[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 21192-21193]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                   HONORING CONGRESSWOMAN CARRIE MEEK

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                          HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 16, 2002

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, we respectfully regret the decision of our 
colleague from Florida, Carrie Meek, to bid us all farewell at the end 
of this 107th Congress. Carrie Meek is a unique and tantalizing 
politician and public servant who came to this body with a wealth of 
experience and a reservoir of intense dedication. There will be 
numerous serious tributes paid to this departing member whose spirit 
will linger long after she returns home. In a serious but lighthearted 
RAP poem below, I offer my fond sketch of ``Hurricane Carrie'':

                         Miami Hurricane Wonder

     Miami Carrie
     Is a hurricane wonder--
     Thunder and lightning
     On an electric chain,
     Admirers line up
     For one sip of her magic rain;
     She can flood you with sweetness
     Or drown you in pain.
     In precious flesh tightly wrapped
     Hot spices and pepper together trapped.
     She initiates no seductive action
     But is still a startling attraction;
     In politics or life
     Will nurse you through strife;
     Do your duty
     And she'll permit you to stay,
     Try a cheap trick
     And she'll blow you away,
     Renege on a deal
     She'll refuse any appeal.
     Miami Carrie
     Is a hurricane wonder
     Before her lightning strikes
     She will warn you with thunder.


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