[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12279]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE CARRIE MEEK, MEMBER OF CONGRESS

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, it just happens that today I had on 
the great colors red and white. I am pleased, as a member of the Delta 
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., an international woman's sorority, to stand 
here to salute my soror, the Honorable gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. 
Meek).
  It has been wonderful to have an opportunity to serve in the House of 
Representatives with her. We had a wonderful chance to talk about the 
great Delta days, about Bethune College, about basketball. In fact, 
recently she and I coached the Congressional Basketball Team called the 
Hills Angels as we played the Georgetown law faculty.
  But more importantly, she is full of history, full of wonder, full of 
grace; and I am so pleased and blessed to have had the opportunity to 
serve in the House of Representatives with her, if only for 4 years.

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  In your lifetime God gives you the opportunity to be touched by a 
number of people. I am so pleased that I had a chance to be touched by 
this wonderful, wonderful woman called Carrie Meek. And I look forward 
to your further years of service. We will not let you retire. We may 
let you leave here, but we have other jobs for you, Mrs. Carrie Meek.
  On behalf of all the Deltas from across the world, 190,000 strong, we 
salute our soror, Carrie Meek.

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