[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12837]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DAKOTA STEWART WEST

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                           HON. HAROLD ROGERS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 27, 2006

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, in great pride and 
pleasure, to inform the House of a wonderful event that has taken place 
in my family.

  On June 20, 2006, my stepdaughter Emily and her husband Allen West, 
of Nashville, Tennessee, gave birth to their first child, a daughter. I 
am proud to report that Dakota is a happy, healthy baby girl. Cynthia 
and I, along with Allen's parents George and Julie, are delighted with 
this joyful addition to our family. She reminds us again that, as Art 
Buchwald once said, ``The best things in life aren't things.''

  Looking into the face of this beautiful new person causes me to 
marvel again at God's miracle of life and to celebrate Dakota's safe 
arrival. She also elicits from me the renewed responsibility that I, 
and we in Congress have, to see that she and her generation will live 
in freedom, in a safe and prosperous nation and world.

  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and all of our colleagues join me in 
wishing all the best to Dakota Stewart West.

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