[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING JENNIFER AND JAMES GRIFFIN ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR MARRIAGE

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 5, 2008

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
honor two of my constituents who were married Saturday, March 8, 2008. 
Jennifer Lewis Fowlkes and James Sean Griffin celebrated their 
commitment to each other at a wedding ceremony held at the Griffin home 
in Land O'Lakes, Florida. A couple firmly dedicated to the Pasco County 
region, Jennifer works for Verizon and James is an entrepreneur.
  As George Eliot once said, ``What greater thing is there for two 
human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen 
each other in all labour, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to 
share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the 
silent unspoken memories?'' Having known the Griffin family for many 
years, Jennifer and James will have a lifetime of wedded joy ahead of 
them. I can only hope that their marriage is as long-lasting and full 
of love as that of James' parents, Danielle and Jeff Griffin.
  Madam Speaker, we should all be jealous of newlyweds like Jennifer 
and James. Their lifelong journey began with the first step of a 
marriage ceremony, and they have yet to see the ups and downs and joys 
and sorrows that come with every union of man and woman. Their 
commitment to each other is one to be celebrated and commended and one 
in which I offer my congratulations and wish them well as they begin 
their new life together.

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