in 
uniform. I live in a community where men remove their caps when the 
National Anthem is played, and our people still bow their heads at 
local football games.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be the Congressman from the First 
Congressional District, and the promise that I made to the people back 
home upon my election was that I would work as hard as I could to be 
the best Congressman ever. All I can say, my wish tonight is that God 
would continue to bless and protect these United States of America.

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