[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22509]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING JEANNE ANN WHITMIRE FOR HER ADVOCACY OF ADOPTION AND FOSTER 
                              CARE ISSUES

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                           HON. JOHN BOOZMAN

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 25, 2008

  Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam Speaker, I would like to honor Jeanne Ann Whitmire 
for her commitment and dedication to Arkansas children. Jeanne Ann, an 
attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Arkansas Department of 
Human Services in Van Buren, has placed hundreds of children in both 
foster care and adoptive homes throughout the Third District of 
Arkansas.
  She has an outstanding record of fighting for adoption and foster 
care issues. Not only is she proactive in placing children in loving 
homes, but she practices what she advocates, sharing her love with an 
adopted daughter.
  Jeanne Ann's efforts were nationally recognized by the Congressional 
Coalition on Adoption Institute through its program Angels in Adoption, 
which honors the good work of the American people who have enriched the 
lives of foster children and orphans in the United States and abroad.
  I thank Jeanne Ann for the unselfish work she does on behalf of 
children. Jeanne Ann is a true hero and a champion for Arkansas 
children, showing them there are people who care and finding them a 
place they can call home.

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