[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 87 (Thursday, June 29, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING ALEXANDER LEWIS RICE

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 29, 2006

  Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause to celebrate the birth of 
Alexander Lewis Rice. Alex was born on Flag Day, Wednesday, June 14, 
2006, to his proud parents, Robert and Sarah Rice, of Chillicothe, 
Missouri. Alex entered the world at 9:33 p.m. at Liberty Hospital in 
Liberty, Missouri, weighing a healthy 6 lbs. 11 oz. and 19 inches long.
  Alex also has proud grandparents, Lewis and Kathy Rice, of Maryville, 
Missouri, and Kevin and Sandy Coan, of Omaha, Nebraska, to spoil him. 
Alex is also the nephew of Sarah and Travis Woodward, of Bowie, 
Maryland, Nathaniel Rice, of Maryville, Missouri, Brian and Carie 
Costanzo of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Thomas and Elle Coan of Abilene, 
Texas.
  I find it quite appropriate that Alex was born on such a patriotic 
holiday as Flag Day considering that his father was one of my first 
interns while I served in the Missouri State Senate. I see great things 
in Alex's future considering his parents' and grandparents' great 
emphasis on family values, public service and patriotism.
  Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in celebrating the birth of 
Alexander Lewis Rice. I wish Alex the best life has to offer, and I am 
proud to now serve him in the United States Congress.

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