[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF HARRISON BECKETT LAZAR

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                           HON. VAN HILLEARY

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 11, 2002

  Mr. HILLEARY. Mr. Speaker, over 2,000 years ago, Cicero, the Roman 
statesman, philosopher and politician, noted, ``Of all nature's gifts 
to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?'' A 
rhetorical question of course to which the answer is nothing. It 
remains as true today as it was when Cicero said it two millennia ago.
  Children are the greatest gift God can bestow upon us. They bring 
pride and joy, humility and unconditional love and so much more. Most 
of what we do is fleeting, but the values and principles we teach our 
children are lasting. Whatever we may do in life, our children and 
their progeny are our most important legacy.
  Craig and Andrea Lazar welcomed their first child into the world last 
week. Harrison Beckett Lazar arrived at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 30.
  His life will be enriched by a large and caring extended family. 
Harrison's maternal grandparents are Christine Hessong and Keith 
Hessong. His paternal grandparents are Charles Lazar, and Linda Lazar. 
Harrison has five great-grandparents: Don and Angus Hessong, Max and 
Helen Beloff and Katherine Lazar.
  I join them in celebrating the birth of Harrison Beckett Lazar. 
Harrison's birth, as does those of all children born today, holds the 
promise of our future. We welcome him to a world that we constantly 
strive to make better so his future will be a little brighter, more 
secure and full of promise, and so when the time comes when his own 
child is born, he may revel in the sweetest gift that can be bestowed 
upon us.

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