[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5431]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       RECOGNIZING ACHIEVEMENTS OF MARTIN AND CATHERINE TERBRACK

  (Mr. TROTT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TROTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the extraordinary 
achievements of Martin and Catherine Terbrack of Troy, Michigan. Mr. 
and Mrs. Terbrack were recently recognized by CARE House of Oakland 
County as Foster Parents of the Year.
  CARE House is a wonderful organization in southeast Michigan that 
provides services and counseling to children who are victims of abuse.
  The Terbracks have cared for 33 children, newborn babies to 5-year-
old kids, and are currently caring for a 14-month-old baby girl who was 
6 weeks old and weighed only 4 pounds when they brought her into their 
home.
  The Terbrack family has been involved in fostering for an amazing 73 
years, with Martin's mother, Peggy, having cared for 150 children. That 
equates to about 90,000 bottles and 220,000 diapers.
  Mr. Speaker, at a time when many have come to see our Nation defined 
by acrimony and division, the wonderful story of Martin and Catherine 
Terbrack of Troy, Michigan, reminds us all that there is more good in 
this world than bad.
  They have taught us that many of our problems we face can be solved 
with love and generosity, and they remind us that we all have the power 
to touch people's lives for the better.
  Martin and Catherine do that every day.

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