Ted Poe: “I have news, good news. A child is born, a girl. Brooklyn Allyson Reaves arrived in the summer heat of Austin, Texas…”

“I have news, good news. A child is born, a girl. Brooklyn Allyson Reaves arrived in the summer heat of Austin, Texas, August 18, 2006, at 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Her parents, Kim and Derek Reaves, and her brother, Barrett Houston, are all proud of this new family member. Brooklyn is in the sunrise of her life. May her days be long, may she see good days of happiness and health, days of doing service for others, days filled with a passion for liberty and righteous justice, days with a love for her heritage and her country, and days with a commitment to her Maker; so that when she reaches the sunset of life, she will have been a good citizen, a good patriot, and a good servant of her Lord. Every time a child is born, the Almighty is making a bet on the future of humanity. Kids are our greatest of all national resources. So, Madam Speaker, the angels in heaven may be singing with joy at the arrival of Brooklyn, but they cannot be as happy or as proud as I am, because Brooklyn is my new granddaughter. And that's just the way it is.”