[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO COACH JERRY FAUST ON TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, this week is Teacher Appreciation Week and 
many of my colleagues today have been to the floor of the House to 
recognize teachers who have had an impact on their lives. In my case, I 
had such a teacher. His name was Jerry Faust who taught at Moeller High 
School. Beyond being a teacher there, he also was the head football 
coach. Myself and my eight brothers went to Moeller High School in 
Cincinnati. Many of us had Coach Faust not only as a coach but also as 
a teacher. He is someone who had tremendous impact not only on my life 
but on many of my colleagues in that school, teaching us to be leaders, 
teaching us to fight for what we believe in. I think it was Coach Faust 
who taught all of us in my family that there is nothing in this world 
that you cannot accomplish, nothing that you cannot succeed at if you 
are willing to work hard enough and if you are willing to make the 
sacrifices that are necessary. I think it is because of people like 
Jerry Faust, people like a lot of great teachers around America that a 
lot of us are here. It is really the basis of what has made America 
great.
  Congratulations to all teachers in America.

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