[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 37 (Friday, March 27, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  IN RECOGNITION OF STUDENT MEMBERS OF THE ``KICK BUTTS CONNECTICUT'' 
                     CAMPAIGN TO END YOUTH SMOKING

  (Ms. DeLauro asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a great 
bunch of kids who are sitting in the gallery this morning with their 
parents and their advisers. These students are all members of the 
``Kick Butts Connecticut'' campaign, which I started 2 years ago to 
help combat smoking in my home State. They are true heroes, acting as 
antismoking peer counselors for school children.
  Madam Speaker, I do not have time in 1 minute to talk about all their 
many accomplishments, but I would like to acknowledge them each by 
name: Rhiann Hinckley from Memorial Middle School in Middlefield; Emily 
Parmenter also from Memorial Middle School in Middlefield; Josh Zelem 
from Amity Junior High School in Bethany; Lindsey Norman from Amity 
Junior High School in Orange; and Chika Anekwe from Wooster Middle 
School in Stratford. Two additional students who made the trip down to 
Washington but have already returned to Connecticut: Dan Lerman from 
Amity Junior High in Bethany and Shannon Mason from Hamden Country Day 
School in Hamden, Connecticut.
  Madam Speaker, I salute these young people for their creative 
efforts, for their hard work, and for their dedication in the fight to 
reduce youth smoking. Every single day they are saving children's lives 
and we are all very grateful and we are all very proud.

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