[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 891]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                      THANK YOU, LIZARD'S THICKET

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, in 1977, Bob and Anna 
Williams moved back to Columbia, South Carolina, from Alabama and 
opened a restaurant. Due to their hard work, Lizard's Thicket is now 
one of South Carolina's finest restaurant chains, celebrating 35 years 
of service. This real country cooking operation has grown to serve over 
12,000 patrons a day at 15 different locations. Not only do people 
across the Palmetto State choose to dine at Lizard's Thicket for the 
outstanding home-style cooking, they also return time after time for 
the exceptional customer service.
  For the past few decades, my wife, Roxanne, and I have always 
cherished taking our children, grandchildren, and mother-in-law to this 
great restaurant where we enjoy completing the meal with a warm serving 
of peach cobbler.
  I am extremely grateful for the Williams family, their three 
generations of service, and the jobs they have provided across the 
Midlands. I wish them future success and look forward to dining with 
them for another 35 years.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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