[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20416]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  BROOKLYN ALLYSON--DAUGHTER OF TEXAS

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, I have news, good news. A child is born, a 
girl.
  Brooklyn Allyson Reaves arrived in the summer heat of Austin, Texas, 
August 18, 2006, at 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Her parents, Kim and Derek 
Reaves, and her brother, Barrett Houston, are all proud of this new 
family member.
  Brooklyn is in the sunrise of her life. May her days be long, may she 
see good days of happiness and health, days of doing service for 
others, days filled with a passion for liberty and righteous justice, 
days with a love for her heritage and her country, and days with a 
commitment to her Maker; so that when she reaches the sunset of life, 
she will have been a good citizen, a good patriot, and a good servant 
of her Lord.
  Every time a child is born, the Almighty is making a bet on the 
future of humanity. Kids are our greatest of all national resources.
  So, Madam Speaker, the angels in heaven may be singing with joy at 
the arrival of Brooklyn, but they cannot be as happy or as proud as I 
am, because Brooklyn is my new granddaughter.
  And that's just the way it is.

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