[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 195 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H16837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        A GREAT YEAR IN CONGRESS

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, today, this Congress will adjourn. I want 
to thank the people of the Ninth District of Tennessee for giving me 
the honor to represent them in this Congress.
  From the first vote that we, as freshmen, took to break the glass 
ceiling and elect Speaker Pelosi to whatever the last vote is today, 
during this year we passed historic legislation on energy, on ethics, 
and the environment. We've done things on children's health care that 
hasn't come to fruition, but we've tried, and the same thing in ending 
the war.
  This has been a Congress that has tried to accomplish a lot, has 
accomplished some, brought change for the American people, and will 
continue to do so next year.
  I have had the honor to stand up in my district for The MED, for 
LeMoyne-Owen College, for the COPS program, for Blue Cross at the 
University of Memphis, and for our largest employer, Federal Express.
  Madam Speaker, it's been a grand year. I am proud to be a Member of 
this United States Congress and to represent this great country.
  God bless the United States of America.

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