[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20611]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 WELCOMING THE HONORABLE PAUL C. BROUN TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, as dean of the Georgia 
delegation, I rise to welcome a new Member to the United States House 
of Representatives, Dr. Paul Broun.
  Dr. Broun is one of four men of medicine in the Georgia delegation. 
He succeeds our friend and late colleague, Dr. Charlie Norwood, who 
also was a physician.
  Dr. Broun is a graduate of the University of Georgia in Athens and 
the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. He served his country as a 
United States Marine and as a Medical Officer in the United States 
Navy. He is married to Niki Bronson Broun. They have two children and 
two grandchildren.
  Dr. Broun comes from a well-known political family in Georgia. His 
father was a well-respected State senator from Athens for 38 years. I 
could say, I can say, and I must say, he was a Democrat.
  Mr. Broun of Georgia. A conservative one, at that.
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. On behalf of all of the Members of the 
delegation, I want to welcome Dr. Paul Broun from the 10th 
Congressional District of Georgia to the United States House of 
Representatives.
  Madam Speaker, I yield to Congressman Jack Kingston, from the First 
Congressional District of Georgia.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, Members of the House, and my friend John 
Lewis, you are correct. His father was my State senator and John 
Barrow's State senator for 38 years. He was a very well-respected 
Democrat. We all liked him a lot. But he sure raised his son the right 
way. We are glad to have him.
  We all miss and loved Charlie Norwood. You know, in this House, there 
are creatures of habit. Of course, any time you want to see Mr. Murtha 
and the Pennsylvania delegation, you go to that corner. Any time you 
want to see Mr. Young and anybody who wants something out of him from 
Appropriations, all the Florida Members, you go over to that corner. I 
think, in Charlie's memory, we will all begin to think that the Georgia 
delegation will be sitting there.
  Paul, we are going to be very happy to have you sitting amongst us.
  Paul, John Barrow and I went to the same junior high school. We are 
very proud to boast about that. He is an avid fly-fisherman. He is a 
sportsman. He did volunteer work for Safari-International and worked 
with many of you, got to know Ron Marlene very well and Jo Ann Emerson, 
among others, and he is ready to go on any codel to Montana or Wyoming 
that he gets invited to.
  Paul is going to be a great Member of the House. He is a hard worker. 
I think you will like him on both sides of the aisle because he will 
work for what is best for the United States of America.
  Mr. Lewis has already gone over his resume, so I won't repeat it. But 
I will just say, Paul, welcome to the greatest body the world has ever 
seen, the United States House of Representatives.
  Mr. Broun of Georgia. Madam Speaker and colleagues, I am glad to call 
you colleagues. I am eager to work with you. I am eager to represent 
the people of the 10th Congressional District of Georgia. It is 
exciting to me. Just 1 week ago, I was campaigning. Things have been 
going very quickly ever since then. I am just overwhelmed.
  I look forward to working with you and working with this great, 
august body. I appreciate the opportunity. I appreciate the well wishes 
and all of the host of welcomes that I have gotten from each and every 
one of you.
  So I appreciate the welcome that you all have given me. I look 
forward to working with you. Thank you so much. God bless you.

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