[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5285]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING STEPHEN P. COUNIHAN

  (Mr. MEEHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of Stephen P. Counihan, and 
I rise with my colleagues all around the greater Boston area, as we 
seek to raise the spirits of Stephen, who is currently battling cancer. 
``Couhni,'' as he is affectionately known, is currently the tennis 
coach at Suffolk University, where he has led four championship teams 
to great renown in the greater Boston area. But it was in the 1970s, as 
a standout defenseman at Bowdoin College where Counihan got the name 
``Couhni-Orr'' because of his remarkable presence on the ice and his 
cool capacity under pressure.
  Now, Stephen is facing one of the great challenges of his life, as he 
deals not only with the chemotherapy, but the potential surgery that we 
are looking at in the month of April ahead.
  Couhni, I want you to know that all of your colleagues from Beta 
Theta Pi, from Bowdoin College hockey team, from the greater Bowdoin 
community, in fact, the entire Boston area, stand with you today. Win 
one more championship for us, Couhni, so we can all celebrate together 
when we have you back collectively.

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