[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 9984]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF MR. CRUZ ACOSTA

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life and 
spirit of Mr. Cruz Acosta, a wonderful constituent and an exceptional 
human being who remains high-spirited despite his struggle with cancer.
  Cruz was the first in his family to leave the tyranny of Cuba in 
search of freedom, living his life in appreciation of the liberty he 
found here in the United States.
  Throughout the last 11 years, he has fought bone marrow cancer and 
leukemia, but his continuous desire for better health would not have 
been possible without the loving care and prayers of his family and the 
dedicated attention of the nurses and the doctors at Baptist Hospital, 
an exceptional medical institution located in my district.
  As he remains in the hospital today, my thoughts and my prayers are 
with his wife, Miriam, with Cruz, and his entire family.

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