[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28882]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



         CONGRATULATIONS TO ARASH RASSAOULPOUR AND LEILA AFSHAR

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of California

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 5, 1999

  Mr. FARR  of California. Mr. Speaker, I offer my sincerest 
congratulations to Mr. Arash Rassaoulpour and Miss Leila Afshar on the 
occasion of their marriage the Sixth of March, Nineteen Hundred and 
Ninety Nine at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in McLean, Virginia.
  Both were born in Tehran and immigrated to the United States in the 
1970's, and they have excelled here in the United States. Arash grew up 
in Bethesda, Maryland, and Leila in nearby Kensington, Maryland. Their 
interests led them to the University of Maryland at College Park, where 
they both received Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology. They have 
remained at the University of Maryland, College Park, where Arash is 
currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Pharmacology, and Leila is completing 
her residency in Pediatrics, after having recently earning her Medical 
Degree.
  Arash and Leila are talented and accomplished people who are valuable 
members of their community. I have no doubt that they will continue 
their lives of achievement in their chosen fields of medicine. I am 
also certain that marriage will make their lives richer and more 
joyful. All of those who have come to know the bride's family are proud 
of her obtaining a medical degree and of her happy marriage. We all 
wish Arash and Leila happiness and success for many years to come.

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