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Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate Gary
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Gary learned the game of bowling at the early age of two when he bowled with his father, Pastor Gary
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With a goal set in mind to win, Gary
Faulkner has represented his family and the city of Memphis well, and I look forward to reading about his future accomplishments. Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues to join me in congratulating Gary Faulkner, Jr. on winning the 2015 Rolltech Professional
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individual bowling tournament. At that time, his best series bowling score was 833. While enrolled at Webber
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beat top qualifier EJ Tackett to become the second
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