[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 142 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        WE LOVE OUR CARRIE MEEK

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. I have asked some of my colleagues to join me 
today to pay tribute to a wonderful, wonderful stateswoman who 
represented Florida's 17th Congressional District for more than a 
decade--Congresswoman Carrie Pittman Meek. It is my present district. 
As a part of the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative 
Conference, her colleagues are honoring her today for her distinguished 
service to greater Miami, to Florida, and to this Nation.
  In Congress, she focused on issues near and dear to her heart and to 
those of her constituents, including economic development, education, 
affordable housing, and issues affecting Haiti and Haitian Americans.
  The Miami-Dade County community has shown its appreciation to her by 
naming an elementary school, a health clinic, a boulevard, a branch of 
a local college, and a community center in her honor.
  Congresswoman Meek once said, ``Service is the price you pay for the 
space which God has let you occupy.'' I cannot think of someone who 
embodies this principle more than she.
  Thank you, Carrie Pittman Meek, for standing up for all of us, and we 
are all standing on your shoulders.

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