[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 102 (Thursday, July 9, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HAYLEY AND DERRIC SMITH AGGIES FOREVER

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, July 9, 2009

  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I 
rise today to congratulate Hayley and Derric Smith on their marriage on 
Saturday, May 23, 2009.
  Hayley is from Bridgeport, Texas and Derrick is from Hobbs, New 
Mexico. The two met in college while attending Texas A&M. Hayley 
graduated with a Communications degree in 2008 and Derric earned an 
Agriculture Leadership and Development Degree in 2007. After graduation 
they both moved to Washington, D.C. where Derric proposed to Hayley in 
Statuary Hall located in our nations Capitol.
  Derric has been accepted to law school at Southern Methodist 
University in the fall of 2009 and Hayley and Derric will be moving to 
Dallas, Texas. While I know Hayley and Derric will go on to achieve 
great things, I will miss Hayley's spirit, work ethic, and Texas pride 
that comes from an Aggie graduate.
  Hayley has truly been an asset to my office over the last year. I 
know that she looks forward to getting back to the great state of Texas 
and hoping the Aggies can pull off an upset over the Texas Longhorns at 
some point.
  The commitment that Hayley and Derric have to each other will only 
get stronger as they begin a new chapter in their lives together. I 
would like to congratulate them again on their marriage and wish them 
the very best in all of their future endeavors.
  And that's just the way it is.

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