[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 28, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO MONIQUE BROWN

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, just last week a beautiful young woman named 
Monique Brown died and went home to be with her Maker. Monique worked 
in my office as my legislative correspondent.
  A month ago Monique was released from the hospital just in time to 
get married, giving her husband Christopher the opportunity to love her 
and care for her at home. He did so with amazing integrity and 
dedication. But then Monique returned to the hospital, where she fell 
into a coma and soon passed away.
  Mr. Speaker, Monique was only 23 years old. She had a strong faith, 
and, though she wanted to live, the prospect of dying did not frighten 
her at all.
  In Psalm 39 David wrote, ``Show me, O Lord, my life's end and the 
number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.
  ``You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is 
as nothing before You.
  ``But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in You.''
  Monique's hope was always in the Lord, but she does not need to hope 
anymore. She is now with her Lord.

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