[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 5, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TEACHERS LIKE DAVE SANDERS, SHANNON WRIGHT AND CHRISTA MacAULIFFE ARE 
                            AMERICAN HEROES

  (Ms. SANCHEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to salute America's educators 
during Teacher Appreciation Week. It is essential in these trying times 
at our schools that we pay tribute to the professionals who give so 
much to their work with our communities' children.
  Every day 3 million American teachers go to work. They arrive early 
in the morning and often stay late at night. Their dedication under 
supremely difficult circumstances cannot be adequately described, but 
through all this hard work they open a world of opportunity for our 
children and bring endless possibilities to our communities and to the 
future of our country. Every day they work their miracles in the 
classrooms. We entrust them with our most precious resource, our young 
people.
  Tragically, Mr. Speaker, some pay the ultimate sacrifice. Teachers 
like Dave Sanders of Littleton, Colorado, or Shannon Wright of 
Jonesboro, Arkansas, and astronaut Christa MacAuliffe are American 
heroes. We salute their memory and their colleagues this week.

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