[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7686]
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                   TRIBUTE TO EAGLE SCOUT FROM MAINE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Maine [Mr. Longley] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LONGLEY. Mr. Speaker, one of the great privileges of being a 
Member of this body is the opportunity to address this Chamber and to 
address remarks to the Speaker. I would like to take advantage of this 
opportunity to call attention to an outstanding young man from my 
district who last Saturday was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout.
  What is significant about this award is out of the thousands of 
scouts who do achieve the rank of Eagle Scout, this is the fourth son 
of Charles Gaspar of North Berwick who has achieved that rank; his son 
John, again, the fourth of four brothers.
  He has many accomplishments. Most recently he ranked first in his 
high school class. He is an accomplished chess player and he aspires to 
be a physician. Mr. Speaker, I certainly would want to state for the 
Record my pride in having this young man as a resident of my district.


                         national lobster month

   Mr. Speaker, I would also like to address to the Chair, and knowing 
the Chair's great interest in fine cuisine, that my district is the 
home of the Maine lobster. The month of August is going to be Maine 
Lobster Month and I know that many Members who potentially may be 
taking vacations may have an interest in traveling to the rockbound 
coast of Maine to partake of this culinary delight.
  We have over 6,500 licensed lobstermen in the State, over 400 
dealers, and last year we produced nearly 40 million pounds of 
lobsters; almost 100 million dollars' worth of production that was 
distributed around the world.
  Again, it is a great source of pride to me, Mr. Speaker, to represent 
the First District of the State of Maine and particularly the fishermen 
and the lobstermen in the State. Again, I compliment them on the great 
accomplishment of Maine Lobster Month in the month of August.

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