[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E665]
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         A CELEBRATION OF YOUTH IN HONOR OF FRANCES DIANE SMITH

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                            HON. NICK SMITH

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 3, 2003

  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the 
birth and life of my grandchild, Frances Smith, born on November 4, 
1998. My wife, Bonnie, and I join with Frances' other grandparents, 
Neville and Jennifer Monteith from Kitchener, ON, in celebrating this 
young life.
  Three days after Frances was born, John Glenn returned from his 
second trip into space at 76 years of age. Medical futurists predict 
that a person born in 1998 may very well live to an age of 110 or even 
120 years old.
  The system of free enterprise in our country makes it possible for 
Frances Smith, and all our children and grandchildren, to make dreams a 
reality.
  As we stand in this chamber each day we must remember the potential 
of our youth and the strength of the free enterprise system. Those two 
things, bonded together, will continue the tradition of prosperity we 
have so long enjoyed.
  It is my hope that Frances Smith, the daughter of Brad and Diane, 
will never forget the achievements possible through the free enterprise 
system that can take us much further than John Glenn ever dreamed we 
could go.

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