[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 75 (Thursday, June 11, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1120]
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                   THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE

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                          HON. J.C. WATTS, JR.

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 11, 1998

  Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I insert the following regarding 
the Leadership Training Institute.

       Mr. WATTS. Mr. President, it is commendable that the 
     Leadership Training Institute (LTI) is committed to advancing 
     patriotic values in America's youth and preparing them to 
     lead authoritatively with a Biblical world view.
       America has been blessed with forefathers of outstanding 
     virtues, which has strengthened our contested role in the 
     world. Decay of our National Leadership, though, will 
     necessarily knock us out of a leading position. America's 
     leaders must do more than simply ``get the job'' because they 
     are the moral pace setters for both our great nation and our 
     allies.
       Programs that guide youth in setting the highest standards 
     for their lives are essential to continuing morality in our 
     culture.
       The Leadership Training Institute originated in Arkansas 
     and draws support across many states, including my home state 
     of Oklahoma. LTI is committed to training youth in principles 
     that have produced some of America's greatest leaders. 
     Loyalty, integrity, and honesty are the cornerstone values of 
     the LTI curriculum.
       The activities and curricula of LTI are designed to 
     familiarize today's youth with the moral underpinnings of 
     America's founding fathers and equip them with the scientific 
     reasoning that our society demands. The prominence of God's 
     role in our Nation's foundation was recognized by General 
     George Washington: ``I am sure that [there] never was a 
     people, who had more reason to recognize devine interposition 
     in their affairs, than those of the United States; and I 
     should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that 
     agency, which was so often manifested during our 
     Revolution.''
       I am proud of the young Oklahomans participating in this 
     program, and it is with pleasure that I recognize the 
     Leadership Training Institute as it challenges America's 
     youth to strive to be leaders with American virtues at all 
     cost.
       I yield the floor.

       

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