[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21488]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     COMMENDING THE BARRETT FAMILY

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a very special 
family in my district. Billy Jack and Anne Barrett and their six 
children recently experienced a life-changing event. They were chosen 
to receive a brand new home from the television show ``Extreme 
Makeover: Home Edition.''
  I was amazed at the amount of work that went into replacing the 
Barretts' small family 101-year-old farmhouse with a 4,000-square foot 
two-story home, complete with red school house that Anne Barrett will 
use to continue home schooling the children.
  The Barretts were selected for opening not only their hearts but 
their home to troubled children. In addition to their own two 
biological daughters, they adopted four high-risk teens who had been 
deemed unadoptable. They had seen the potential in these children and 
decided they would not give up on them as so many had.
  The Barretts may not have the financial means or space to undertake 
their new responsibility; but with Christian values, love and horses, 
they have produced a wonderful family. I would like to thank Keller 
Homes, Extreme Makeover, and the more than 6,000 people who volunteered 
to make this daunting challenge a reality. I would like to commend the 
Barrett family for the example that they set for all of us.

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