[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15595]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         LEVI ZACHARY ALEXANDER

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, during the hot summer days of August, 
with daily consistent temperatures over 100 degrees, a record drought 
over the State and hundreds of wildfires burning the plains and 
prairies of Texas, a miracle from the Lord occurred: The birth of a new 
child. Levi Zachary Alexander joined the world on August 13, 2011 in 
Waco, Texas.
  Every time a child of innocence is born, it is a happy event. The 
first cry brings joyful tears to the eyes of parents, grandparents, and 
neighbors. It is a happy occasion because we see hope in the freshness 
of birth--hope for a better world and hope for a better tomorrow.
  Levi has the fortune of being born in the most marvelous and free 
country in history--America. His parents, Kara and Shane, have the most 
important and hardest job of all jobs. Along with training energetic 
sister Elizabeth and brother Peyton, raising this new son of America to 
be of good character, love liberty, and walk in the favor of God and 
man is the most important responsibility of parents. So, Mr. Speaker, 
my desire for Levi as his grandfather is that he matures to be strong 
and courageous, love America, and play football for the University of 
Texas--and not Oklahoma.
  And that's just the way it is.

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