Ted Poe: “a new son of Texas breathed the air of our free Nation with his birth on April 10, 2006. His birth made him an eighth…”

“a new son of Texas breathed the air of our free Nation with his birth on April 10, 2006. His birth made him an eighth- generation Texan, and he can trace his Scot, Irish and German roots to the proud days of the Republic of Texas. Born in The Woodlands, Texas, at 6 pounds, 9 ounces, he bears a middle name that has been a family name for over 100 years and dates back to his ancestry in Germany. He is a gift from the Lord to his parents Kurt and Susie and to his four grandparents and his great- grandparents. He is, by the chance of birth, an American. As a child he is the most important and the greatest of all American natural resources. Mr. Speaker, every time a child is born, the good Lord is making a bet on the future of our Nation. As his grandfather, it is my hope that Jackson Theodore Poe lives the strong, rugged, determined life of a free man; that he will live with the words ``liberty'' on his lips, integrity in his heart and compassion in his soul; and that he never forgets duty, honor and loyalty. And that's just the way it is. ____________________”