[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 120 (Thursday, September 4, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1689-E1690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO VA VOLUNTEER JOAN SHEEHAN

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 3, 2003

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Joan Sheenan, a constituent of mine who has selflessly given her time 
to the Veterans of my Fifth Congressional District for more than 8 
years.
  My district is home to thousands of our Nation's veterans and has the 
fourth-largest concentration of American heroes in the Nation. So it is 
only natural, that at our veterans' clinics and hospitals there's never 
a shortage of things to do and never a time when additional helping 
hands are not desperately needed.
  It was once said that, aside from love, the most precious thing a 
person can give another person is labor. Joan has given over 2200 hours 
of her labor to help the veterans of Florida's Fifth Congressional 
District--and that is truly something to be honored.
  Volunteering at both the Gainesville VA Medical Center and at the 
Inverness VA Clinic

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for 8 years, she has given her time to veterans for longer than many 
people stay at a single job!
  David Glimer, Administrative Officer for the VA's Inverness Community 
Based Outpatient Clinic has said of Joan, ``She not only provides 
valuable assistance to the veterans who receive care at the Inverness 
Clinic, but leadership to the other volunteers who help support the 
VA's mission here in Inverness.''
  She's given to the veterans of the Fifth Congressional District as 
nobly and as altruistically as they've given to all of us. Her service 
is a testament to the value and virtue of helping others.
  Mr. Speaker I ask that you join me in commending Joan for her 
efforts. I am honored to be her representative in Congress. She is one 
of the reasons that I am so very proud to represent the Fifth 
Congressional District of Florida in the House of Representatives.

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