[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 15286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY TO YOU, MARGUERITE FREEMAN

  (Mr. FRANKS of Arizona asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, it is my precious privilege this 
morning to express a loving tribute to one Marguerite Freeman.
  Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Freeman was my third and fourth grade teacher, and 
if I could be with her right now as she is surrounded with family and 
friends and well-wishers on her 103rd birthday, I would just look into 
her eyes and say:
  Thank you, precious lady, for all that you have done for me in this 
life. Without your loving encouragement to me as a child, I may never 
have had the privilege to stand here in this place and speak on the 
floor of the United States Congress; and I was only one of hundreds of 
children whose hearts and minds you so deeply touched with your noble 
message of love and human dignity to the generations to come.
  So, beloved Mrs. Freeman, only eternity will discover your 
magnificent contribution to humanity. Happiest birthday to you, gentle 
lady, and may God keep you forever.
  That's what I would say, Mr. Speaker.

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