[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE CARRIE MEEK, MEMBER OF CONGRESS

  (Mr. DIAZ-BALART asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, as one reads history, many times it 
seems as though the figures that one encounters are larger than life. 
It is uncommon to be absolutely certain that, during one's life, one 
has met someone who is like the greatest of the characters that one has 
met in history.
  That one person that I know, and am absolutely certain that she has 
already come to be known not only as one of the greatest orators in the 
history of Florida, one of the greatest public servants in the history 
of Florida, but one of the greatest Floridians, is the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Mrs. Meek).
  I have had the honor, the profound honor and privilege, to know her 
and to be her friend since we served together in the Florida 
legislature; and her wisdom and her fairness and her compassion and her 
goodness and her strength and toughness on behalf of those in need are 
legendary, and will be more legendary each day.
  I join all Floridians, all who have known her, in thanking her, in 
wishing her well, in wishing her and her family and her son, who will 
be here with us soon, Godspeed. Thank you, Carrie.

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