[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H2783]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

  (Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, in honor of National Teachers 
Appreciation Week, I rise to pay tribute to our teachers. I would like 
to recognize Mike Weddle, a teacher from Waldo Middle School in Salem, 
Oregon, who was recently awarded one of the three Milken awards for his 
exceptional work as a teacher in Oregon.
  Mr. Weddle was chosen to receive this award because of his constant 
efforts to go above and beyond the required duties providing the best 
possible education for the children of Oregon. Mike Weddle is just one 
example of the thousands upon thousands of teachers out there 
determined to make a difference in a student's life.
  In cities and towns across my district, teachers arrive to greet 
their overcrowded classes of 25, 30 and sometimes 35 students. Many 
teach in less than ideal environments, in schools that many of us would 
not work in. But they come back, day after day, dedicated to teaching 
our children.
  There are few things that are more important to the people in my 
district than the education of our children. However, we often take our 
teachers for granted and forget to say thank you for all the tireless 
work that they do. I am here today to say thank you. Thank you for 
working to ensure that every child has the opportunity to learn and to 
achieve his or her fullest potential.
  Let us really say thank you to our teachers by passing the school 
construction bill.

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