[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23318]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              INTRODUCTION OF REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BOOZMAN

  (Mr. BERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, I consider it a distinct honor and privilege 
to be here this morning to present the newest member of the Arkansas 
delegation to this House. John Boozman has distinguished himself as a 
son, a husband, a father and a leader. He has meant a great deal to the 
community he comes from in northwest Arkansas.
  He follows a long and distinguished group that have served in that 
capacity from the Third District of Arkansas, one of those being 
present this morning, John Paul Hammersmith, and we are pleased to have 
him.
  John Boozman and his family worked together to make northwest 
Arkansas a better place to live and work and raise a family. He has 
distinguished himself in many ways and will continue to serve the Third 
District and do a great job for them.
  All of the Arkansas delegation is very pleased today to be able to 
present to this Congress the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), and 
I think he represents a quote from one of my favorite books written by 
a fellow named William Alexander Percy.

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  In that he talks about a letter that his father who was a United 
States Senator from Mississippi wrote to a friend and in it he says, 
``I guess our job is to make the world a better place in as much as we 
are able, remembering that the results will be infinitesimal and then 
attend to our own soul.''
  I think those are the values that John Boozman will represent as he 
serves in this House and as he serves his district, the Third District 
of Arkansas. And so now let me present to you John Boozman.

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