[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 137 (Saturday, October 5, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H6306-H6307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY TO YOU, MARGUERITE FREEMAN

  (Mr. FRANKS of Arizona asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, it is my precious privilege this 
morning to express a loving tribute to one Marguerite Freeman.
  Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Freeman was my third and fourth grade teacher, and 
if I could be with her right now as she is surrounded with family and 
friends and well-wishers on her 103rd birthday, I would just look into 
her eyes and say:
  Thank you, precious lady, for all that you have done for me in this 
life. Without your loving encouragement to me as a child, I may never 
have had the privilege to stand here in this place and speak on the 
floor of the United States Congress; and I was only one of hundreds of 
children whose hearts and minds you so deeply touched with your noble 
message of love and human dignity to the generations to come.

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  So, beloved Mrs. Freeman, only eternity will discover your 
magnificent contribution to humanity. Happiest birthday to you, gentle 
lady, and may God keep you forever.
  That's what I would say, Mr. Speaker.

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