[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H11400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 MAY THIS CONGRESS ALWAYS REMEMBER THE SERVICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN JO ANN 
                                 DAVIS

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, Saturday, Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis passed 
into eternity after a long and courageous struggle with cancer. The 
gentlewoman from Virginia was elected in 2000, the same year I arrived 
in Washington, D.C., and we became fast friends. From the start, Jo Ann 
Davis stood out. Her commitment to her family, her devotion to God, and 
her commitment to a strong defense and traditional values were 
inspiring.
  On the day I met Jo Ann, she said to me very simply, ``Mike, the Lord 
put me here. I am going to serve Him every day that I am here.'' 
Representative Jo Ann Davis kept her word.
  May our Savior, hers and mine, comfort her and Chuck and the boys 
with the words, ``Well done, good and faithful servant.'' May this 
Congress always remember the service of Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis.

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